2001 NFL Rushing First Downs by Team

The Pittsburgh Steelers led the whole NFL in rushing first downs in 2001, with 154, 26 ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs. The average across 31 NFL teams is 95.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 games

154 Rushing First Downs 26 clear of Kansas City Chiefs

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	154
2	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	128
3	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	121
4	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	114
5	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	110
6	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	107
7	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	106
8	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	105
8	New York Jets	AFC	16	105
10	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	104
10	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	104
12	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	102
13	New England Patriots	AFC	16	101
14	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	100
15	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	96
	NFL average			95.4
16	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	95
17	New York Giants	NFC	16	93
18	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	92
19	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	91
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	90
21	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	88
22	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	87
23	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	85
24	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	84
25	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	83
26	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	80
27	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	77
28	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	74
28	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	74
30	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	68
31	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	40

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.