Player_Rushing
| NameFL | TAbb | PosN | RushA | RushY | RushAvg | RushL | RushTDs | RushF | Rush1stD | Rush3rdA1FD | Rush3rd1A |
| Hoyle Granger | NYJ | FullBack | 319 | 1621 | 5.1 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 1 |
| Les Josephson | GBP | HalfBack | 302 | 1591 | 5.3 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | BOS | HalfBack | 309 | 1536 | 5.0 | 58 | 9 | 9 | 88 | 4 | 7 |
| Leroy Kelly | BAL | HalfBack | 295 | 1522 | 5.2 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | OAK | HalfBack | 342 | 1519 | 4.4 | 63 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Perkins | WAS | FullBack | 235 | 1162 | 4.9 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 4 |
| Dave Osborn | CLE | HalfBack | 246 | 1029 | 4.2 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 63 | 6 | 10 |
| Brad Hubbert | NYG | FullBack | 166 | 971 | 5.8 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | CLE | FullBack | 175 | 944 | 5.4 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
| Clem Daniels | PHI | HalfBack | 223 | 933 | 4.2 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Grabowski | MIA | FullBack | 176 | 915 | 5.2 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 3 |
| Pete Banaszak | DEN | HalfBack | 184 | 915 | 5.0 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 4 |
| Travis Williams | BOS | HalfBack | 158 | 848 | 5.4 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | LAR | HalfBack | 174 | 848 | 4.9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| A.D. Whitfield | NYG | FullBack | 170 | 840 | 4.9 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | CHI | FullBack | 145 | 828 | 5.7 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | DEN | HalfBack | 183 | 828 | 4.5 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 6 |
| Woody Campbell | CHI | HalfBack | 175 | 705 | 4.0 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 3 |
| Junior Coffey | SDC | FullBack | 167 | 693 | 4.1 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 3 |
| Prentice Gautt | STL | FullBack | 146 | 680 | 4.7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Donny Anderson | PHI | HalfBack | 134 | 661 | 4.9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 3 |
| Russ Smith | GBP | FullBack | 153 | 644 | 4.2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Piccolo | LAR | HalfBack | 156 | 630 | 4.0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| John David Crow | WAS | HalfBack | 140 | 620 | 4.4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| Hewritt Dixon | DAL | FullBack | 143 | 593 | 4.1 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 2 |
| Ernie Koy | NYJ | FullBack | 114 | 521 | 4.6 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| Timmy Brown | MIA | HalfBack | 122 | 497 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | MIA | HalfBack | 64 | 432 | 6.8 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Roland | STL | HalfBack | 113 | 417 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | DAL | HalfBack | 135 | 399 | 3.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 |
| Fran Tarkenton | SDC | QuarterBack | 66 | 357 | 5.4 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | BAL | FullBack | 84 | 307 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| Curtis McClinton | SDC | FullBack | 92 | 305 | 3.3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | STL | HalfBack | 86 | 284 | 3.3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | NYJ | QuarterBack | 54 | 277 | 5.1 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 |
| Abner Haynes | SDC | HalfBack | 47 | 272 | 5.8 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | DEN | QuarterBack | 48 | 208 | 4.3 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Tom Woodeshick | BOS | FullBack | 51 | 197 | 3.9 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | STL | QuarterBack | 56 | 195 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| Dick Bass | LAR | FullBack | 48 | 192 | 4.0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | STL | HalfBack | 31 | 162 | 5.2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | NYG | HalfBack | 55 | 161 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Nance | WAS | FullBack | 46 | 145 | 3.2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Emerson Boozer | NYG | HalfBack | 35 | 136 | 3.9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | CHI | HalfBack | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| George Mira | PHI | QuarterBack | 61 | 113 | 1.9 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Starr | BOS | QuarterBack | 50 | 96 | 1.9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Wray Carlton | NYJ | FullBack | 25 | 91 | 3.6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Willie Asbury | OAK | FullBack | 31 | 84 | 2.7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | GBP | Flanker | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Taylor | STL | FullBack | 28 | 68 | 2.4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | PHI | FullBack | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | BAL | FullBack | 16 | 40 | 2.5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hadl | BAL | QuarterBack | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Doug Cunningham | WAS | HalfBack | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McCall | GBP | HalfBack | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | SDC | HalfBack | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Todd | CHI | HalfBack | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Price | LAR | FullBack | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | CHI | QuarterBack | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | MIA | QuarterBack | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | OAK | QuarterBack | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Randy Schultz | BAL | HalfBack | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | GBP | FullBack | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | DAL | FullBack | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | GBP | QuarterBack | 28 | 6 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Kapp | GBP | QuarterBack | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | NYG | QuarterBack | 14 | 5 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | OAK | LB | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | NYJ | FullBack | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | WAS | HalfBack | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary R. Lewis | BOS | FullBack | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | LAR | QuarterBack | 26 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | DEN | FullBack | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Snell | DAL | FullBack | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | LAR | Split End | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | STL | QuarterBack | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | CLE | QuarterBack | 13 | -2 | -0.2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | LAR | Flanker | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | DAL | QuarterBack | 10 | -6 | -0.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | WAS | QuarterBack | 16 | -15 | -0.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sum | --- | --- | 6856 | 30495 | --- | 1640 | 230 | 241 | 1688 | 85 | 110 |
| Avg | --- | --- | 85 | 376 | --- | 20 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 |