nfl most rushing yards for a player in 1975

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards in 1975, with 1,817 yards.

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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
1,817
1975
14
329
5.5
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,246
1975
14
262
4.8
89.0
10
214
28
7.6
15.3
1
3Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,193
1975
14
289
4.1
85.2
11
544
60
9.1
38.9
4
4Jim Otis
J. Otis
1,076
1975
14
269
4.0
76.9
5
69
12
5.8
4.9
1
5Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,070
1975
14
280
3.8
76.4
13
691
73
9.5
49.4
9
6Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,067
1975
14
217
4.9
76.2
8
299
44
6.8
21.4
1
7John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,005
1975
14
238
4.2
71.8
8
363
30
12.1
25.9
1
8Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
1,002
1975
14
250
4.0
71.6
5
195
21
9.3
13.9
1
9Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
930
1975
14
209
4.4
66.4
2
275
34
8.1
19.6
0
10Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
919
1975
14
235
3.9
65.6
4
483
40
12.1
34.5
3
11Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
911
1975
13
213
4.3
70.1
2
230
31
7.4
17.7
1
12Mercury Morris
M. Morris
875
1975
14
219
4.0
62.5
4
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
13Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
823
1975
14
186
4.4
58.8
9
282
26
10.8
20.1
4
14Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
816
1975
13
165
4.9
62.8
9
378
43
8.8
29.1
2
15Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
790
1975
14
175
4.5
56.4
5
129
18
7.2
9.2
0
16Jon Keyworth
J. Keyworth
725
1975
14
182
4.0
51.8
3
314
42
7.5
22.4
1
17Don Nottingham
D. Nottingham
718
1975
14
168
4.3
51.3
12
66
9
7.3
4.7
0
18Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
696
1975
13
157
4.4
53.5
2
175
14
12.5
13.5
2
19Walter Payton
W. Payton
679
1975
13
196
3.5
52.2
7
213
33
6.5
16.4
0
20Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
672
1975
14
187
3.6
48.0
16
64
10
6.4
4.6
0
21Michael Strachan
M. Strachan
668
1975
11
161
4.1
60.7
2
224
30
7.5
20.4
0
22Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
666
1975
13
169
3.9
51.2
6
253
32
7.9
19.5
2
23Don Hardeman
D. Hardeman
648
1975
13
166
3.9
49.8
5
10
5
2.0
0.8
0
24Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
638
1975
14
195
3.3
45.6
4
111
21
5.3
7.9
0
25Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
632
1975
14
173
3.7
45.1
0
276
28
9.9
19.7
0

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