Walter Payton had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1977, with 5.5 per attempt.

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Assumption:6.25+ ATT/TG
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	5.5	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
2	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	5.0	1977	STL	14	739	149	52.8	4	403	34	11.9	28.8	2
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.8	1977	DAL	14	1,007	208	71.9	12	273	29	9.4	19.5	1
4	Benny Malone B. Malone	4.8	1977	MIA	14	615	129	43.9	5	58	4	14.5	4.1	0
5	Sherman Smith S. Smith	4.7	1977	SEA	14	763	163	54.5	4	419	30	14.0	29.9	2
6	Cleo Miller C. Miller	4.6	1977	CLE	14	756	163	54.0	4	291	41	7.1	20.8	1
7	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	4.6	1977	CLE	14	1,086	236	77.6	3	471	37	12.7	33.6	1
8	Leroy Harris L. Harris	4.6	1977	MIA	11	417	91	37.9	4	29	7	4.1	2.6	0
9	Norm Bulaich N. Bulaich	4.6	1977	MIA	14	416	91	29.7	4	180	25	7.2	12.9	0
10	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	4.5	1977	HOU	11	652	144	59.3	1	156	23	6.8	14.2	0
11	O.J. Simpson	4.4	1977	BUF	7	557	126	79.6	0	138	16	8.6	19.7	0
12	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	4.4	1977	SF	14	780	179	55.7	7	169	22	7.7	12.1	0
13	Gary Davis G. Davis	4.2	1977	MIA	14	533	126	38.1	2	151	14	10.8	10.8	1
14	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	4.2	1977	LA	14	1,238	294	88.4	7	274	25	11.0	19.6	2
15	Lonnie Perrin L. Perrin	4.1	1977	DEN	14	456	110	32.6	3	106	6	17.7	7.6	1
16	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	4.1	1977	KC	13	550	133	42.3	5	313	32	9.8	24.1	0
17	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	4.1	1977	MIN	14	1,112	270	79.4	6	308	38	8.1	22.0	3
18	Clarence Davis C. Davis	4.1	1977	OAK	14	787	194	56.2	5	124	16	7.8	8.9	0
19	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	4.0	1977	NO	14	811	201	57.9	6	248	21	11.8	17.7	1
20	Tony Reed T. Reed	4.0	1977	KC	14	505	126	36.1	2	125	12	10.4	8.9	0
21	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	4.0	1977	CIN	12	549	137	45.8	0	240	28	8.6	20.0	0
22	Wayne Morris W. Morris	4.0	1977	STL	12	661	165	55.1	8	222	24	9.3	18.5	1
23	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	4.0	1977	DAL	14	721	180	51.5	3	106	16	6.6	7.6	1
24	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	3.9	1977	OAK	14	1,273	324	90.9	7	135	15	9.0	9.6	0
25	Rob Lytle R. Lytle	3.9	1977	DEN	14	408	104	29.1	1	198	17	11.6	14.1	1

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