most rushing yards by a bear since 1980

Since 1980, Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards for the Bears, with 9,800 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,800
117
2,290
4.3
83.8
51
3,114
336
9.3
26.6
11
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
8Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
2,946
148
828
3.6
19.9
20
2,113
260
8.1
14.3
5
9Raymont Harris
R. Harris
2,245
42
592
3.8
53.5
15
651
100
6.5
15.5
1
10Justin Fields
J. Fields
2,220
40
356
6.2
55.5
14
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Brad Muster
B. Muster
2,014
75
455
4.4
26.9
20
1,623
169
9.6
21.6
7
12D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
2,006
32
466
4.3
62.7
15
677
75
98
9.0
21.2
1
13James Allen
J. Allen
1,978
50
515
3.8
39.6
4
662
86
113
7.7
13.2
3
14Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
1,791
48
372
4.8
37.3
9
291
45
61
6.5
6.1
2
15Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
1,682
31
470
3.6
54.3
13
120
16
7.5
3.9
1
16Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
1,609
89
296
5.4
18.1
15
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
17Cedric Benson
C. Benson
1,593
35
420
3.8
45.5
10
180
26
38
6.9
5.1
0
18Curtis Enis
C. Enis
1,497
36
456
3.3
41.6
4
428
59
79
7.3
11.9
2
19Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,284
66
235
5.5
19.5
15
73
3
24.3
1.1
2
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,283
106
311
4.1
12.1
8
665
78
102
8.5
6.3
0
21Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
1,227
102
254
4.8
12.0
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
1,101
51
264
4.2
21.6
5
1,575
209
275
7.5
30.9
9
23Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
1,057
51
190
5.6
20.7
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Lewis Tillman
L. Tillman
977
29
304
3.2
33.7
7
222
27
8.2
7.7
0
25Robert Green
R. Green
970
53
207
4.7
18.3
3
586
78
7.5
11.1
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,730

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,047

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

671

Moore

DJ Moore
Team Rankings

PPG

26.6

10th

OPP PPG

24.8

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

149.4

3rd

PASS YDS/G

236.2

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

11 - 5

38

Final

42

SF 49ers

12 - 4

Sun 28 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24
Sat
9/27
@
20-37

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/3
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM