most rushing yards before 1985

Before 1985, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 13,309 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player before 1985
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
13,309
146
3,047
4.4
91.2
89
3,456
373
9.3
23.7
9
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
10,675
163
2,740
3.9
65.5
96
2,072
244
8.5
12.7
12
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,525
116
2,136
4.5
82.1
59
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
8,764
99
2,029
4.3
88.5
73
718
115
6.2
7.3
0
8Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
9Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
10Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
8,081
146
1,891
4.3
55.3
64
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
11Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,364
86
1,690
4.4
85.6
40
2,179
266
8.2
25.3
5
12Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
7,274
136
1,727
4.2
53.5
74
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
13John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
6,702
110
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
15Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
6,651
136
1,652
4.0
48.9
37
1,583
174
9.1
11.6
4
16Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
17Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
6,540
124
1,593
4.1
52.7
47
1,761
255
6.9
14.2
5
18Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
6,538
100
1,465
4.5
65.4
45
2,447
266
9.2
24.5
12
19Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
20Floyd Little
F. Little
6,323
117
1,641
3.9
54.0
43
2,418
215
11.2
20.7
9
21Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
22Ken Willard
K. Willard
6,105
132
1,622
3.8
46.3
45
2,184
277
7.9
16.5
17
23Calvin Hill
C. Hill
6,083
156
1,452
4.2
39.0
42
2,861
271
10.6
18.3
23
24Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
25Larry Brown
L. Brown
5,875
102
1,530
3.8
57.6
35
2,485
238
10.4
24.4
20
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