1985 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1985 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Marcus Allen led all running backs in rushing yards in 1985, with 1,759. Roger Craig led in receiving yards (1,016), receptions (92), receiving touchdowns (6) and receiving yards per game (63.5). Marcus Allen also led in rushing yards per game (109.9) and yards from scrimmage (2,314).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Marcus Allen 1,759
- 2 Gerald Riggs 1,719
- 3 Walter Payton 1,551
- 4 Joe Morris 1,336
- 5 Freeman McNeil 1,331
- 6 Tony Dorsett 1,307
- 7 James Wilder 1,300
- 8 Eric Dickerson 1,234
- 9 Craig James 1,227
- 10 Kevin Mack 1,104
- 1 Joe Morris 21
- 2 Eric Dickerson 12
- 3 Marcus Allen 11
- 3 Ron Davenport 11
- 5 Gerald Riggs 10
- 5 Tim Spencer 10
- 5 James Wilder 10
- 8 Roger Craig 9
- 8 Walter Payton 9
- 8 Larry Kinnebrew 9
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Stump Mitchell 5.50
- 2 Gerry Ellis 5.49
- 3 George Wonsley 5.19
- 4 Wendell Tyler 5.07
- 5 Kevin Mack 4.97
- 6 Roger Craig 4.91
- 7 James Brooks 4.84
- 8 Eddie Ivery 4.82
- 9 Walter Payton 4.79
- 10 George Rogers 4.73
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Gerald Riggs 397
- 2 Marcus Allen 380
- 3 James Wilder 365
- 4 Walter Payton 324
- 5 Tony Dorsett 305
- 6 Joe Morris 294
- 6 Freeman McNeil 294
- 8 Eric Dickerson 292
- 9 Curt Warner 291
- 10 Earnest Jackson 282
- 1 Marcus Allen 109.9
- 2 Gerald Riggs 107.4
- 3 Walter Payton 96.9
- 4 Freeman McNeil 95.1
- 5 Eric Dickerson 88.1
- 6 Joe Morris 83.5
- 7 Tony Dorsett 81.7
- 8 James Wilder 81.3
- 9 Craig James 76.7
- 10 George Rogers 72.9
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Roger Craig 1,016
- 2 Butch Woolfolk 814
- 3 Tony Nathan 651
- 4 Greg Bell 576
- 4 James Brooks 576
- 6 Marcus Allen 555
- 7 Tony Collins 549
- 8 Stump Mitchell 502
- 9 Walter Payton 483
- 10 Earnest Byner 460
Receptions
REC- 1 Roger Craig 92
- 2 Butch Woolfolk 80
- 3 Tony Nathan 72
- 4 Marcus Allen 67
- 5 Greg Bell 58
- 6 James Brooks 55
- 7 James Wilder 53
- 8 Tony Collins 52
- 9 Walter Payton 49
- 10 Stump Mitchell 47
- 1 Roger Craig 6
- 2 James Brooks 5
- 3 Butch Woolfolk 4
- 4 Marcus Allen 3
- 4 Tony Dorsett 3
- 4 Stanford Jennings 3
- 4 Kevin Mack 3
- 4 Stump Mitchell 3
- 4 Ted Brown 3
- 4 Rich Erenberg 3
- 1 Gary Anderson 12.06
- 2 Freeman McNeil 11.24
- 3 Roger Craig 11.04
- 4 Tony Galbreath 10.90
- 5 Stump Mitchell 10.68
- 6 Tony Collins 10.56
- 7 James Brooks 10.47
- 8 Earnest Byner 10.22
- 9 Butch Woolfolk 10.18
- 10 Greg Bell 9.93
- 1 Roger Craig 63.5
- 2 Butch Woolfolk 50.9
- 3 Tony Nathan 40.7
- 4 Greg Bell 36.0
- 4 James Brooks 36.0
- 6 Gary Anderson 35.2
- 7 Marcus Allen 34.7
- 8 Tony Collins 34.3
- 9 Stump Mitchell 31.4
- 10 Freeman McNeil 30.5
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Marcus Allen 2,314
- 2 Roger Craig 2,066
- 3 Walter Payton 2,034
- 4 Gerald Riggs 1,986
- 5 Freeman McNeil 1,758
- 6 Tony Dorsett 1,756
- 7 James Wilder 1,641
- 8 Craig James 1,587
- 9 Joe Morris 1,548
- 10 Stump Mitchell 1,508