2002 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Minnesota Vikings led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 2002, with 2,507, 5 ahead of the Miami Dolphins. The average across 32 NFL teams is 1,858.1.

Led the whole NFL in 2002 Minnesota Vikings 16 games

2,507 Rushing Yards 5 clear of Miami Dolphins

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	2,507
2	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	2,502
3	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	2,378
4	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	2,368
5	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	2,290
6	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	2,266
7	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	2,244
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	2,222
9	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	2,137
10	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	2,031
11	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	2,027
12	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	1,933
13	New York Giants	NFC	16	1,875
	NFL average			1,858.1
14	New York Jets	AFC	16	1,841
15	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	1,823
16	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	1,792
17	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,772
18	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	1,764
19	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	1,762
20	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	1,754
21	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	1,740
22	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	1,730
23	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	1,679
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	1,596
25	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	1,586
26	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	1,557
27	New England Patriots	AFC	16	1,508
28	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	1,477
29	Houston Texans	AFC	16	1,473
30	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	1,405
31	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	1,344
32	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	1,076

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.