1976 NFL Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

O.J. Simpson led the whole NFL in yards from scrimmage in 1976 with 1,762, 7 ahead of Lydell Mitchell (1,755). It was one of 4 times O.J. Simpson led in yards from scrimmage.

Led the whole NFL in 1976 O.J. Simpson BUF

1,762 Yards from Scrimmage 7 clear of Lydell Mitchell

Showing Yards from Scrimmage and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	YScm	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	O.J. Simpson	BUF	1,762	14	22	259	1
2	Lydell Mitchell	BAC	1,755	14	60	555	3
3	Chuck Foreman	MIN	1,722	14	55	567	1
4	Walter Payton	CHI	1,539	14	15	149	0
5	Delvin Williams	SF	1,486	13	27	283	2
6	Lawrence McCutcheon	LAN	1,473	14	28	305	2
7	Otis Armstrong	DEN	1,465	14	39	457	1
8	MT Mike Thomas	WAS	1,391	13	28	290	4
9	Greg Pruitt	CLE	1,341	14	45	341	1
10	Rocky Bleier	PIT	1,330	14	24	294	0
11	Franco Harris	PIT	1,279	14	23	151	0
12	Rickey Young	SD	1,243	14	47	441	1
13	MacArthur Lane	KC	1,228	14	66	686	1
14	Mark van Eeghen	OAK	1,185	14	17	173	0
15	Clark Gaines	NYJ	1,124	14	41	400	2
16	Cliff Branch	OAK	1,123	14	46	1,111	12
17	Sam Cunningham	NE	1,123	11	27	299	0
18	Wilbur Jackson	SF	1,116	14	33	324	1
19	Roger Carr	BAC	1,112	14	43	1,112	11
20	Dexter Bussey	DET	1,076	14	28	218	0
21	Charlie Joiner	SD	1,056	14	50	1,056	7
22	DK Doug Kotar	NYG	1,050	14	36	319	0
23	AJ Andy Johnson	NE	1,042	14	29	343	4
24	John Cappelletti	LAN	990	14	30	302	1
25	Tony Galbreath	NO	990	14	54	420	1
26	Ken Burrough	HOO	954	14	51	932	7
27	RC Ronnie Coleman	HOO	931	13	40	247	3
28	Chuck Muncie	NO	931	12	31	272	0
29	Terry Metcalf	SLC	925	12	33	388	4
30	Sherman Smith	SEA	921	12	36	384	1
31	Roland Harper	CHI	916	14	29	291	1
32	Jim Otis	SLC	906	14	2	15	0
33	Benny Malone	MIA	900	14	9	103	0
34	Sammy White	MIN	896	14	51	906	10
35	Boobie Clark	CIN	829	13	23	158	1
36	Drew Pearson	DAL	826	14	58	806	6
37	Bob Chandler	BUF	824	14	61	824	10
38	Walter White	KC	823	14	47	808	7
39	RJ Ray Jarvis	DET	822	14	39	822	5
40	Ron Jessie	LAN	816	14	34	779	6
41	FG Frank Grant	WAS	809	14	50	818	5
42	FW Fred Willis	HOO	797	13	32	255	1
43	Isaac Curtis	CIN	795	14	41	766	6
44	LG Lawrence Gaines	DET	789	14	23	130	1
45	IH Ike Harris	SLC	782	12	52	782	1
46	Don Calhoun	NE	777	14	12	56	0
47	Harold Jackson	LAN	766	14	39	751	5
48	AG Archie Griffin	CIN	763	14	16	138	0
49	CM Cleo Miller	CLE	758	12	16	145	0
50	SL Scott Laidlaw	DAL	749	13	38	325	1

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