most rushing yards 1980 to 1984

Between the 1980 and 1984 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 6,383 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player 1980 to 1984
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,383
73
1,499
4.3
87.4
30
2,032
217
9.4
27.8
5
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,086
72
1,388
4.4
84.5
34
1,513
181
8.4
21.0
4
3Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
5,759
70
1,359
4.2
82.3
32
1,871
225
8.3
26.7
3
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,617
68
1,359
4.1
82.6
41
576
87
6.6
8.5
0
5Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
6William Andrews
W. Andrews
4,749
57
1,024
4.6
83.3
26
2,303
233
9.9
40.4
9
7Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
4,343
66
1,095
4.0
65.8
32
1,239
183
6.8
18.8
3
8George Rogers
G. Rogers
4,267
51
995
4.3
83.7
23
292
44
6.6
5.7
0
9Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
4,046
54
960
4.2
74.9
20
1,641
162
10.1
30.4
15
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,913
32
769
5.1
122.3
32
543
72
7.5
17.0
2
11Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
3,913
58
849
4.6
67.5
32
1,334
147
9.1
23.0
13
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,853
52
1,074
3.6
74.1
54
181
28
6.5
3.5
0
13Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
3,623
56
823
4.4
64.7
25
1,740
188
9.3
31.1
6
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
3,557
62
937
3.8
57.4
19
976
133
7.3
15.7
5
15Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
3,477
55
813
4.3
63.2
45
1,262
145
8.7
22.9
2
16Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
3,456
64
791
4.4
54.0
26
1,469
121
12.1
23.0
8
17Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
3,414
64
913
3.7
53.3
51
895
115
7.8
14.0
5
18Ted Brown
T. Brown
3,408
63
831
4.1
54.1
28
2,230
263
8.5
35.4
10
19Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
3,133
41
677
4.6
76.4
14
824
80
10.3
20.1
6
20Tony Collins
T. Collins
3,104
57
725
4.3
54.5
23
776
88
8.8
13.6
2
21Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
2,910
71
648
4.5
41.0
18
2,050
219
9.4
28.9
10
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,879
41
701
4.1
70.2
33
1,749
170
10.3
42.7
10
23James Wilder
J. Wilder
2,878
51
758
3.8
56.4
24
2,038
243
8.4
40.0
4
24Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
2,804
60
792
3.5
46.7
20
1,123
139
8.1
18.7
4
25Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
2,585
69
542
4.8
37.5
11
2,194
236
9.3
31.8
11
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6
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