most rushing yards in the nfl between 1975 to 1985

Between the 1975 and 1985 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 14,860 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in the NFL between 1975 to 1985
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,860
162
3,371
4.4
91.7
98
3,939
422
9.3
24.3
11
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
10,832
132
2,441
4.4
82.1
66
2,988
338
8.8
22.6
11
3Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
9,361
135
2,365
4.0
69.3
73
1,838
253
7.3
13.6
7
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
8,477
128
2,226
3.8
66.2
87
1,291
151
8.5
10.1
7
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,843
95
1,807
4.3
82.6
44
2,404
289
8.3
25.3
5
7Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
6,930
137
1,705
4.1
50.6
49
1,804
262
6.9
13.2
5
8Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
6,789
107
1,540
4.4
63.4
45
2,502
273
9.2
23.4
12
9Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
6,702
110
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
10Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
6,512
122
1,624
4.0
53.4
37
1,550
170
9.1
12.7
4
11Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
6,251
103
1,313
4.8
60.7
50
1,816
202
9.0
17.6
16
12William Andrews
W. Andrews
5,772
72
1,263
4.6
80.2
29
2,612
272
9.6
36.3
11
13Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
5,626
110
1,489
3.8
51.1
76
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
14Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,397
87
1,276
4.2
62.0
30
1,406
151
9.3
16.2
6
15George Rogers
G. Rogers
5,360
66
1,226
4.4
81.2
30
321
48
6.7
4.9
0
16Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5,147
46
1,061
4.9
111.9
44
669
92
7.3
14.5
2
17Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
18Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,083
139
1,194
4.3
36.6
18
1,592
189
8.4
11.5
5
19O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4,930
58
1,026
4.8
85.0
28
1,041
94
11.1
17.9
10
20Joe Washington
J. Washington
4,839
119
1,195
4.0
40.7
12
3,413
395
8.6
28.7
18
21Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4,763
131
1,009
4.7
36.4
20
2,685
298
9.0
20.5
16
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4,638
57
1,081
4.3
81.4
44
2,304
237
9.7
40.4
13
23Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
4,599
72
1,163
4.0
63.9
22
2,399
269
8.9
33.3
14
24Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
4,464
55
971
4.6
81.2
17
1,251
118
10.6
22.7
8
25Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
4,445
64
1,082
4.1
69.5
21
1,783
180
9.9
27.9
15
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