most rushing yards by first year bears player

Walter Payton ran for 1,852 yards for the Bears in 1977.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
1977
14
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,684
1984
16
381
4.4
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,610
1979
16
369
4.4
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,551
1985
16
324
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,460
1980
16
317
4.6
91.3
6
367
46
8.0
22.9
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,421
1983
16
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,395
1978
16
333
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,390
1976
14
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
9Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,339
2013
16
289
4.6
83.7
9
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,335
2005
15
314
4.3
89.0
9
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
1986
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
12Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
13Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,275
1989
16
274
4.7
79.7
11
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
14Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
2008
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
15Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1,231
1966
14
229
5.4
87.9
8
447
34
13.1
31.9
2
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,222
1981
16
339
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
17Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,210
2006
16
296
4.1
75.6
6
154
36
47
4.3
9.6
0
18Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
1,183
2001
14
278
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
19Justin Fields
J. Fields
1,143
2022
15
160
7.1
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Rick Casares
R. Casares
1,126
1956
12
234
4.8
93.8
12
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
21Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,122
2017
16
276
4.1
70.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
22James Allen
J. Allen
1,120
2000
16
290
3.9
70.0
2
291
39
60
7.5
18.2
1
23Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,106
1988
16
249
4.4
69.1
12
371
39
9.5
23.2
0
24Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,094
2012
15
248
4.4
72.9
5
340
44
60
7.7
22.7
1
25D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,087
2025
16
223
4.9
67.9
9
299
34
48
8.8
18.7
1
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PASS

3,942

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RUSH

1,087

Swift

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REC

713

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25.9

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OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176