most rushing yards from 1960 to 1979 by a player

Between the 1960 and 1979 seasons, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards, with 11,236 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203	10.6	15.9	14
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	8,563	111	2,012	4.3	77.1	72	1,311	174	7.5	11.8	4
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	8,514	82	1,610	5.3	103.8	66	2,116	206	10.3	25.8	18
4	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	8,081	146	1,891	4.3	55.3	64	820	106	7.7	5.6	4
5	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	7,898	108	1,769	4.5	73.1	76	1,613	212	7.6	14.9	7
6	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	6,926	73	1,548	4.5	94.9	59	1,424	156	9.1	19.5	4
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	6,822	111	1,666	4.1	61.5	42	1,891	216	8.8	17.0	12
9	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,518	109	1,668	3.9	59.8	30	3,182	374	8.5	29.2	17
10	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
11	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
12	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,186	89	1,435	4.3	69.5	23	1,683	184	9.1	18.9	12
13	Ken Willard K. Willard	6,105	132	1,622	3.8	46.3	45	2,184	277	7.9	16.5	17
14	Calvin Hill C. Hill	6,049	127	1,447	4.2	47.6	42	2,328	227	10.3	18.3	15
15	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,887	93	1,533	3.8	63.3	52	3,057	336	9.1	32.9	23
16	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,875	102	1,530	3.8	57.6	35	2,485	238	10.4	24.4	20
17	Bill Brown B. Brown	5,838	194	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286	11.1	16.4	23
18	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	5,481	104	1,308	4.2	52.7	35	2,010	238	8.4	19.3	13
19	Dick Bass D. Bass	5,417	112	1,218	4.4	48.4	34	1,841	204	9.0	16.4	7
20	Jim Nance J. Nance	5,401	101	1,341	4.0	53.5	45	870	133	6.5	8.6	1
21	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5,255	87	1,087	4.8	60.4	25	1,942	208	9.3	22.3	8
22	John Brockington J. Brockington	5,185	95	1,347	3.8	54.6	30	1,297	157	8.3	13.7	4
23	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	5,163	90	1,290	4.0	57.4	39	1,813	198	9.2	20.1	6
24	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	5,138	110	1,146	4.5	46.7	30	3,314	203	16.3	30.1	24
25	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	5,135	118	1,291	4.0	43.5	52	1,488	139	10.7	12.6	12

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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