chicago bears rushing yards per game thru the walter payton era

Walter Payton averaged 88.0 rushing yards per game for the Bears in his career.

NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
52.2
1975
CHI CHI
13
679
196
3.5
7
213
33
6.5
16.4
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
99.3
1976
CHI CHI
14
1,390
311
4.5
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
132.3
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
87.2
1978
CHI CHI
16
1,395
333
4.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
100.6
1979
CHI CHI
16
1,610
369
4.4
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
91.3
1980
CHI CHI
16
1,460
317
4.6
6
367
46
8.0
22.9
1
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
76.4
1981
CHI CHI
16
1,222
339
3.6
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
66.2
1982
CHI CHI
9
596
148
4.0
1
311
32
9.7
34.6
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.8
1983
CHI CHI
16
1,421
314
4.5
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
105.3
1984
CHI CHI
16
1,684
381
4.4
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
96.9
1985
CHI CHI
16
1,551
324
4.8
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
83.3
1986
CHI CHI
16
1,333
321
4.2
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
44.4
1987
CHI CHI
12
533
146
3.7
4
217
33
6.6
18.1
1
Total88.019016,7263,8384.41104,5384929.223.915
Average88.014.61286.6295.24.48.5349.137.89.223.91.2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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25.8

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152.6

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227.5

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
5
8
0
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
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12/28
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

9 - 4

21

Final

28

GB Packers

9 - 3 - 1

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
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5
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.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
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IND IND
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9/6
ARI ARI
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NO NO
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Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
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DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
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SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
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9-14

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
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TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
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NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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12/14
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12/14
ARI ARI
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM