1970 NFL Yards per Carry Leaders

Duane Thomas led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1970 with 5.32, 0.31 ahead of John Fuqua (5.01).

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Led the whole NFL in 1970 Duane Thomas DAL

5.32 Yards per Carry 0.31 clear of John Fuqua

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#	Player	Team	Y/A	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Duane Thomas	DAL	5.32	14	151	803	5
2	John Fuqua	PIT	5.01	14	138	691	7
3	Larry Brown	WAS	4.75	13	237	1,125	5
4	MacArthur Lane	SLC	4.74	14	206	977	11
5	Larry Csonka	MIA	4.53	14	193	874	6
6	Ed Podolak	KC	4.46	14	168	749	3
7	Hewritt Dixon	OAK	4.37	14	197	861	1
8	Mel Farr	DET	4.32	12	166	717	9
9	Floyd Little	DEN	4.31	14	209	901	3
10	LJ Les Josephson	LAN	4.27	12	150	640	5
11	WE Willie Ellison	LAN	4.23	14	90	381	5
12	Emerson Boozer	NYJ	4.18	10	139	581	5
13	Paul Robinson	CIN	4.17	14	149	622	6
14	JR Johnny Roland	SLC	4.17	14	94	392	3
15	JD Joe Dawkins	HOO	4.17	14	124	517	2
16	Bo Scott	CLE	4.14	13	151	625	7
17	O.J. Simpson	BUF	4.07	8	120	488	5
18	Charlie Smith	OAK	4.05	14	168	681	3
19	Walt Garrison	DAL	4.02	11	126	507	3
20	Jess Phillips	CIN	3.98	14	163	648	4
21	Cyril Pinder	PHI	3.96	14	166	657	2
22	CH Charlie Harraway	WAS	3.95	13	146	577	5
23	Ron Johnson	NYG	3.90	14	263	1,027	8
24	Donny Anderson	GB	3.84	14	222	853	5
25	CB Cannonball Butler	ATL	3.83	14	166	636	0
26	Calvin Hill	DAL	3.77	12	153	577	4
27	Jim Nance	BOS	3.60	13	145	522	7
28	MR Mike Richardson	HOO	3.57	14	103	368	2
29	HW Harmon Wages	ATL	3.55	13	119	422	1
30	Wendell Hayes	KC	3.50	14	109	381	5
31	DC Doug Cunningham	SF	3.46	12	128	443	3
32	Jim Kiick	MIA	3.45	14	191	658	6
33	Altie Taylor	DET	3.36	14	198	666	2
34	Ken Willard	SF	3.34	14	236	789	7
35	Dave Osborn	MIN	3.29	14	207	681	5
36	Bill Brown	MIN	3.21	14	101	324	0
37	Leroy Kelly	CLE	3.18	13	206	656	6
38	Tucker Frederickson	NYG	3.13	14	120	375	1
39	Carl Garrett	BOS	3.09	13	88	272	4
40	CJ Clint Jones	MIN	3.08	14	120	369	9
41	Norm Bulaich	BAC	3.06	12	139	426	3
42	GN George Nock	NYJ	2.98	14	135	402	5
43	Preston Pearson	PIT	2.91	14	173	503	2
44	LB Lee Bouggess	PHI	2.52	14	159	401	2