chicago bears single season yards leader

Gale Sayers has gained the most all-purpose yards for the Bears in a season, with 2,440 yards in 1966.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,440
1966
14
174.3
12
1,231
87.9
8
447
31.9
2
718
51.3
2
44
3.1
0
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,272
1965
14
162.3
22
867
61.9
14
507
36.2
6
660
47.1
1
238
17.0
1
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,216
1977
14
158.3
16
1,852
132.3
14
269
19.2
2
95
6.8
0
0
0.0
0
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,052
1984
16
128.3
11
1,684
105.3
11
368
23.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,034
1985
16
127.1
11
1,551
96.9
9
483
30.2
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,028
1983
16
126.8
8
1,421
88.8
6
607
37.9
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
2,025
1999
16
126.6
1
102
6.4
1
151
9.4
0
1,426
89.1
0
346
21.6
0
8Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,933
2013
16
120.8
12
1,339
83.7
9
594
37.1
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,923
1979
16
120.2
16
1,610
100.6
14
313
19.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
1,886
1998
16
117.9
3
8
0.5
0
37
2.3
0
1,550
96.9
2
291
18.2
1
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,875
1978
16
117.2
11
1,395
87.2
11
480
30.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Devin Hester
D. Hester
1,874
2007
16
117.1
8
-10
-0.6
0
299
18.7
2
934
58.4
2
651
40.7
4
13Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,846
2014
16
115.4
10
1,038
64.9
6
808
50.5
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,827
1980
16
114.2
7
1,460
91.3
6
367
22.9
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
1,782
2000
16
111.4
0
6
0.4
0
8
0.5
0
1,468
91.8
0
300
18.8
0
16Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,715
2008
16
107.2
12
1,238
77.4
8
477
29.8
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,715
1986
16
107.2
11
1,333
83.3
8
382
23.9
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,709
1989
16
106.8
15
1,275
79.7
11
434
27.1
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Devin Hester
D. Hester
1,692
2013
16
105.8
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
1,436
89.8
0
256
16.0
1
20Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1,689
1967
13
129.9
12
880
67.7
7
126
9.7
1
603
46.4
3
80
6.2
1
21Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,616
2010
16
101.0
9
1,069
66.8
6
547
34.2
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,611
2016
15
107.4
7
1,313
87.5
6
298
19.9
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
1,607
1943
10
10
556
55.6
2
535
53.5
7
326
32.6
0
158
15.8
0
24Devin Hester
D. Hester
1,603
2008
15
106.9
3
61
4.1
0
665
44.3
3
679
45.3
0
198
13.2
0
25Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,601
1981
16
100.1
8
1,222
76.4
6
379
23.7
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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