most rushing yards between 1970 to 1981

Between the 1970 and 1981 seasons, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards, with 10,539 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player between 1970 to 1981
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,339
140
2,462
4.2
73.9
84
1,757
241
7.3
12.6
7
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,608
105
2,204
4.4
91.5
71
2,170
243
8.9
20.7
7
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
7,536
126
1,861
4.0
59.8
55
1,950
222
8.8
15.5
12
5Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
6Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
7Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,457
62
1,404
4.6
104.1
55
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,270
75
1,368
4.6
83.6
40
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
10Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
11Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
5,907
112
1,475
4.0
52.7
35
1,467
162
9.1
13.1
3
12Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
13Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,496
118
1,158
4.7
46.6
25
3,022
323
9.4
25.6
17
14Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,432
101
1,376
3.9
53.8
43
1,905
210
9.1
18.9
6
15Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
5,196
85
1,174
4.4
61.1
51
1,682
192
8.8
19.8
1
16John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
17Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,141
143
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
2,629
251
10.5
18.4
23
18Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,095
71
1,121
4.5
71.8
36
1,635
177
9.2
23.0
10
19Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
20Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,671
143
1,137
4.1
32.7
30
956
120
8.0
6.7
5
21Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
4,629
110
1,066
4.3
42.1
18
1,366
160
8.5
12.4
4
22Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
23MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
4,489
110
1,158
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
24Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
4,453
96
1,023
4.4
46.4
25
1,302
131
9.9
13.6
7
25Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
4,451
100
1,157
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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