1967 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1967 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Jim Nance led all running backs in rushing yards in 1967, with 1,216. Hewritt Dixon led in receiving yards (563), receptions (59) and receiving yards per game (43.3). Jim Nance also led in rushing yards per game (86.9).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Jim Nance 1,216
- 2 Leroy Kelly 1,205
- 3 Hoyle Granger 1,194
- 4 Mike Garrett 1,087
- 5 Dave Osborn 972
- 6 Gale Sayers 880
- 7 Johnny Roland 876
- 8 Mel Farr 860
- 9 Don Perkins 823
- 10 Les Josephson 800
- 1 Leroy Kelly 11
- 2 Johnny Roland 10
- 2 Emerson Boozer 10
- 4 Mike Garrett 9
- 4 Tom Matte 9
- 6 Jim Nance 7
- 6 Dickie Post 7
- 6 Gale Sayers 7
- 9 Donny Anderson 6
- 9 Dick Bass 6
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Brad Hubbert 5.54
- 2 Leroy Kelly 5.13
- 3 Hoyle Granger 5.06
- 4 Ernie Green 4.90
- 5 Ernie Koy 4.82
- 6 Gale Sayers 4.73
- 7 Woody Campbell 4.65
- 8 Mike Garrett 4.61
- 9 Dave Osborn 4.52
- 10 Jim Nance 4.52
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Jim Nance 269
- 2 Mike Garrett 236
- 2 Hoyle Granger 236
- 4 Leroy Kelly 235
- 5 Johnny Roland 234
- 6 Dave Osborn 215
- 7 Mel Farr 206
- 8 Don Perkins 201
- 9 Dick Bass 187
- 10 Gale Sayers 186
- 1 Jim Nance 86.9
- 2 Leroy Kelly 86.1
- 3 Hoyle Granger 85.3
- 4 Mike Garrett 77.6
- 5 Dave Osborn 69.4
- 6 Gale Sayers 67.7
- 7 Johnny Roland 67.4
- 8 Mel Farr 66.2
- 9 Clem Daniels 63.9
- 10 Don Perkins 58.8
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Hewritt Dixon 563
- 2 Keith Lincoln 558
- 3 Joe Morrison 524
- 4 Larry Garron 507
- 5 Tom Matte 496
- 6 A.D. Whitfield 494
- 7 Dan Reeves 490
- 8 Bill Mathis 429
- 9 Les Josephson 400
- 10 Tom Woodeshick 391
Receptions
REC- 1 Hewritt Dixon 59
- 2 Mike Garrett 46
- 3 Keith Lincoln 41
- 4 Dan Reeves 39
- 4 Mel Farr 39
- 4 Ernie Green 39
- 7 Jim Taylor 38
- 8 Les Josephson 37
- 8 Joe Morrison 37
- 10 A.D. Whitfield 36
- 1 Joe Morrison 7
- 2 Dan Reeves 6
- 3 Larry Garron 5
- 3 Keith Lincoln 5
- 5 Les Josephson 4
- 5 Tom Woodeshick 4
- 7 Donny Anderson 3
- 7 John Crow 3
- 7 Hoyle Granger 3
- 7 Izzy Lang 3
- 1 Larry Garron 16.90
- 2 Tom Matte 14.17
- 3 Joe Morrison 14.16
- 4 A.D. Whitfield 13.72
- 5 Keith Lincoln 13.61
- 6 Dan Reeves 12.56
- 7 John Crow 12.03
- 8 Tom Woodeshick 11.50
- 9 Les Josephson 10.81
- 10 Hoyle Granger 9.68
- 1 Hewritt Dixon 43.3
- 2 Joe Morrison 40.3
- 3 Keith Lincoln 39.9
- 4 A.D. Whitfield 38.0
- 5 Larry Garron 36.2
- 6 Tom Matte 35.4
- 7 Dan Reeves 35.0
- 8 Les Josephson 28.6
- 9 Ernie Green 28.4
- 10 Tom Woodeshick 27.9
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Hoyle Granger 1,494
- 2 Leroy Kelly 1,487
- 3 Jim Nance 1,412
- 4 Mike Garrett 1,348
- 5 Dave Osborn 1,244
- 6 Les Josephson 1,200
- 7 Mel Farr 1,177
- 8 Keith Lincoln 1,159
- 9 Johnny Roland 1,145
- 10 Tom Matte 1,132