most career yards from scrimmage by a bear in one season

Walter Payton has the most scrimmage yards for the Bears in a season, with 2,121 yards in 1977.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,121	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27		10.0	19.2	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,052	1984	CHI	16	1,684	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45		8.2	23.0	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,034	1985	CHI	16	1,551	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,028	1983	CHI	16	1,421	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53		11.5	37.9	2
5	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,933	2013	CHI	16	1,339	289	4.6	83.7	9	594	74	94	8.0	37.1	3
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,923	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31		10.1	19.6	2
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50		9.6	30.0	0
8	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,846	2014	CHI	16	1,038	266	3.9	64.9	6	808	102	130	7.9	50.5	4
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,827	1980	CHI	16	1,460	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46		8.0	22.9	1
10	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,715	2008	CHI	16	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,715	1986	CHI	16	1,333	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
12	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,709	1989	CHI	16	1,275	274	4.7	79.7	11	434	50		8.7	27.1	4
13	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,678	1966	CHI	14	1,231	229	5.4	87.9	8	447	34		13.1	31.9	2
14	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,616	2010	CHI	16	1,069	237	4.5	66.8	6	547	51	70	10.7	34.2	3
15	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,611	2016	CHI	15	1,313	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,601	1981	CHI	16	1,222	339	3.6	76.4	6	379	41		9.2	23.7	2
17	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,562	1990	CHI	15	1,078	260	4.1	71.9	10	484	42		11.5	32.3	3
18	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,539	1976	CHI	14	1,390	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15		9.9	10.6	0
19	Alshon Jeffery A. Jeffery	1,526	2013	CHI	16	105	16	6.6	6.6	0	1,421	89	150	16.0	88.8	7
20	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	1,508	2020	CHI	15	1,070	247	4.3	71.3	8	438	54	68	8.1	29.2	2
21	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	1,506	2012	CHI	16	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0	1,508	118	194	12.8	94.3	11
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,487	2011	CHI	12	997	203	4.9	83.1	3	490	52	76	9.4	40.8	1
23	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,478	2005	CHI	15	1,335	314	4.3	89.0	9	143	26	39	5.5	9.5	0
24	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,477	1988	CHI	16	1,106	249	4.4	69.1	12	371	39		9.5	23.2	0
25	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,434	2012	CHI	15	1,094	248	4.4	72.9	5	340	44	60	7.7	22.7	1

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Lions	3	2	0	.600
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