2002 NFC Rushing Yards by Team

The Minnesota Vikings led the NFC in rushing yards in 2002, with 2,507, 139 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 16 NFC teams is 1,856.1.

Led the NFC in 2002 Minnesota Vikings 16 games

2,507 Rushing Yards 139 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	YDS
1	Minnesota Vikings	16	2,507
2	Atlanta Falcons	16	2,368
3	Philadelphia Eagles	16	2,290
4	San Francisco 49ers	16	2,244
5	Washington Redskins	16	2,031
6	Green Bay Packers	16	1,933
7	New York Giants	16	1,875
	NFC average		1,856.1
8	Arizona Cardinals	16	1,823
9	New Orleans Saints	16	1,764
10	Dallas Cowboys	16	1,754
11	Seattle Seahawks	16	1,740
12	Carolina Panthers	16	1,586
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	1,557
14	Detroit Lions	16	1,477
15	St. Louis Rams	16	1,405
16	Chicago Bears	16	1,344

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.