most single season rush yards between 1950 to 1977

From 1950 through 1977, O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards in a season, with 2,003 yards in 1973.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,003
1973
14
332
6.0
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,863
1963
14
291
6.4
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
1977
14
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,817
1975
14
329
5.5
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,544
1965
14
289
5.3
110.3
17
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,527
1958
12
257
5.9
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
7O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,503
1976
14
290
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
8Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,474
1962
14
272
5.4
105.3
19
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
9Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,458
1966
14
299
4.9
104.1
11
103
8
12.9
7.4
0
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,446
1964
14
280
5.2
103.3
7
340
36
9.4
24.3
2
11Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,408
1961
14
305
4.6
100.6
8
459
46
10.0
32.8
2
12Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
1,407
1974
14
263
5.3
100.5
9
405
38
10.7
28.9
3
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,390
1976
14
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
14Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,329
1959
12
290
4.6
110.8
14
190
24
7.9
15.8
0
15Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,307
1961
14
243
5.4
93.4
15
175
25
7.0
12.5
1
16Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,273
1977
14
324
3.9
90.9
7
135
15
9.0
9.6
0
17Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,257
1960
12
215
5.8
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,251
1972
14
292
4.3
89.4
6
198
27
7.3
14.1
0
19Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,246
1975
14
262
4.8
89.0
10
214
28
7.6
15.3
1
20Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
1,239
1968
14
248
5.0
88.5
16
297
22
13.5
21.2
4
21Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,238
1977
14
294
4.2
88.4
7
274
25
11.0
19.6
2
22Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1,231
1966
14
229
5.4
87.9
8
447
34
13.1
31.9
2
23Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,216
1972
12
285
4.3
101.3
8
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
24Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,216
1967
14
269
4.5
86.9
7
196
22
8.9
14.0
1
25Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
1,205
1967
14
235
5.1
86.1
11
282
20
14.1
20.1
2

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