nfl most rushing yards by player from 1970 to 1979

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards, with 10,539 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	10,539	122	2,223	4.7	86.4	59	1,799	173	10.4	14.7	11
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	8,563	111	2,012	4.3	77.1	72	1,311	174	7.5	11.8	4
3	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	6,975	124	1,622	4.3	56.3	56	519	74	7.0	4.2	2
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	6,926	73	1,548	4.5	94.9	59	1,424	156	9.1	19.5	4
5	John Riggins J. Riggins	6,822	111	1,666	4.1	61.5	42	1,891	216	8.8	17.0	12
6	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,518	109	1,668	3.9	59.8	30	3,182	374	8.5	29.2	17
7	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,186	89	1,435	4.3	69.5	23	1,683	184	9.1	18.9	12
8	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,887	93	1,533	3.8	63.3	52	3,057	336	9.1	32.9	23
9	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5,255	87	1,087	4.8	60.4	25	1,942	208	9.3	22.3	8
10	John Brockington J. Brockington	5,185	95	1,347	3.8	54.6	30	1,297	157	8.3	13.7	4
11	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	5,163	90	1,290	4.0	57.4	39	1,813	198	9.2	20.1	6
12	Calvin Hill C. Hill	5,107	114	1,243	4.1	44.8	34	2,096	207	10.1	18.4	15
13	Larry Brown L. Brown	4,987	88	1,328	3.8	56.7	31	2,183	204	10.7	24.8	20
14	Delvin Williams D. Williams	4,927	84	1,125	4.4	58.7	31	1,208	121	10.0	14.4	6
15	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	4,919	88	1,214	4.1	55.9	28	1,148	126	9.1	13.0	3
16	Floyd Little F. Little	4,629	84	1,207	3.8	55.1	33	1,858	170	10.9	22.1	7
17	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	4,489	110	1,158	3.9	40.8	29	2,725	278	9.8	24.8	7
18	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	4,451	100	1,157	3.8	44.5	34	2,456	288	8.5	24.6	6
19	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4,425	89	930	4.8	49.7	23	598	83	7.2	6.7	1
20	Jim Otis J. Otis	4,350	116	1,160	3.8	37.5	19	549	90	6.1	4.7	3
21	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	4,187	111	1,005	4.2	37.7	24	860	111	7.7	7.7	5
22	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	4,171	79	1,068	3.9	52.8	21	940	104	9.0	11.9	4
23	Mercury Morris M. Morris	4,023	85	781	5.2	47.3	30	478	48	10.0	5.6	1
24	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	3,983	87	917	4.3	45.8	21	1,279	124	10.3	14.7	7
25	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	3,960	92	1,052	3.8	43.0	24	1,452	162	9.0	15.8	6

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