most rushing yards by a bear since 1970

Since 1970, Walter Payton has the most rushing yards for the Bears, with 16,726 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Matt Forte
M. Forte
8,602
120
2,035
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
3Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
6,166
116
1,515
4.1
53.2
51
2,763
302
9.1
23.8
20
4David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
3,609
60
915
3.9
60.2
26
1,240
155
194
8.0
20.7
4
5Thomas Jones
T. Jones
3,493
45
850
4.1
77.6
22
724
118
158
6.1
16.1
0
6Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,370
47
778
4.3
71.7
24
568
72
109
7.9
12.1
1
7Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
3,332
51
858
3.9
65.3
21
509
72
108
7.1
10.0
0
8Roland Harper
R. Harper
3,044
89
757
4.0
34.2
15
1,013
128
7.9
11.4
3
9Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
2,946
148
828
3.6
19.9
20
2,113
260
8.1
14.3
5
10Raymont Harris
R. Harris
2,245
42
592
3.8
53.5
15
651
100
6.5
15.5
1
11Justin Fields
J. Fields
2,220
40
356
6.2
55.5
14
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,062
50
322
6.4
41.2
18
0
0
0.0
0
13D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
2,046
33
476
4.3
62.0
15
685
76
100
9.0
20.8
1
14Brad Muster
B. Muster
2,014
75
455
4.4
26.9
20
1,623
169
9.6
21.6
7
15James Allen
J. Allen
1,978
50
515
3.8
39.6
4
662
86
113
7.7
13.2
3
16Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
1,791
48
372
4.8
37.3
9
291
45
61
6.5
6.1
2
17Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
1,682
31
470
3.6
54.3
13
120
16
7.5
3.9
1
18Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
1,609
89
296
5.4
18.1
15
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
19Cedric Benson
C. Benson
1,593
35
420
3.8
45.5
10
180
26
38
6.9
5.1
0
20Curtis Enis
C. Enis
1,497
36
456
3.3
41.6
4
428
59
79
7.3
11.9
2
21Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,284
66
235
5.5
19.5
15
73
3
24.3
1.1
2
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,283
106
311
4.1
12.1
8
665
78
102
8.5
6.3
0
23Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
1,227
102
254
4.8
12.0
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
1,101
51
264
4.2
21.6
5
1,575
209
275
7.5
30.9
9
25Jim Harrison
J. Harrison
1,099
38
308
3.6
28.9
4
286
36
7.9
7.5
3
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