most rushing yards per game by a player in 1970s minimum 50 games

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Walter Payton had the most rushing yards per game when playing 50+ games, with 94.9 per game.

NAME RUSH YDS/G GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
94.9
73
6,926
1,548
4.5
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
2 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
86.4
122
10,539
2,223
4.7
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
3 Franco Harris
F. Harris
77.1
111
8,563
2,012
4.3
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
4 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
69.5
89
6,186
1,435
4.3
23
1,683
184
9.1
18.9
12
5 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
63.3
93
5,887
1,533
3.8
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
6 John Riggins
J. Riggins
61.5
111
6,822
1,666
4.1
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
7 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
60.4
87
5,255
1,087
4.8
25
1,942
208
9.3
22.3
8
8 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
59.8
109
6,518
1,668
3.9
30
3,182
374
8.5
29.2
17
9 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
58.7
84
4,927
1,125
4.4
31
1,208
121
10.0
14.4
6
10 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
58.6
55
3,225
748
4.3
26
1,061
118
9.0
19.3
1
11 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
57.4
90
5,163
1,290
4.0
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
12 Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
57.3
67
3,836
1,066
3.6
33
1,813
189
9.6
27.1
15
13 Larry Brown
L. Brown
56.7
88
4,987
1,328
3.8
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
14 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
56.3
124
6,975
1,622
4.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
15 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
55.9
88
4,919
1,214
4.1
28
1,148
126
9.1
13.0
3
16 Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
55.4
67
3,712
969
3.8
16
1,793
163
11.0
26.8
11
17 Floyd Little
F. Little
55.1
84
4,629
1,207
3.8
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
18 John Brockington
J. Brockington
54.6
95
5,185
1,347
3.8
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
19 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
53.3
54
2,880
641
4.5
25
1,668
142
11.7
30.9
8
20 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
52.9
65
3,438
748
4.6
24
1,862
197
9.5
28.6
9
21 Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
52.8
79
4,171
1,068
3.9
21
940
104
9.0
11.9
4
22 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
50.4
54
2,721
796
3.4
23
947
87
10.9
17.5
5
23 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
49.7
89
4,425
930
4.8
23
598
83
7.2
6.7
1
24 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
47.7
56
2,670
616
4.3
18
591
79
7.5
10.6
3
25 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
47.3
85
4,023
781
5.2
30
478
48
10.0
5.6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

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21.8

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RUSH YDS/G

102.0

25th

PASS YDS/G

208.9

28th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
Packers Packers
11
6
0
.647
Bears Bears
5
12
0
.294
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Sun
9/14
CHI CHI
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DET DET
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Sun
9/21
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
CHI CHI
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
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Final

24

CHI Bears

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Sun 5 Jan 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
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BAL BAL
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Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
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DEN DEN
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Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
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LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
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CAR CAR
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10/12
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9/4
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8:20 PM
Fri
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LAC LAC
8:00 PM
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9/7
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM