most rushing yards in 1976 among running backs

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1976, with 1,503 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	1,503	1976	BUF	14	290	5.2	107.4	8	259	22	11.8	18.5	1
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,390	1976	CHI	14	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15	9.9	10.6	0
3	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,203	1976	SF	13	248	4.9	92.5	7	283	27	10.5	21.8	2
4	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,200	1976	BAL	14	289	4.2	85.7	5	555	60	9.3	39.6	3
5	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,168	1976	LA	14	291	4.0	83.4	9	305	28	10.9	21.8	2
6	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,155	1976	MIN	14	278	4.2	82.5	13	567	55	10.3	40.5	1
7	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,128	1976	PIT	14	289	3.9	80.6	14	151	23	6.6	10.8	0
8	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	1,101	1976	WAS	13	254	4.3	84.7	5	290	28	10.4	22.3	4
9	Rocky Bleier R. Bleier	1,036	1976	PIT	14	220	4.7	74.0	5	294	24	12.3	21.0	0
10	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,012	1976	OAK	14	233	4.3	72.3	3	173	17	10.2	12.4	0
11	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	1,008	1976	DEN	14	247	4.1	72.0	5	457	39	11.7	32.6	1
12	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,000	1976	CLE	14	209	4.8	71.4	4	341	45	7.6	24.4	1
13	Jim Otis J. Otis	891	1976	STL	14	233	3.8	63.6	2	15	2	7.5	1.1	0
14	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	858	1976	DET	14	196	4.4	61.3	3	218	28	7.8	15.6	0
15	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	824	1976	NE	11	172	4.8	74.9	3	299	27	11.1	27.2	0
16	Rickey Young R. Young	802	1976	SD	14	162	5.0	57.3	4	441	47	9.4	31.5	1
17	Benny Malone B. Malone	797	1976	MIA	14	186	4.3	56.9	4	103	9	11.4	7.4	0
18	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	792	1976	SF	14	200	4.0	56.6	1	324	33	9.8	23.1	1
19	Doug Kotar D. Kotar	731	1976	NYG	14	185	4.0	52.2	3	319	36	8.9	22.8	0
20	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	724	1976	NYJ	14	157	4.6	51.7	3	400	41	9.8	28.6	2
21	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	721	1976	NE	14	129	5.6	51.5	1	56	12	4.7	4.0	0
22	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	699	1976	NE	14	169	4.1	49.9	6	343	29	11.8	24.5	4
23	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	688	1976	LA	14	177	3.9	49.1	1	302	30	10.1	21.6	1
24	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	684	1976	HOU	13	171	4.0	52.6	2	247	40	6.2	19.0	3
25	Boobie Clark B. Clark	671	1976	CIN	13	151	4.4	51.6	7	158	23	6.9	12.2	1

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