most 100 yard rushing games from 1955 to 1980

Between the 1955 and 1980 seasons, Walter Payton and O.J. Simpson were tied for the most games with 100+ rushing yards, with 42 games.

Interpreted as:
most 100 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player from 1955 to 1980
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
42
5,785
1,054
5.5
137.7
44
849
90
9.4
20.2
4
2O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
42
6,248
1,065
5.9
148.8
35
499
50
10.0
11.9
5
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
39
5,675
893
6.4
145.5
43
1,076
87
12.4
27.6
11
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
37
4,511
829
5.4
121.9
44
470
66
7.1
12.7
2
5Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
28
4,040
766
5.3
144.3
32
69
23
3.0
2.5
0
6Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
27
3,280
554
5.9
121.5
35
524
40
13.1
19.4
5
7Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
25
3,409
542
6.3
136.4
39
363
44
8.3
14.5
2
8Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
22
2,640
484
5.5
120.0
10
455
45
10.1
20.7
4
9Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
20
2,582
363
7.1
129.1
22
466
34
13.7
23.3
2
10Larry Brown
L. Brown
19
2,353
431
5.5
123.8
12
451
41
11.0
23.7
7
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
18
2,387
402
5.9
132.6
20
422
41
10.3
23.4
2
12Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
18
2,277
502
4.5
126.5
9
395
50
7.9
21.9
3
13Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
17
2,287
330
6.9
134.5
13
635
55
11.5
37.4
4
14Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
17
2,096
408
5.1
123.3
16
479
60
8.0
28.2
3
15Jim Nance
J. Nance
17
2,192
406
5.4
128.9
14
124
14
8.9
7.3
0
16Delvin Williams
D. Williams
16
2,057
345
6.0
128.6
17
208
17
12.2
13.0
1
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
16
1,970
360
5.5
123.1
13
158
22
7.2
9.9
2
18Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
16
1,783
315
5.7
111.4
13
66
8
8.3
4.1
1
19Calvin Hill
C. Hill
16
1,929
390
4.9
120.6
16
298
37
8.1
18.6
1
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
15
1,940
345
5.6
129.3
11
288
32
9.0
19.2
2
21Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
15
1,921
363
5.3
128.1
16
311
36
8.6
20.7
2
22Floyd Little
F. Little
15
1,807
331
5.5
120.5
13
188
19
9.9
12.5
1
23Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
15
1,957
291
6.7
130.5
5
648
38
17.1
43.2
5
24John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
15
1,870
331
5.6
124.7
13
199
25
8.0
13.3
2
25Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
15
1,934
236
8.2
128.9
16
224
19
11.8
14.9
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

CHI Bears

1 - 1

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176