most total yards by a bears running back in a season

Gale Sayers has gained the most all-purpose yards for the Bears by a running back in a season, with 2,440 yards in 1966.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,440	1966	CHI	14	1,231	229	5.4	87.9	8	447	34		13.1	31.9	2
2	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,272	1965	CHI	14	867	166	5.2	61.9	14	507	29		17.5	36.2	6
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,216	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27		10.0	19.2	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,052	1984	CHI	16	1,684	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45		8.2	23.0	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,034	1985	CHI	16	1,551	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,028	1983	CHI	16	1,421	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53		11.5	37.9	2
7	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,933	2013	CHI	16	1,339	289	4.6	83.7	9	594	74	94	8.0	37.1	3
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,923	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	14	313	31		10.1	19.6	2
9	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,886	1998	CHI	16	8	4	2.0	0.5	0	37	4		9.3	2.3	0
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50		9.6	30.0	0
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,846	2014	CHI	16	1,038	266	3.9	64.9	6	808	102	130	7.9	50.5	4
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,827	1980	CHI	16	1,460	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46		8.0	22.9	1
13	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,782	2000	CHI	16	6	1	6.0	0.4	0	8	1	3	8.0	0.5	0
14	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,715	2008	CHI	16	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
15	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,715	1986	CHI	16	1,333	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
16	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,709	1989	CHI	16	1,275	274	4.7	79.7	11	434	50		8.7	27.1	4
17	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,689	1967	CHI	13	880	186	4.7	67.7	7	126	16		7.9	9.7	1
18	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,616	2010	CHI	16	1,069	237	4.5	66.8	6	547	51	70	10.7	34.2	3
19	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,611	2016	CHI	15	1,313	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
20	Harry Clarke H. Clarke	1,607	1943	CHB	10	556	120	4.6	55.6	2	535	23		23.3	53.5	7
21	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,601	1981	CHI	16	1,222	339	3.6	76.4	6	379	41		9.2	23.7	2
22	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	1,599	2018	CHI	16	444	99	4.5	27.8	3	725	71	91	10.2	45.3	5
23	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	1,578	2017	CHI	16	370	87	4.3	23.1	2	353	53	71	6.7	22.1	1
24	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,562	1990	CHI	15	1,078	260	4.1	71.9	10	484	42		11.5	32.3	3
25	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,539	1976	CHI	14	1,390	311	4.5	99.3	13	149	15		9.9	10.6	0

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