<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>5
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<FILENAME>form5potter.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POTTER
<TEXT>
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Potter, Duane W.
   No 1 Leggett Road
   Carthage, MO 64836
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (LEG)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Senior Vice President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
<TABLE>
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   |             +-----------+------+----------+   Year         |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |             |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
<S>                                <C>        <C>           <C>         <C>    <C>        <C>              <C>         <C>
Common Stock                       10/31/2001 G             -682        D      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       12/31/2001 A             701         A      $0.0000                     D
                                   <F1>                                        <F1>
Common Stock                       12/31/2001 A             1319        A      $0.0000                     D
                                   <F2>                                        <F2>
Common Stock                       12/31/2001 A             1091        A      $0.0000    388149           D
                                   <F3>                                        <F3>
Common Stock                                                                              16180            I           Custodian
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   |         +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |         |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Year    |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
<S>            <C>      <C>        <C>       <C>   <C>   <C>        <C>        <C>     <C>      <C>        <C>      <C>     <C>
Stock Options  $0.01                                                12/05/2011 Common                      12022    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $0.01                                                06/30/2013 Common                      956      D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $0.25                                                06/30/2009 Common                      15448    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $0.25                                                12/11/2009 Common                      22492    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Options  $3.09    12/15/2000 A         2672        01/01/2002 12/14/2015 Common  2672     $0.0000    2672     D
(Right to buy)          <F4>                                                   Stock
Stock Options  $17.69   01/02/2001 A         8500        07/02/2002 01/03/2011 Common  8500     $0.0000    8500     D
(Right to buy)                                           <F5>                  Stock
Stock Options  $20                                                  04/11/2009 Common                      18900    D
(Right to buy)                                                                 Stock

Explanation of Responses:
<FN>
<F1>
Stock Awards made to Reporting Person under Issuer's 1989 Flexible Stock Plan in
transactions exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Shares were awarded during fiscal year
ending 12/31/01 at fair market values ranging from $17.00 to $24.23 per share.
The information is presented as of 12/31/01.
<F2>
Acquisition of stock under Issuer's 1989 Discount Stock Plan in transactions
exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Shares were awarded during fiscal year ending 12/31/01
at values ranging from $16.35 to $17.85 per share.  The information is presented
as of 12/31/01.
<F3>
Acquisition of stock units under Issuer's 1989 Flexible Stock Plan (Executive
Deferred Stock Program) exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Units were granted during the
fiscal year ended 12/31/01 at prices ranging from $17.69 to $21.99.
<F4>
These options were granted pursuant to the Issuer's Deferred Compensation
Program based on elections made in 2000 to defer income becoming payable in
2001.  The options are exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Since the number of shares
subject to option could not be determined until 2001 compensation levels were
determined, these options did not become reportable until 2001.
<F5>
The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning July 2, 2002.
</FN>
</TABLE>

SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Duane W. Potter

DATE
02/13/2002

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