most all purpose yards in the nfl from 1978 to 1981

Between the 1978 and 1981 seasons, Bruce Harper had the most all-purpose yards, with 7,806 yards.

Interpreted as:

most all purpose yards by a player in the NFL from 1978 to 1981

	NAME	YDS	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Bruce Harper B. Harper	7,806	63	123.9	15	1,104	17.5	6	1,539	24.4	8	3,988	63.3	0	1,175	18.7	1
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	7,226	64	112.9	42	5,687	88.9	37	1,539	24.0	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	6,801	62	109.7	55	6,457	104.1	55	345	5.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,712	57	117.8	44	4,912	86.2	34	1,617	28.4	10	183	3.2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	6,658	61	109.1	34	5,263	86.3	28	1,341	22.0	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Joe Washington J. Washington	5,978	61	98.0	20	3,258	53.4	9	2,179	35.7	10	500	8.2	1	37	0.6	0
7	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	5,388	64	84.2	30	3,991	62.4	27	1,397	21.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	5,336	48	111.2	28	4,333	90.3	26	1,003	20.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	5,232	59	88.7	43	3,726	63.2	43	1,162	19.7	0	344	5.8	0	0	0.0	0
10	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,132	47	109.2	22	3,632	77.3	17	1,500	31.9	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	5,109	64	79.8	20	18	0.3	0	3,658	57.2	20	1,021	16.0	0	361	5.6	0
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	4,925	60	82.1	35	4,044	67.4	31	881	14.7	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Steve Largent S. Largent	4,742	63	75.3	33	49	0.8	1	4,693	74.5	32	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	4,721	61	77.4	30	107	1.8	0	3,842	63.0	29	29	0.5	0	740	12.1	1
15	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	4,331	60	72.2	45	3,451	57.5	39	882	14.7	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	James Lofton J. Lofton	4,318	64	67.5	22	12	0.2	0	4,306	67.3	22	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ted Brown T. Brown	4,226	46	91.9	19	2,526	54.9	15	1,514	32.9	4	186	4.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Tony Hill T. Hill	4,128	64	64.5	28	59	0.9	0	3,893	60.8	28	32	0.5	0	144	2.3	0
19	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	4,111	58	70.9	40	45	0.8	0	4,063	70.1	40	3	0.1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	4,032	45	89.6	17	1,177	26.2	6	1,253	27.8	10	1,118	24.8	0	484	10.8	1
21	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	3,970	56	70.9	26	2,886	51.5	23	1,084	19.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	3,969	57	69.6	15	153	2.7	0	2,302	40.4	14	301	5.3	0	1,213	21.3	1
23	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	3,923	64	61.3	16	-12	-0.2	0	3,935	61.5	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ahmad Rashad A. Rashad	3,912	64	61.1	29	8	0.1	0	3,904	61.0	29	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Pat Tilley P. Tilley	3,884	62	62.6	18	32	0.5	0	3,844	62.0	18	0	0.0	0	8	0.1	0

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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