Franchise All-Time Rushing Leaders: Arizona Cardinals
The table below shows the all-time rushing leaders in Arizona Cardinals franchise history.
Stats included are only during the players' stint(s) as a member of the Cardinals.
More franchise leaders:
- Arizona Cardinals All-Time Passing Leaders
- Arizona Cardinals All-Time Rushing Leaders
- Arizona Cardinals All-Time Receiving Leaders
- Arizona Cardinals All-Time Defensive Leaders
MORE: Franchise leaders for all 32 NFL teams
[Note: Stats are through the 2020 NFL season.]
Rank | Player | G | Att. | Yards | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ottis Anderson | 99 | 1858 | 7999 | 46 |
2 | Stump Mitchell | 116 | 986 | 4649 | 32 |
3 | Jim Otis | 80 | 1011 | 3863 | 19 |
4 | Johnny Roland | 96 | 962 | 3608 | 27 |
5 | Charley Trippi | 99 | 687 | 3506 | 23 |
6 | John David Crow | 69 | 787 | 3489 | 33 |
7 | Terry Metcalf | 65 | 748 | 3438 | 24 |
8 | Wayne Morris | 110 | 894 | 3375 | 37 |
9 | Ollie Matson | 72 | 761 | 3331 | 24 |
10 | David Johnson | 62 | 781 | 3128 | 33 |
11 | Earl Ferrell | 110 | 685 | 2950 | 24 |
12 | Elmer Angsman | 83 | 683 | 2908 | 27 |
13 | Edgerrin James | 45 | 794 | 2895 | 16 |
14 | Beanie Wells | 51 | 625 | 2471 | 24 |
15 | Pat Harder | 58 | 550 | 2371 | 25 |
16 | Johnny Johnson | 41 | 608 | 2326 | 15 |
17 | Prentice Gautt | 76 | 601 | 2307 | 10 |
18 | Willis Crenshaw | 84 | 583 | 2228 | 10 |
19 | Joe Childress | 96 | 530 | 2210 | 3 |
20 | Marcel Shipp | 88 | 605 | 2197 | 11 |
21 | Ronald Moore | 38 | 552 | 1973 | 13 |
22 | Michael Pittman | 56 | 518 | 1945 | 11 |
23 | Johnny Olszewski | 56 | 536 | 1933 | 10 |
24 | Andre Ellington | 61 | 413 | 1750 | 10 |
25 | Larry Centers | 126 | 517 | 1736 | 10 |
26 | MacArthur Lane | 50 | 404 | 1736 | 15 |
27 | Tim Hightower | 48 | 439 | 1733 | 23 |
28 | Marshall Goldberg | 77 | 476 | 1644 | 11 |
29 | Kenyan Drake | 23 | 362 | 1598 | 18 |
30 | Adrian Murrell | 31 | 467 | 1595 | 8 |
31 | Donny Anderson | 42 | 410 | 1531 | 17 |
32 | Garrison Hearst | 30 | 397 | 1503 | 3 |
33 | Cid Edwards | 51 | 316 | 1384 | 9 |
34 | Kyler Murray | 32 | 226 | 1363 | 15 |
35 | Bill Triplett | 49 | 323 | 1306 | 11 |
36 | Mal Hammack | 128 | 320 | 1278 | 7 |
37 | Thomas Jones | 39 | 362 | 1264 | 9 |
38 | Steve Jones | 63 | 296 | 1195 | 15 |
39 | Emmitt Smith | 25 | 357 | 1193 | 11 |
40 | Jake Plummer | 84 | 247 | 1183 | 10 |
41 | George Grosvenor | 20 | 312 | 1070 | 6 |
42 | Doug Russell | 45 | 276 | 1048 | 2 |
