how many rushing yards did walter payton have in his career

Walter Payton ran for 16,726 yards in his career.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	679	1975	CHI	13	196	3.5	52.2	7	213	33	6.5	16.4	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,390	1976	CHI	14	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15	9.9	10.6	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,395	1978	CHI	16	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,610	1979	CHI	16	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46	8.0	22.9	1
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,222	1981	CHI	16	339	3.6	76.4	6	379	41	9.2	23.7	2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	596	1982	CHI	9	148	4.0	66.2	1	311	32	9.7	34.6	0
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	1983	CHI	16	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53	11.5	37.9	2
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,684	1984	CHI	16	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45	8.2	23.0	0
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49	9.9	30.2	2
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,333	1986	CHI	16	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37	10.3	23.9	3
13	Walter Payton W. Payton	533	1987	CHI	12	146	3.7	44.4	4	217	33	6.6	18.1	1
	Average	1286.6			14.6	295.2	4.4	88.0	8.5	349.1	37.8	9.2	23.9	1.2
	Total	16,726			190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492	9.2	23.9	15

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH YDS/G

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2025 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	11	4	0	.733
Packers	9	5	1	.633
Lions	8	7	0	.533
Vikings	7	8	0	.467

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/28	CHI	@	SF	8:20 PM
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Total Yards Rankings

396.7

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269.3

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258.1

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Patriots - x	12	3	0	.800
Bills - x	11	4	0	.733
Dolphins - e	6	9	0	.400
Jets - e	3	12	0	.200
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	9	6	0	.600
Ravens	7	8	0	.467
Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
Browns - e	3	12	0	.200
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - x	11	4	0	.733
Texans	10	5	0	.667
Colts	8	7	0	.533
Titans - e	3	12	0	.200
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Commanders - e	4	11	0	.267
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Bears - x	11	4	0	.733
Packers	9	5	1	.633
Lions	8	7	0	.533
Vikings - e	7	8	0	.467
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	8	7	0	.533
Buccaneers	7	8	0	.467
Falcons - e	6	9	0	.400
Saints - e	5	10	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - x	12	3	0	.800
49ers - x	11	4	0	.733
Rams - x	11	4	0	.733
Cardinals - e	3	12	0	.200