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1971 NFL Yards per Carry Leaders

Rushing yards per attempt

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Larry Csonka led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1971 with 5.39, 0.27 ahead of John Brockington (5.12).

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Led the whole NFL in 1971 Larry Csonka MIA
5.39 Yards per Carry 0.27 clear of John Brockington
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# Player Team Y/A G ATT YDS TD
1 Larry Csonka MIA 5.39 14 195 1,051 7
2 John Brockington GB 5.12 14 216 1,105 4
3 Norm Bulaich BAC 4.88 13 152 741 8
4 Marv Hubbard OAK 4.79 14 181 867 5
5 Willie Ellison LAN 4.74 14 211 1,000 4
6 Preston Pearson Preston Pearson PIT 4.62 14 131 605 0
7 Jim Kiick Jim Kiick MIA 4.56 13 162 738 3
8 Les Josephson LAN 4.54 14 99 449 3
9 Duane Thomas Duane Thomas DAL 4.53 11 175 793 11
10 Jess Phillips Jess Phillips CIN 4.47 14 94 420 0
11 Larry Smith Larry Smith LAN 4.44 14 91 404 5
12 Calvin Hill Calvin Hill DAL 4.42 8 106 468 8
13 Fred Willis CIN 4.37 14 135 590 7
14 Carl Garrett NE 4.33 14 181 784 1
15 John Riggins John Riggins NYJ 4.27 14 180 769 1
16 Jim Strong NO 4.25 14 95 404 3
17 Vic Washington SF 4.25 14 191 811 3
18 Altie Taylor DET 4.23 14 174 736 4
19 Mike Garrett Mike Garrett SD 4.22 13 140 591 4
20 Steve Owens DET 4.21 14 246 1,035 8
21 Pete Banaszak OAK 4.11 14 137 563 8
22 Don Nottingham BAC 4.08 14 95 388 5
23 James Ford NO 4.08 9 93 379 2
24 Charlie Harraway WAS 4.07 14 156 635 2
25 Donny Anderson GB 4.07 14 186 757 5
26 Wendell Hayes Wendell Hayes KC 4.07 14 132 537 1
27 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson BUF 4.06 14 183 742 5
28 John Fuqua PIT 4.03 12 155 625 4
29 Floyd Little Floyd Little DEN 3.99 14 284 1,133 6
30 Ken Willard SF 3.96 14 216 855 4
31 MacArthur Lane SLC 3.95 13 150 592 3
32 Ed Podolak Ed Podolak KC 3.85 13 184 708 9
33 Bobby Anderson DEN 3.84 13 139 533 3
34 Clint Jones MIN 3.75 14 180 675 4
35 Larry Brown Larry Brown WAS 3.75 13 253 948 4
36 Ronnie Bull PHI 3.73 13 94 351 0
37 Bobby Duhon NYG 3.70 13 93 344 1
38 Leroy Kelly Leroy Kelly CLE 3.70 14 234 865 10
39 Art Malone ATL 3.65 13 120 438 6
40 Don Shy CHI 3.62 11 116 420 2
41 Jim Nance NE 3.59 13 129 463 5
42 Tom Matte Tom Matte BAC 3.51 14 173 607 8
43 Bo Scott CLE 3.39 14 179 606 9
44 Walt Garrison DAL 3.38 13 127 429 1
45 Jeff Queen SD 3.35 14 95 318 4
46 Emerson Boozer Emerson Boozer NYJ 3.29 14 188 618 5
47 Cannonball Butler ATL 3.19 13 186 594 2
48 Bob Gresham NO 3.02 13 127 383 6
49 Cid Edwards SLC 2.93 12 108 316 4
50 Robert Holmes Robert Holmes HOO 2.88 14 112 323 4
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