43 | Chris Johnson | 19 | 266 | 1023 | 4 |
44 | Kerwynn Williams | 37 | 218 | 971 | 4 |
45 | Neil Lomax | 108 | 222 | 969 | 10 |
46 | Chase Edmonds | 45 | 217 | 959 | 7 |
47 | John Grigas | 19 | 290 | 943 | 6 |
48 | Billy Cross | 36 | 175 | 826 | 6 |
49 | Anthony Thompson | 30 | 240 | 774 | 6 |
50 | Frank Mestnik | 22 | 199 | 763 | 4 |
51 | Leeland McElroy | 30 | 224 | 729 | 3 |
52 | LeShon Johnson | 32 | 164 | 715 | 3 |
53 | Rashard Mendenhall | 15 | 217 | 687 | 8 |
54 | Roy Shivers | 73 | 176 | 680 | 10 |
55 | Lamar McHan | 60 | 190 | 654 | 11 |
56 | J.J. Arrington | 58 | 183 | 654 | 3 |
57 | LaRod Stephens-Howling | 57 | 182 | 651 | 5 |
58 | Theotis Brown | 36 | 128 | 556 | 10 |
59 | Frank Seno | 20 | 155 | 546 | 2 |
60 | Dave Mann | 36 | 154 | 544 | 4 |
61 | Bill Thornton | 47 | 93 | 544 | 2 |
62 | Emil Sitko | 22 | 140 | 531 | 1 |
63 | Charley Johnson | 87 | 165 | 520 | 10 |
64 | Timm Rosenbach | 26 | 101 | 507 | 3 |
65 | Jerry Latin | 37 | 122 | 496 | 4 |
66 | Joe Lillard | 18 | 171 | 494 | 1 |
67 | Johnny Bailey | 25 | 101 | 486 | 2 |
68 | Don Paul | 41 | 73 | 469 | 3 |
69 | Vinnie Yablonski | 40 | 124 | 460 | 1 |
70 | Adrian Peterson | 6 | 129 | 448 | 2 |
71 | Mike Mikulak | 34 | 166 | 446 | 4 |
72 | Willard Harrell | 96 | 115 | 444 | 5 |
73 | Bobby Joe Conrad | 148 | 118 | 441 | 2 |
74 | Josh McCown | 33 | 94 | 429 | 3 |
75 | Al Nichelini | 23 | 149 | 423 | 4 |
76 | Bob Morrow | 29 | 120 | 402 | 4 |
77 | Stepfan Taylor | 61 | 120 | 393 | 1 |
78 | Babe Dimancheff | 41 | 103 | 389 | 4 |
79 | Ralph Pasquariello | 20 | 101 | 380 | 1 |
80 | Tony Jordan | 22 | 144 | 371 | 5 |
81 | Mario Bates | 32 | 132 | 367 | 15 |
82 | Jimmy Lawrence | 30 | 126 | 357 | 4 |
83 | Hal Pangle | 36 | 119 | 357 | 3 |
84 | Jackie Smith | 198 | 38 | 327 | 3 |
85 | Pat Coffee | 19 | 95 | 326 | 3 |
86 | Bud Schwenk | 11 | 111 | 313 | 2 |
87 | Buddy Parker | 66 | 115 | 312 | 4 |
88 | Sam Agee | 21 | 92 | 311 | 2 |
89 | Jack Robbins | 17 | 101 | 310 | 0 |
90 | Johnny Hall | 30 | 116 | 304 | 3 |
91 | Vic Schwall | 41 | 56 | 301 | 1 |
92 | Hugh McCullough | 18 | 72 | 300 | 3 |
93 | Ike Peterson | 11 | 95 | 297 | 0 |
94 | Leo Cantor | 10 | 83 | 291 | 5 |
95 | Troy Hambrick | 10 | 63 | 283 | 1 |
96 | Ron Wolfley | 105 | 82 | 252 | 2 |
97 | Dave Cook | 21 | 57 | 248 | 1 |
98 | M.C. Reynolds | 19 | 53 | 248 | 0 |
99 | Milt Popovich | 43 | 78 | 233 | 0 |
100 | Walt Holmer | 19 | 65 | 230 | 1 |
Stats via Pro Football Reference |
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