Walter Payton has the most rushing yards by a Bears running back in a season, with 1,852 yards in 1977.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. Payton | 1,852 | 1977 |  CHI | 14 | 339 | 5.5 | 132.3 | 14 | 269 | 27 | 10.0 | 19.2 | 2 | |
| 2 | | W. Payton | 1,684 | 1984 | CHI | 16 | 381 | 4.4 | 105.3 | 11 | 368 | 45 | 8.2 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | W. Payton | 1,610 | 1979 | CHI | 16 | 369 | 4.4 | 100.6 | 14 | 313 | 31 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 2 | |
| 4 | | W. Payton | 1,551 | 1985 | CHI | 16 | 324 | 4.8 | 96.9 | 9 | 483 | 49 | 9.9 | 30.2 | 2 | |
| 5 | | W. Payton | 1,460 | 1980 | CHI | 16 | 317 | 4.6 | 91.3 | 6 | 367 | 46 | 8.0 | 22.9 | 1 | |
| 6 | | W. Payton | 1,421 | 1983 | CHI | 16 | 314 | 4.5 | 88.8 | 6 | 607 | 53 | 11.5 | 37.9 | 2 | |
| 7 | | W. Payton | 1,395 | 1978 | CHI | 16 | 333 | 4.2 | 87.2 | 11 | 480 | 50 | 9.6 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | W. Payton | 1,390 | 1976 | CHI | 14 | 311 | 4.5 | 99.3 | 13 | 149 | 15 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | M. Forte | 1,339 | 2013 | CHI | 16 | 289 | 4.6 | 83.7 | 9 | 594 | 74 | 94 | 8.0 | 37.1 | 3 |
| 10 |  | T. Jones | 1,335 | 2005 | CHI | 15 | 314 | 4.3 | 89.0 | 9 | 143 | 26 | 39 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 11 | | W. Payton | 1,333 | 1986 | CHI | 16 | 321 | 4.2 | 83.3 | 8 | 382 | 37 | 10.3 | 23.9 | 3 | |
| 12 |  | J. Howard | 1,313 | 2016 | CHI | 15 | 252 | 5.2 | 87.5 | 6 | 298 | 29 | 50 | 10.3 | 19.9 | 1 |
| 13 | | N. Anderson | 1,275 | 1989 | CHI | 16 | 274 | 4.7 | 79.7 | 11 | 434 | 50 | 8.7 | 27.1 | 4 | |
| 14 | | M. Forte | 1,238 | 2008 | CHI | 16 | 316 | 3.9 | 77.4 | 8 | 477 | 63 | 76 | 7.6 | 29.8 | 4 |
| 15 | | G. Sayers | 1,231 | 1966 | CHI | 14 | 229 | 5.4 | 87.9 | 8 | 447 | 34 | 13.1 | 31.9 | 2 | |
| 16 | | W. Payton | 1,222 | 1981 | CHI | 16 | 339 | 3.6 | 76.4 | 6 | 379 | 41 | 9.2 | 23.7 | 2 | |
| 17 | | T. Jones | 1,210 | 2006 | CHI | 16 | 296 | 4.1 | 75.6 | 6 | 154 | 36 | 47 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 18 | | A. Thomas | 1,183 | 2001 | CHI | 14 | 278 | 4.3 | 84.5 | 7 | 178 | 22 | 30 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 19 | | R. Casares | 1,126 | 1956 | CHB | 12 | 234 | 4.8 | 93.8 | 12 | 203 | 23 | 8.8 | 16.9 | 2 | |
| 20 | | J. Howard | 1,122 | 2017 | CHI | 16 | 276 | 4.1 | 70.1 | 9 | 125 | 23 | 32 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 21 | | J. Allen | 1,120 | 2000 | CHI | 16 | 290 | 3.9 | 70.0 | 2 | 291 | 39 | 60 | 7.5 | 18.2 | 1 |
| 22 | | N. Anderson | 1,106 | 1988 | CHI | 16 | 249 | 4.4 | 69.1 | 12 | 371 | 39 | 9.5 | 23.2 | 0 | |
| 23 | | M. Forte | 1,094 | 2012 | CHI | 15 | 248 | 4.4 | 72.9 | 5 | 340 | 44 | 60 | 7.7 | 22.7 | 1 |
| 24 | | N. Anderson | 1,078 | 1990 | CHI | 15 | 260 | 4.1 | 71.9 | 10 | 484 | 42 | 11.5 | 32.3 | 3 | |
| 25 | | R. Salaam | 1,074 | 1995 | CHI | 16 | 296 | 3.6 | 67.1 | 10 | 56 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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