most rushing yards in 1975 among running backs

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1975, with 1,817 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	1,817	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,246	1975	PIT	14	262	4.8	89.0	10	214	28	7.6	15.3	1
3	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,193	1975	BAL	14	289	4.1	85.2	11	544	60	9.1	38.9	4
4	Jim Otis J. Otis	1,076	1975	STL	14	269	4.0	76.9	5	69	12	5.8	4.9	1
5	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,070	1975	MIN	14	280	3.8	76.4	13	691	73	9.5	49.4	9
6	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,067	1975	CLE	14	217	4.9	76.2	8	299	44	6.8	21.4	1
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,005	1975	NYJ	14	238	4.2	71.8	8	363	30	12.1	25.9	1
8	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	1,002	1975	ATL	14	250	4.0	71.6	5	195	21	9.3	13.9	1
9	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	930	1975	DAL	14	209	4.4	66.4	2	275	34	8.1	19.6	0
10	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	919	1975	WAS	14	235	3.9	65.6	4	483	40	12.1	34.5	3
11	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	911	1975	LA	13	213	4.3	70.1	2	230	31	7.4	17.7	1
12	Mercury Morris M. Morris	875	1975	MIA	14	219	4.0	62.5	4	15	2	7.5	1.1	0
13	Jim Braxton J. Braxton	823	1975	BUF	14	186	4.4	58.8	9	282	26	10.8	20.1	4
14	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	816	1975	STL	13	165	4.9	62.8	9	378	43	8.8	29.1	2
15	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	790	1975	HOU	14	175	4.5	56.4	5	129	18	7.2	9.2	0
16	Jon Keyworth J. Keyworth	725	1975	DEN	14	182	4.0	51.8	3	314	42	7.5	22.4	1
17	Don Nottingham D. Nottingham	718	1975	MIA	14	168	4.3	51.3	12	66	9	7.3	4.7	0
18	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	696	1975	DET	13	157	4.4	53.5	2	175	14	12.5	13.5	2
19	Walter Payton W. Payton	679	1975	CHI	13	196	3.5	52.2	7	213	33	6.5	16.4	0
20	Pete Banaszak P. Banaszak	672	1975	OAK	14	187	3.6	48.0	16	64	10	6.4	4.6	0
21	Michael Strachan M. Strachan	668	1975	NO	11	161	4.1	60.7	2	224	30	7.5	20.4	0
22	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	666	1975	NE	13	169	3.9	51.2	6	253	32	7.9	19.5	2
23	Don Hardeman D. Hardeman	648	1975	HOU	13	166	3.9	49.8	5	10	5	2.0	0.8	0
24	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	638	1975	DET	14	195	3.3	45.6	4	111	21	5.3	7.9	0
25	Tom Sullivan T. Sullivan	632	1975	PHI	14	173	3.7	45.1	0	276	28	9.9	19.7	0

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