1966 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1966 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Jim Nance led all running backs in rushing yards in 1966, with 1,458. Charley Taylor led in receiving yards (1,119), receptions (72), receiving touchdowns (12) and receiving yards per game (79.9). Leroy Kelly led in rushing touchdowns (15) and yards per carry (5.46).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Jim Nance 1,458
- 2 Gale Sayers 1,231
- 3 Leroy Kelly 1,141
- 4 Dick Bass 1,090
- 5 Bill Brown 829
- 6 Clem Daniels 801
- 6 Mike Garrett 801
- 8 Bobby Burnett 766
- 9 Ken Willard 763
- 10 Dan Reeves 757
- 1 Leroy Kelly 15
- 2 Jim Nance 11
- 3 Dick Bass 8
- 3 Don Perkins 8
- 3 Dan Reeves 8
- 3 Gale Sayers 8
- 7 Willie Asbury 7
- 7 Bert Coan 7
- 7 Clem Daniels 7
- 7 Earl Gros 7
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Leroy Kelly 5.46
- 2 Mike Garrett 5.45
- 3 Bert Coan 5.43
- 4 Gale Sayers 5.38
- 5 Ernie Green 5.21
- 6 A.D. Whitfield 5.08
- 7 Jim Nance 4.88
- 8 Emerson Boozer 4.69
- 9 Wray Carlton 4.46
- 10 Paul Lowe 4.40
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Jim Nance 299
- 2 Bill Brown 251
- 3 Dick Bass 248
- 4 Gale Sayers 229
- 5 Leroy Kelly 209
- 6 Clem Daniels 204
- 6 Jim Taylor 204
- 8 Junior Coffey 199
- 9 Johnny Roland 192
- 10 Ken Willard 191
- 1 Jim Nance 104.1
- 2 Gale Sayers 87.9
- 3 Leroy Kelly 81.5
- 4 Dick Bass 77.9
- 5 Bill Brown 59.2
- 6 Clem Daniels 57.2
- 6 Mike Garrett 57.2
- 8 Bobby Burnett 54.7
- 9 Ken Willard 54.5
- 10 Dan Reeves 54.1
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Charley Taylor 1,119
- 2 Joe Morrison 724
- 3 Clem Daniels 652
- 4 Dan Reeves 557
- 5 Abner Haynes 480
- 6 Elijah Pitts 460
- 7 Gale Sayers 447
- 8 Ernie Green 445
- 9 Tom Moore 433
- 10 Bobby Burnett 419
Receptions
REC- 1 Charley Taylor 72
- 2 Tom Moore 60
- 3 Tom Nowatzke 54
- 4 Matt Snell 48
- 5 Abner Haynes 46
- 5 Joe Morrison 46
- 7 Ernie Green 45
- 8 Ken Willard 42
- 9 Dan Reeves 41
- 9 Jim Taylor 41
- 1 Charley Taylor 12
- 2 Dan Reeves 8
- 3 Ernie Green 6
- 3 Joe Morrison 6
- 5 Ode Burrell 5
- 5 Larry Garron 5
- 5 Curtis McClinton 5
- 8 Joe Auer 4
- 8 Bobby Burnett 4
- 8 Hewritt Dixon 4
- 1 Clem Daniels 16.30
- 2 Joe Morrison 15.74
- 3 Charley Taylor 15.54
- 4 Larry Garron 13.87
- 5 Dan Reeves 13.59
- 6 Gale Sayers 13.15
- 7 Bobby Burnett 12.32
- 8 Ode Burrell 12.12
- 9 Hewritt Dixon 11.90
- 10 Leroy Kelly 11.44
- 1 Charley Taylor 79.9
- 2 Joe Morrison 51.7
- 3 Clem Daniels 46.6
- 4 Dan Reeves 39.8
- 5 Abner Haynes 34.3
- 6 Gale Sayers 31.9
- 7 Ernie Green 31.8
- 8 Tom Moore 30.9
- 9 Bobby Burnett 29.9
- 10 Larry Garron 29.7
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Gale Sayers 1,678
- 2 Jim Nance 1,561
- 3 Leroy Kelly 1,507
- 4 Clem Daniels 1,453
- 5 Charley Taylor 1,381
- 6 Dick Bass 1,364
- 7 Dan Reeves 1,314
- 8 Ernie Green 1,195
- 9 Bill Brown 1,188
- 10 Bobby Burnett 1,185