bears most rushing yards in a season player

Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards for the Bears in a season, with 1,852 yards in 1977.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27		10.0	19.2	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,684	1984	CHI	16	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45		8.2	23.0	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,610	1979	CHI	16	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31		10.1	19.6	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46		8.0	22.9	1
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	1983	CHI	16	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53		11.5	37.9	2
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,395	1978	CHI	16	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50		9.6	30.0	0
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,390	1976	CHI	14	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15		9.9	10.6	0
9	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,339	2013	CHI	16	289	4.6	83.7	9	594	74	94	8.0	37.1	3
10	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,335	2005	CHI	15	314	4.3	89.0	9	143	26	39	5.5	9.5	0
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,333	1986	CHI	16	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
12	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
13	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,275	1989	CHI	16	274	4.7	79.7	11	434	50		8.7	27.1	4
14	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,238	2008	CHI	16	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
15	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,231	1966	CHI	14	229	5.4	87.9	8	447	34		13.1	31.9	2
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,222	1981	CHI	16	339	3.6	76.4	6	379	41		9.2	23.7	2
17	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,210	2006	CHI	16	296	4.1	75.6	6	154	36	47	4.3	9.6	0
18	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,183	2001	CHI	14	278	4.3	84.5	7	178	22	30	8.1	12.7	0
19	Justin Fields J. Fields	1,143	2022	CHI	15	160	7.1	76.2	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Rick Casares R. Casares	1,126	1956	CHB	12	234	4.8	93.8	12	203	23		8.8	16.9	2
21	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,122	2017	CHI	16	276	4.1	70.1	9	125	23	32	5.4	7.8	0
22	James Allen J. Allen	1,120	2000	CHI	16	290	3.9	70.0	2	291	39	60	7.5	18.2	1
23	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,106	1988	CHI	16	249	4.4	69.1	12	371	39		9.5	23.2	0
24	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,094	2012	CHI	15	248	4.4	72.9	5	340	44	60	7.7	22.7	1
25	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	1,087	2025	CHI	16	223	4.9	67.9	9	299	34	48	8.8	18.7	1

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