1986 NFL Rushing Yards by Team

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1986, with 2,700, 167 ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals. The average across 28 NFL teams is 1,899.0.

Led the whole NFL in 1986 Chicago Bears 16 games

2,700 Rushing Yards 167 clear of Cincinnati Bengals

#	Team	Conference	G	YDS
1	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	2,700
2	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	2,533
3	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	2,524
4	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	2,457
5	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	2,300
6	New York Giants	NFC	16	2,245
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	2,223
8	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	2,074
9	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	2,002
10	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	1,986
11	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	1,969
	NFL average			1,899.0
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	1,863
13	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	1,790
14	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	1,787
15	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	1,771
16	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	1,738
17	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	1,732
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	1,729
19	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	1,700
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	1,678
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	1,654
22	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	1,650
23	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	1,614
24	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	1,576
25	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	1,545
26	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	1,491
27	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	1,468
28	New England Patriots	AFC	16	1,373

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.