most rushing yards in 1977

Walter Payton had the most rushing yards in 1977, with 1,852 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in 1977
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
1977
CHI CHI
14
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
2Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,273
1977
OAK OAK
14
324
3.9
90.9
7
135
15
9.0
9.6
0
3Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,238
1977
LA LA
14
294
4.2
88.4
7
274
25
11.0
19.6
2
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,162
1977
PIT PIT
14
300
3.9
83.0
11
62
11
5.6
4.4
0
5Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,159
1977
BAL BAL
14
301
3.9
82.8
3
620
71
8.7
44.3
4
6Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,112
1977
MIN MIN
14
270
4.1
79.4
6
308
38
8.1
22.0
3
7Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,086
1977
CLE CLE
14
236
4.6
77.6
3
471
37
12.7
33.6
1
8Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
1,015
1977
NE NE
14
270
3.8
72.5
4
370
42
8.8
26.4
1
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,007
1977
DAL DAL
14
208
4.8
71.9
12
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
10Delvin Williams
D. Williams
931
1977
SF SF
14
268
3.5
66.5
7
179
20
9.0
12.8
2
11Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
873
1977
ATL ATL
14
247
3.5
62.4
6
261
30
8.7
18.6
0
12Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
811
1977
NO NO
14
201
4.0
57.9
6
248
21
11.8
17.7
1
13Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
806
1977
WAS WAS
13
228
3.5
62.0
3
245
28
8.8
18.8
2
14Clarence Davis
C. Davis
787
1977
OAK OAK
14
194
4.1
56.2
5
124
16
7.8
8.9
0
15Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
780
1977
SF SF
14
179
4.4
55.7
7
169
22
7.7
12.1
0
16Sherman Smith
S. Smith
763
1977
SEA SEA
14
163
4.7
54.5
4
419
30
14.0
29.9
2
17Cleo Miller
C. Miller
756
1977
CLE CLE
14
163
4.6
54.0
4
291
41
7.1
20.8
1
18Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
739
1977
STL STL
14
149
5.0
52.8
4
403
34
11.9
28.8
2
19Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
727
1977
NE NE
14
198
3.7
51.9
4
152
13
11.7
10.9
0
20Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
721
1977
DAL DAL
14
180
4.0
51.5
3
106
16
6.6
7.6
1
21Wayne Morris
W. Morris
661
1977
STL STL
12
165
4.0
55.1
8
222
24
9.3
18.5
1
22Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
660
1977
HOU HOU
14
185
3.6
47.1
5
115
22
5.2
8.2
1
23Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
652
1977
HOU HOU
11
144
4.5
59.3
1
156
23
6.8
14.2
0
24Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
644
1977
NO NO
14
168
3.8
46.0
3
265
41
6.5
18.9
0
25Benny Malone
B. Malone
615
1977
MIA MIA
14
129
4.8
43.9
5
58
4
14.5
4.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
3
1
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9
4
0
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.692
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6
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.538
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.769
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