Walter Payton accounted for the most yards by a running back in 1978, with 1,875 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

	NAME	TOTALYDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,703	1978	DAL	16	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
3	Tony Reed T. Reed	1,536	1978	KC	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
4	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,498	1978	HOU	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
5	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,450	1978	MIA	16	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
6	Terdell Middleton T. Middleton	1,448	1978	GB	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
7	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,415	1978	PHI	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
8	Joe Washington J. Washington	1,413	1978	BAL	16	2	4	50.0	80	20.0	5.0	2	0	135.4	50.0	0.0	0	0
9	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,371	1978	OAK	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
10	Roland Harper R. Harper	1,332	1978	CHI	16	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	100.0	0	0
11	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,320	1978	SD	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
12	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,313	1978	WAS	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
13	Terry Miller T. Miller	1,306	1978	BUF	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
14	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,252	1978	CLE	12	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0.0	0.0	66.7	0	0
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,226	1978	PIT	16	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	1,217	1978	NO	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
17	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	1,199	1978	DET	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
18	Sherman Smith S. Smith	1,171	1978	SEA	12	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
19	Kevin Long K. Long	1,158	1978	NYJ	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
20	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,145	1978	MIN	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
21	Rickey Young R. Young	1,121	1978	MIN	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
22	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	1,065	1978	NE	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
23	Horace King H. King	1,056	1978	DET	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				1	2
24	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	998	1978	CIN	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
25	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	986	1978	LA	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0

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