most scrimmage yards from 1980 to 1984

Between the 1980 and 1984 seasons, Walter Payton had the most scrimmage yards, with 8,415 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player from 1980 to 1984
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
8,415
73
6,383
1,499
4.3
87.4
30
2,032
217
9.4
27.8
5
2Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,630
70
5,759
1,359
4.2
82.3
32
1,871
225
8.3
26.7
3
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
7,599
72
6,086
1,388
4.4
84.5
34
1,513
181
8.4
21.0
4
4Billy Sims
B. Sims
7,178
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
5William Andrews
W. Andrews
7,052
57
4,749
1,024
4.6
83.3
26
2,303
233
9.9
40.4
9
6Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,193
68
5,617
1,359
4.1
82.6
41
576
87
6.6
8.5
0
7James Lofton
J. Lofton
6,096
73
219
23
9.5
3.0
1
5,877
297
19.8
80.5
31
8Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
5,687
54
4,046
960
4.2
74.9
20
1,641
162
10.1
30.4
15
9Ted Brown
T. Brown
5,638
63
3,408
831
4.1
54.1
28
2,230
263
8.5
35.4
10
10Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
5,582
66
4,343
1,095
4.0
65.8
32
1,239
183
6.8
18.8
3
11Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,363
56
3,623
823
4.4
64.7
25
1,740
188
9.3
31.1
6
12Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
5,247
58
3,913
849
4.6
67.5
32
1,334
147
9.1
23.0
13
13Steve Largent
S. Largent
5,086
71
67
10
6.7
0.9
1
5,019
321
15.6
70.7
41
14Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
4,960
71
2,910
648
4.5
41.0
18
2,050
219
9.4
28.9
10
15Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
4,925
64
3,456
791
4.4
54.0
26
1,469
121
12.1
23.0
8
16Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
4,921
64
0
0
0.0
0
4,921
374
13.2
76.9
35
17James Wilder
J. Wilder
4,916
51
2,878
758
3.8
56.4
24
2,038
243
8.4
40.0
4
18Dwight Clark
D. Clark
4,779
73
50
6
8.3
0.7
0
4,729
349
13.6
64.8
31
19Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
4,779
69
2,585
542
4.8
37.5
11
2,194
236
9.3
31.8
11
20Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
4,767
71
65
13
5.0
0.9
0
4,702
293
16.0
66.2
32
21Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
4,739
55
3,477
813
4.3
63.2
45
1,262
145
8.7
22.9
2
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4,628
41
2,879
701
4.1
70.2
33
1,749
170
10.3
42.7
10
23Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
4,618
73
0
0
0.0
0
4,618
303
15.2
63.3
20
24George Rogers
G. Rogers
4,559
51
4,267
995
4.3
83.7
23
292
44
6.6
5.7
0
25Franco Harris
F. Harris
4,533
62
3,557
937
3.8
57.4
19
976
133
7.3
15.7
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