most rushing yards from 1972 to 1981

Between the 1972 and 1981 seasons, Franco Harris rushed for the most yards, with 10,339 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1972 to 1981
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,339
140
2,462
4.2
73.9
84
1,757
241
7.3
12.6
7
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,608
105
2,204
4.4
91.5
71
2,170
243
8.9
20.7
7
3O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9,309
100
1,920
4.8
93.1
49
1,498
142
10.5
15.0
11
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
6,767
112
1,681
4.0
60.4
54
1,719
186
9.2
15.3
10
5Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
6Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,457
62
1,404
4.6
104.1
55
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,270
75
1,368
4.6
83.6
40
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
9Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
10Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
5,907
112
1,475
4.0
52.7
35
1,467
162
9.1
13.1
3
11Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,496
118
1,158
4.7
46.6
25
3,022
323
9.4
25.6
17
13Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,432
101
1,376
3.9
53.8
43
1,905
210
9.1
18.9
6
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
5,196
85
1,174
4.4
61.1
51
1,682
192
8.8
19.8
1
15Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,095
71
1,121
4.5
71.8
36
1,635
177
9.2
23.0
10
16Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
5,050
96
1,234
4.1
52.6
43
312
50
6.2
3.3
1
17Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,671
143
1,137
4.1
32.7
30
956
120
8.0
6.7
5
18Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
4,629
110
1,066
4.3
42.1
18
1,366
160
8.5
12.4
4
19Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
4,453
96
1,023
4.4
46.4
25
1,302
131
9.9
13.6
7
20Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
4,334
90
994
4.4
48.2
28
1,435
198
7.2
15.9
3
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,333
48
960
4.5
90.3
26
1,003
128
7.8
20.9
2
22Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
4,196
77
1,087
3.9
54.5
19
2,011
192
10.5
26.1
11
23Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4,096
123
989
4.1
33.3
22
2,290
219
10.5
18.6
20
24John Brockington
J. Brockington
4,080
81
1,131
3.6
50.4
26
1,199
143
8.4
14.8
3
25Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
4,036
74
1,036
3.9
54.5
43
931
127
7.3
12.6
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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