best rushing seasons for by bears running backs

Walter Payton rushed for 16,726 yards for the Bears in his career.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
13
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
2,946
10
148
828
3.6
19.9
20
2,113
260
8.1
14.3
5
3Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,657
10
121
1,386
4.1
46.8
49
1,538
182
8.5
12.7
10
4Ronnie Bull
R. Bull
2,871
9
110
787
3.6
26.1
9
1,404
163
8.6
12.8
4
5Matt Forte
M. Forte
8,602
8
120
2,035
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,283
8
106
311
4.1
12.1
8
665
78
102
8.5
6.3
0
7Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
6,166
8
116
1,515
4.1
53.2
51
2,763
302
9.1
23.8
20
8Ray McLean
R. McLean
412
8
76
152
2.7
5.4
5
2,232
103
21.7
29.4
21
9Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
1,927
8
77
505
3.8
25.0
20
170
11
15.5
2.2
1
10Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
2,285
8
82
508
4.5
27.9
10
508
30
16.9
6.2
3
11Jack Manders
J. Manders
1,586
8
93
451
3.5
17.1
11
260
15
17.3
2.8
6
12Jason McKie
J. McKie
84
7
87
29
2.9
1.0
3
357
67
99
5.3
4.1
3
13Calvin Thomas
C. Thomas
672
7
78
170
4.0
8.6
5
115
20
5.8
1.5
0
14Roland Harper
R. Harper
3,044
7
89
757
4.0
34.2
15
1,013
128
7.9
11.4
3
15Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,956
7
68
991
5.0
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
16Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
2,985
7
82
670
4.5
36.4
26
1,201
87
13.8
14.6
10
17Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
1,753
7
46
368
4.8
38.1
20
170
12
14.2
3.7
1
18Ralph Kurek
R. Kurek
434
6
81
121
3.6
5.4
2
299
26
11.5
3.7
0
19George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,542
6
60
323
4.8
25.7
18
1,274
82
15.5
21.2
10
20Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
2,694
6
66
617
4.4
40.8
17
134
11
12.2
2.0
0
21Brad Muster
B. Muster
2,014
5
75
455
4.4
26.9
20
1,623
169
9.6
21.6
7
22Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
909
5
75
211
4.3
12.1
10
202
18
11.2
2.7
1
23Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
428
5
71
82
5.2
6.0
4
361
31
11.6
5.1
0
24Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
1,002
5
64
275
3.6
15.7
9
865
75
11.5
13.5
6
25John Hoffman
J. Hoffman
1,191
5
60
277
4.3
19.9
6
1,113
79
14.1
18.6
6
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PASS

3,942

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RUSH

1,087

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REC

713

Loveland

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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
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/20
@
1:00 PM
Mon
9/28
@
8:15 PM
Sun
10/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

CHI Bears

1 - 1

Sun 18 Jan 2026

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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

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10/12
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29-27
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10/12
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27-30
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10/12
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10/12
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10-20
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10/12
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9/10
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8:35 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM