1994 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1994 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Barry Sanders led all running backs in rushing yards in 1994, with 1,883. Barry Sanders also led in yards per carry (5.69), rushing yards per game (117.7) and yards from scrimmage (2,166). Ricky Watters led in receiving yards (719) and yards per reception (10.89).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Barry Sanders 1,883
- 2 Chris Warren 1,545
- 3 Emmitt Smith 1,484
- 4 Natrone Means 1,350
- 5 Marshall Faulk 1,282
- 6 Thurman Thomas 1,093
- 7 Rodney Hampton 1,075
- 8 Terry Allen 1,031
- 9 Jerome Bettis 1,025
- 10 Errict Rhett 1,011
- 1 Emmitt Smith 21
- 2 Natrone Means 12
- 3 Marshall Faulk 11
- 4 Chris Warren 9
- 4 Leonard Russell 9
- 6 Terry Allen 8
- 6 Marion Butts 8
- 8 Craig Heyward 7
- 8 Errict Rhett 7
- 8 Barry Sanders 7
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Barry Sanders 5.69
- 2 Chris Warren 4.64
- 3 Leroy Hoard 4.26
- 4 Craig Heyward 4.26
- 5 Bam Morris 4.22
- 6 Marshall Faulk 4.08
- 7 Greg Hill 4.07
- 8 Terry Allen 4.04
- 9 Emmitt Smith 4.03
- 10 Bernie Parmalee 4.02
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Emmitt Smith 368
- 2 Natrone Means 343
- 3 Chris Warren 333
- 4 Barry Sanders 331
- 5 Rodney Hampton 327
- 6 Jerome Bettis 319
- 7 Marshall Faulk 314
- 8 Thurman Thomas 287
- 9 Errict Rhett 284
- 10 Harvey Williams 282
- 1 Barry Sanders 117.7
- 2 Emmitt Smith 98.9
- 3 Chris Warren 96.6
- 4 Natrone Means 84.4
- 5 Marshall Faulk 80.1
- 6 Barry Foster 77.4
- 7 Rodney Hampton 76.8
- 8 Thurman Thomas 72.9
- 9 Terry Allen 64.4
- 10 Jerome Bettis 64.1
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Ricky Watters 719
- 2 Larry Centers 647
- 3 Ronnie Harmon 615
- 4 Edgar Bennett 546
- 5 Kimble Anders 525
- 6 Marshall Faulk 522
- 7 Kevin Turner 471
- 8 Leroy Thompson 465
- 9 Leroy Hoard 445
- 10 Derek Brown 428
Receptions
REC- 1 Edgar Bennett 78
- 2 Larry Centers 77
- 3 Kimble Anders 67
- 4 Ricky Watters 66
- 5 Leroy Thompson 65
- 6 Ronnie Harmon 58
- 7 Marshall Faulk 52
- 7 Kevin Turner 52
- 9 Ricky Ervins 51
- 9 John Williams 51
- 1 Leroy Thompson 5
- 1 Ricky Watters 5
- 1 Keith Byars 5
- 4 Edgar Bennett 4
- 4 Leroy Hoard 4
- 6 Harvey Williams 3
- 7 Larry Centers 2
- 7 Johnny Johnson 2
- 7 Daryl Johnston 2
- 7 Kevin Turner 2
- 1 Ricky Watters 10.89
- 2 Ronnie Harmon 10.60
- 3 Craig Heyward 10.47
- 4 Marshall Faulk 10.04
- 5 Leroy Hoard 9.89
- 6 Derek Brown 9.73
- 7 Jerome Bettis 9.45
- 8 Kevin Turner 9.06
- 9 Reggie Cobb 8.54
- 10 Keith Byars 8.53
- 1 Keith Byars 46.4
- 2 Ricky Watters 44.9
- 3 Larry Centers 40.4
- 4 Ronnie Harmon 38.4
- 5 Edgar Bennett 34.1
- 6 Kimble Anders 32.8
- 7 Marshall Faulk 32.6
- 8 Kevin Turner 29.4
- 9 Leroy Thompson 29.1
- 10 Amp Lee 28.3
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Barry Sanders 2,166
- 2 Chris Warren 1,868
- 3 Emmitt Smith 1,825
- 4 Marshall Faulk 1,804
- 5 Ricky Watters 1,596
- 6 Natrone Means 1,585
- 7 Thurman Thomas 1,442
- 8 Harvey Williams 1,374
- 9 Leroy Hoard 1,335
- 10 Jerome Bettis 1,318