bears leaders in rushing yards per attempt

Gale Sayers has the most career rushing yards per attempt for the Bears, with 5.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
bears leaders in rushing yards per attempt with a minimum of 375 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.0
991
68
4,956
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
2Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
4.5
508
82
2,285
27.9
10
508
30
16.9
6.2
3
3Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
4.5
670
82
2,985
36.4
26
1,201
87
13.8
14.6
10
4Brad Muster
B. Muster
4.4
455
75
2,014
26.9
20
1,623
169
9.6
21.6
7
5Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
4.4
633
74
2,778
37.5
18
134
11
12.2
1.8
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
3,838
190
16,726
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7Jordan Howard
J. Howard
4.3
778
47
3,370
71.7
24
568
72
109
7.9
12.1
1
8D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
4.3
476
33
2,046
62.0
15
685
76
100
9.0
20.8
1
9Matt Forte
M. Forte
4.2
2,035
120
8,602
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
4.1
850
45
3,493
77.6
22
724
118
158
6.1
16.1
0
11George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
4.1
509
61
2,081
34.1
19
600
52
11.5
9.8
2
12Rick Casares
R. Casares
4.1
1,386
121
5,657
46.8
49
1,538
182
8.5
12.7
10
13Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
4.1
1,515
116
6,166
53.2
51
2,763
302
9.1
23.8
20
14Roland Harper
R. Harper
4.0
757
89
3,044
34.2
15
1,013
128
7.9
11.4
3
15David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
3.9
915
60
3,609
60.2
26
1,240
155
194
8.0
20.7
4
16Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
3.9
858
51
3,332
65.3
21
509
72
108
7.1
10.0
0
17James Allen
J. Allen
3.8
515
50
1,978
39.6
4
662
86
113
7.7
13.2
3
18Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
3.8
505
77
1,927
25.0
20
170
11
15.5
2.2
1
19Cedric Benson
C. Benson
3.8
420
35
1,593
45.5
10
180
26
38
6.9
5.1
0
20Raymont Harris
R. Harris
3.8
592
42
2,245
53.5
15
651
100
6.5
15.5
1
21Ronnie Bull
R. Bull
3.6
787
110
2,871
26.1
9
1,404
163
8.6
12.8
4
22Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
3.6
470
31
1,682
54.3
13
120
16
7.5
3.9
1
23Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
3.6
828
148
2,946
19.9
20
2,113
260
8.1
14.3
5
24Jack Manders
J. Manders
3.5
451
93
1,586
17.1
11
260
15
17.3
2.8
6
25Curtis Enis
C. Enis
3.3
456
36
1,497
41.6
4
428
59
79
7.3
11.9
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

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14
3
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12
5
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10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
0
.353
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12
0
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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176