highest career yards by a bears running back

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards by a Bears running back, with 16,726 yards.

Interpreted as:
highest career rushing yards by a bears running back
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Matt Forte
M. Forte
8,602
120
2,035
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
3Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
6,166
116
1,515
4.1
53.2
51
2,763
302
9.1
23.8
20
4Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,657
121
1,386
4.1
46.8
49
1,538
182
8.5
12.7
10
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,956
68
991
5.0
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
6David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
3,609
60
915
3.9
60.2
26
1,240
155
194
8.0
20.7
4
7Thomas Jones
T. Jones
3,493
45
850
4.1
77.6
22
724
118
158
6.1
16.1
0
8Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,370
47
778
4.3
71.7
24
568
72
109
7.9
12.1
1
9Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
3,332
51
858
3.9
65.3
21
509
72
108
7.1
10.0
0
10Roland Harper
R. Harper
3,044
89
757
4.0
34.2
15
1,013
128
7.9
11.4
3
11Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
2,985
82
670
4.5
36.4
26
1,201
87
13.8
14.6
10
12Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
2,946
148
828
3.6
19.9
20
2,113
260
8.1
14.3
5
13Ronnie Bull
R. Bull
2,871
110
787
3.6
26.1
9
1,404
163
8.6
12.8
4
14Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
2,694
66
617
4.4
40.8
17
134
11
12.2
2.0
0
15Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
2,285
82
508
4.5
27.9
10
508
30
16.9
6.2
3
16Raymont Harris
R. Harris
2,245
42
592
3.8
53.5
15
651
100
6.5
15.5
1
17Brad Muster
B. Muster
2,014
75
455
4.4
26.9
20
1,623
169
9.6
21.6
7
18James Allen
J. Allen
1,978
50
515
3.8
39.6
4
662
86
113
7.7
13.2
3
19Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
1,927
77
505
3.8
25.0
20
170
11
15.5
2.2
1
20George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
1,869
49
474
3.9
38.1
15
578
49
11.8
11.8
2
21Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
1,846
42
338
5.5
44.0
14
197
11
17.9
4.7
1
22D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,796
29
426
4.2
61.9
11
642
70
92
9.2
22.1
1
23Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
1,791
48
372
4.8
37.3
9
291
45
61
6.5
6.1
2
24Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
1,753
46
368
4.8
38.1
20
170
12
14.2
3.7
1
25Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
1,682
31
470
3.6
54.3
13
120
16
7.5
3.9
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

25.7

8th

OPP PPG

25.8

25th

RUSH YDS/G

152.6

2nd

PASS YDS/G

227.5

16th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
5
8
0
.385
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
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

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
6-21
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/8
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM