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Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Steelers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Pittsburgh Pirates 1933-1939. 1943: merged with Philadelphia (Phil-Pitt); 1944: merged with the Chicago Cardinals (Card-Pitt). Merged-season player lines count for both franchises, as Pro-Football-Reference's franchise histories do. No schedule length in the source for 1943, 1944, so no season line that year qualifies for a rate board.

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Le'Veon Bell holds the Steelers career record with 86.1 rushing yards per game. The single-season record is 111.0, by Jerome Bettis in 1997.

YDS TD Y/A ATT Y/G 1D FL

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 6.25 carries per team game with the club, a career 750+ carries with the club.

All-time Steelers leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club Y/G G
1 Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 2013–2017 86.1 62
2 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1996–2005 73.9 143
3 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1972–1983 72.4 165
4 Willie Parker Willie Parker 2004–2009 71.7 75
5 John Johnson John Johnson 1960–1965 65.4 67
6 Barry Foster Barry Foster 1990–1994 63.6 62
7 Najee Harris Najee Harris 2021–2024 63.4 68
8 Rashard Mendenhall Rashard Mendenhall 2008–2012 62.3 57
9 Walter Abercrombie 1982–1987 42.3 79
10 Frank Pollard Frank Pollard 1980–1988 35.9 111
11 Fran Rogel Fran Rogel 1950–1957 34.1 96
12 Dick Hoak Dick Hoak 1961–1970 29.4 135
13 Merril Hoge 1987–1993 28.6 109
14 Rocky Bleier Rocky Bleier 1968–1980 27.6 140

Single-season Steelers records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season Y/G G
1 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1997 111.0 15
2 Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 2016 105.7 12
3 Barry Foster Barry Foster 1992 105.6 16
4 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 2001 97.5 11
5 Willie Parker Willie Parker 2006 93.4 16
6 Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 2015 92.7 6
7 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1996 89.4 16
8 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1975 89.0 14
9 Willie Parker Willie Parker 2007 87.7 15
10 Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 2017 86.1 15
11 Bull Karcis 1937 85.5 6
12 Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 2014 85.1 16
13 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1974 83.8 12
14 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 2000 83.8 16
15 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1977 83.0 14
15 Duce Staley 2004 83.0 10
17 John Johnson John Johnson 1962 81.5 14
18 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1976 80.6 14
19 Willie Parker Willie Parker 2005 80.1 15
20 Rashard Mendenhall Rashard Mendenhall 2010 79.6 16
21 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1979 79.1 15
22 Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1998 79.0 15
22 Barry Foster Barry Foster 1993 79.0 9
24 Barry Foster Barry Foster 1994 77.4 11
25 Franco Harris Franco Harris 1972 75.4 14