| 1974 Player Statistics | ||||||||
| Rushing | Team | Games | Att | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | 20+ |
| Simpson, O.J. | Buf | 3 | 65 | 378 | 5.8 | 48 | 4 | 2 |
| Cunningham, Sam The Bam | NE | 3 | 52 | 288 | 5.5 | 69 | 3 | 2 |
| Csonka, Larry | Mia | 3 | 61 | 278 | 4.6 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Brockington, John | GB | 3 | 68 | 269 | 4.0 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| Metcalf, Terry | StL | 3 | 45 | 269 | 6.0 | 51 | 1 | 2 |
| Otis, Jim | StL | 3 | 48 | 247 | 5.1 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| Armstrong, Otis | Den | 3 | 63 | 218 | 3.5 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| Pruitt, Greg | Cle | 3 | 37 | 207 | 5.6 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| Herron, Mack | NE | 3 | 59 | 207 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris, Franco | Pit | 3 | 54 | 207 | 3.8 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
| Woods, Don | SD | 2 | 30 | 197 | 6.6 | 49 | 4 | 2 |
| Riggins, John | NYJ | 3 | 45 | 195 | 4.3 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Foreman, Chuck | Min | 3 | 55 | 193 | 3.5 | 29 | 4 | 2 |
| Jackson, Wilbur | SF | 3 | 49 | 183 | 3.7 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| Schreiber, Larry | SF | 3 | 42 | 173 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| Maxson, Alvin | NO | 3 | 43 | 170 | 4.0 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| Olds, Bill | Bal | 3 | 31 | 168 | 5.4 | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| McCutcheon, Lawrence | LARm | 3 | 41 | 167 | 4.1 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| Podolak, Ed | KC | 3 | 28 | 165 | 5.9 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Davis, Charlie | Cin | 3 | 28 | 162 | 5.8 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| Mitchell, Lydell | Bal | 3 | 46 | 157 | 3.4 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
| Bleier, Rocky | Pit | 3 | 30 | 153 | 5.1 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| James, Ron Po | Phi | 3 | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown, Larry | Was | 3 | 40 | 140 | 3.5 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Green, Woody | KC | 3 | 23 | 138 | 6.0 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| Phillips, Jess | NO | 3 | 44 | 135 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sullivan, Tom | Phi | 3 | 40 | 133 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Boozer, Emerson | NYJ | 3 | 37 | 131 | 3.5 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| McKinnis, Hugh | Cle | 3 | 32 | 131 | 4.1 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Owens, Steve | Det | 3 | 35 | 130 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Braxton, Jim | Buf | 3 | 32 | 117 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Davis, Clarence | Oak | 2 | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 47 | 0 | 1 |
| Davis, Steve | Pit | 3 | 24 | 114 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Hill, Calvin | Dal | 3 | 36 | 113 | 3.1 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Elliott, Lenvil | Cin | 3 | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Denson, Moses | Was | 3 | 21 | 109 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawkins, Joe | NYG | 3 | 35 | 108 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Newhouse, Robert | Dal | 3 | 43 | 107 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Malone, Art | Atl | 3 | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Keyworth, Jon | Den | 3 | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Pearson, Preston | Pit | 3 | 23 | 99 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Osborn, Dave | Min | 3 | 22 | 94 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett, Carl | Chi | 3 | 23 | 93 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayman, Gary | Buf | 2 | 13 | 92 | 7.1 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Brown, Ken | Cle | 3 | 33 | 91 | 2.8 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| Kiick, Jim | Mia | 3 | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Hubbard, Marv | Oak | 3 | 31 | 88 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson, Donny | StL | 3 | 26 | 88 | 3.4 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Malone, Benny | Mia | 2 | 17 | 82 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthews, Bo | SD | 3 | 24 | 82 | 3.4 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Williams, Delvin | SF | 3 | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington, Vic | Hou | 2 | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| McNeill, Rod | NO | 3 | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| Taylor, Altie | Det | 3 | 40 | 76 | 1.9 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Garrison, Walt | Dal | 3 | 21 | 76 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams, Ed | Cin | 3 | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulaich, Norm | Phi | 3 | 13 | 75 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams, Perry A. | Chi | 3 | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Fuqua, John | Pit | 3 | 17 | 74 | 4.4 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Edwards, Cid | SD | 3 | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Kinney, Jeff | KC | 3 | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Grandberry, Ken | Chi | 3 | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodgers, Willie | Hou | 2 | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Little, Floyd | Den | 3 | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Degrenier, Jack | NO | 3 | 18 | 66 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Watkins, Larry | Buf | 2 | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Stanback, Haskel | Atl | 3 | 21 | 56 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Willis, Fred | Hou | 2 | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampton, Dave | Atl | 3 | 24 | 53 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Manning, Archie | NO | 3 | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Ellison, Willie | KC | 3 | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennison, Doug | Dal | 2 | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Ron A. | NYG | 3 | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Dressler, Doug | Cin | 3 | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris, Mercury | Mia | 2 | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun, Don | Buf | 3 | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| McQuay, Leon | NYG | 3 | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark, Boobie | Cin | 2 | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane, Macarthur | GB | 3 | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayes, Wendell | KC | 3 | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Young, Charley | Dal | 3 | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Stevens, Howard | NO | 3 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Phipps, Mike | Cle | 3 | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Kotar, Doug | NYG | 2 | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas, Duane | Was | 2 | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, Bob | NYJ | 2 | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Coleman, Ronnie | Hou | 3 | 17 | 31 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bonner, Glen | SD | 3 | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed, Oscar | Min | 2 | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones, Jimmie Lee | Det | 3 | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Larry L. | Was | 3 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Amundson, George | Hou | 3 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bertelsen, Jim | LARm | 3 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Cappelletti, John | LARm | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison, Jim | Chi | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones, Bert | Bal | 2 | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Tarkenton, Fran | Min | 2 | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Strayhorn, Les | Dal | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, John | NE | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Banaszak, Pete | Oak | 3 | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Nottingham, Don | Mia | 2 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Anderson, Ken | Cin | 3 | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Staubach, Roger | Dal | 3 | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard, Ken | StL | 2 | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee, Bob | Atl | 2 | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Ferguson, Joe | Buf | 3 | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott, Bo | Cle | 3 | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hart, Harold | Oak | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Dawson, Len | KC | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler, Bill E. | NO | 3 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Sammy | SF | 3 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Crosby, Steve | NYG | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmichael, Harold | Phi | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Marinaro, Ed | Min | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Huff, Gary | Chi | 3 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Walker, Randy | GB | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickey, Lynn | Hou | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Belton, Willie | StL | 2 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Goodman, Les | GB | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| McCauley, Don | Bal | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Billy Whiteshoes | Hou | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick, Vince | Atl | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed, Joe | SF | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Baker, Tony | LARm | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Snead, Norm | NYG | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Bussey, Dexter | Det | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooks, Jim | Det | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Domres, Marty | Bal | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilliam, Joe | Pit | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson, Jazz | NYJ | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Moses, Haven | Den | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Gaizo, Jim | NYG | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Plunkett, Jim | NE | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Griese, Bob | Mia | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sullivan, Pat | Atl | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Adamle, Mike | NYJ | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Eeghen, Mark | Oak | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| McGee, Molly | Atl | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray, Eddie | Atl | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradshaw, Terry | Pit | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie, Ron | Det | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Barry | GB | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bailey, Tom | Phi | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Munson, Bill | Det | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Hart, Jim | StL | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Harris, James | LARm | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosins, Gary | Chi | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson, Harold | LARm | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Crosswhite, Leon | Det | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Torkelson, Eric | GB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Boryla, Mike | Phi | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fouts, Dan | SD | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ginn, Hubie | Mia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton, Josh | NE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tagge, Jerry | GB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen, Tom | SF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bjorklund, Hank | NYJ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Charlie H. | Oak | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor, Otis | KC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant, Cullen | LARm | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarver, John | NE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jurgensen, Sonny | Was | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pastorini, Dan | Hou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namath, Joe | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadl, John | GB/LARm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Charley | Den | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Longley, Clint | Dal | 1 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramsey, Steve | Den | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beverly, David | Hou | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas, Bob | SD | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stabler, Ken | Oak | 3 | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brunson, Larry | KC | 3 | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Holden, Steve | Cle | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington, Gene A. | SF | 1 | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 409 | 2,751 | 10,749 | 3.9 | 69 | 101 | 43 |