most passing yards by a runningback in a career since 1970

Since 1970, Walter Payton has the most passing yards by a running back, with 331 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	331	190	11	34	32.4	9.7	1.7	8	6	69.6	23.5	17.6	0	0
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	282	222	12	27	44.4	10.4	1.3	6	1	106.8	22.2	3.7	6	32
3	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	194	80	7	13	53.8	14.9	2.4	4	1	106.6	30.8	7.7	0	0
4	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	182	158	8	19	42.1	9.6	1.2	6	2	77.1	31.6	10.5	1	10
5	Joe Washington J. Washington	179	119	5	11	45.5	16.3	1.5	3	1	93.8	27.3	9.1	0	0
6	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	168	223	7	18	38.9	9.3	0.8	1	2	52.3	5.6	11.1	1	3
7	Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	168	54	8	17	47.1	9.9	3.1	1	0	102.1	5.9	0.0	2	11
8	Willard Harrell W. Harrell	144	136	6	12	50.0	12.0	1.1	4	1	98.6	33.3	8.3	2	17
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	143	170	8	12	66.7	11.9	0.8	7	0	146.9	58.3	0.0	2	3
10	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	126	110	4	7	57.1	18.0	1.1	4	0	141.4	57.1	0.0	0	0
11	Keith Byars K. Byars	119	189	6	13	46.2	9.2	0.6	6	1	86.2	46.2	7.7	1	7
12	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	114	146	4	8	50.0	14.3	0.8	4	0	135.4	50.0	0.0	2	7
13	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	114	108	4	7	57.1	16.3	1.1	4	0	141.4	57.1	0.0	0	0
14	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	112	108	4	9	44.4	12.4	1.0	2	1	91.0	22.2	11.1	2	8
15	Louis Carter L. Carter	111	52	4	12	33.3	9.3	2.1	1	0	96.2	8.3	0.0	0	0
16	Mike Montgomery M. Montgomery	111	23	4	9	44.4	12.3	4.8	1	0	127.5	11.1	0.0	0	0
17	O.J. Simpson	110	122	6	16	37.5	6.9	0.9	1	0	82.8	6.3	0.0	1	11
18	Earnest Byner E. Byner	90	211	3	10	30.0	9.0	0.4	3	0	104.2	30.0	0.0	0	0
19	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	85	110	4	6	66.7	14.2	0.8	3	0	149.3	50.0	0.0	0	0
20	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	84	113	2	5	40.0	16.8	0.7	2	0	127.1	40.0	0.0	0	0
21	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	83	116	4	9	44.4	9.2	0.7	1	0	114.6	11.1	0.0	0	0
22	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	83	170	3	7	42.9	11.9	0.5	0	1	47.6	0.0	14.3	1	8
23	Sam Havrilak S. Havrilak	82	41	2	2	100.0	41.0	2.0	0	0	118.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	82	100	4	6	66.7	13.7	0.8	0	1	70.1	0.0	16.7	2	13
25	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	80	70	4	8	50.0	10.0	1.1	1	0	125.0	12.5	0.0	0	0

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