most receiving yards by a running back before 1990

Before 1990, Walter Payton had the most receiving yards by a running back, with 4,538 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,538	190	492	9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
2	Roger Craig R. Craig	4,241	110	483	8.8	38.6	16	6,625	1,545	4.3	60.2	49
3	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4,087	111	248	16.5	36.8	29	4,016	859	4.7	36.2	50
4	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	4,066	170	490	8.3	23.9	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34
5	John David Crow J. David Crow	3,699	125	258	14.3	29.6	35	4,963	1,157	4.3	39.7	38
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,661	105	388	9.4	34.9	16	7,275	1,781	4.1	69.3	63
7	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	3,592	123	383	9.4	29.2	16	3,543	732	4.8	28.8	16
8	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	3,576	90	174	20.6	39.7	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,554	173	398	8.9	20.5	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
10	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	3,535	112	287	12.3	31.6	20	4,630	1,036	4.5	41.3	46
11	James Wilder J. Wilder	3,492	113	430	8.1	30.9	9	5,957	1,575	3.8	52.7	37
12	Joe Washington J. Washington	3,413	119	395	8.6	28.7	18	4,839	1,195	4.0	40.7	12
13	Timmy Brown T. Brown	3,399	108	235	14.5	31.5	26	3,862	889	4.3	35.8	31
14	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	3,314	96	203	16.3	34.5	24	5,140	1,145	4.5	53.5	30
15	Rickey Young R. Young	3,285	131	408	8.1	25.1	16	3,666	1,011	3.6	28.0	23
16	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	3,260	83	239	13.6	39.3	22	3,422	783	4.4	41.2	30
17	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	3,247	143	264	12.3	22.7	20	5,281	1,124	4.7	36.9	38
18	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	3,203	111	376	8.5	28.9	17	6,534	1,675	3.9	58.9	30
19	Bill Brown B. Brown	3,183	194	286	11.1	16.4	23	5,838	1,649	3.5	30.1	52
20	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	3,156	109	350	9.0	29.0	23	5,950	1,556	3.8	54.6	53
21	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	3,069	158	328	9.4	19.4	18	5,672	1,196	4.7	35.9	27
22	Don McCauley D. McCauley	3,026	156	333	9.1	19.4	17	2,627	770	3.4	16.8	40
23	Preston Pearson P. Pearson	3,025	155	252	12.0	19.5	15	3,531	922	3.8	22.8	13
24	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	3,010	84	184	16.4	35.8	25	1,069	294	3.6	12.7	5
25	James Brooks J. Brooks	3,005	125	315	9.5	24.0	24	6,343	1,320	4.8	50.7	42

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