nfl player with most scrimmage yards 1977

Walter Payton had the most scrimmage yards in 1977, with 2,121 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,121	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
2	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,779	1977	BAL	14	1,159	301	3.9	82.8	3	620	71	8.7	44.3	4
3	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,557	1977	CLE	14	1,086	236	4.6	77.6	3	471	37	12.7	33.6	1
4	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,512	1977	LA	14	1,238	294	4.2	88.4	7	274	25	11.0	19.6	2
5	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,420	1977	MIN	14	1,112	270	4.1	79.4	6	308	38	8.1	22.0	3
6	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,408	1977	OAK	14	1,273	324	3.9	90.9	7	135	15	9.0	9.6	0
7	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	1,385	1977	NE	14	1,015	270	3.8	72.5	4	370	42	8.8	26.4	1
8	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,280	1977	DAL	14	1,007	208	4.8	71.9	12	273	29	9.4	19.5	1
9	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,224	1977	PIT	14	1,162	300	3.9	83.0	11	62	11	5.6	4.4	0
10	Sherman Smith S. Smith	1,182	1977	SEA	14	763	163	4.7	54.5	4	419	30	14.0	29.9	2
11	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	1,142	1977	STL	14	739	149	5.0	52.8	4	403	34	11.9	28.8	2
12	Haskel Stanback H. Stanback	1,134	1977	ATL	14	873	247	3.5	62.4	6	261	30	8.7	18.6	0
13	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,110	1977	SF	14	931	268	3.5	66.5	7	179	20	9.0	12.8	2
14	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	1,064	1977	NYJ	14	595	158	3.8	42.5	3	469	55	8.5	33.5	1
15	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	1,059	1977	NO	14	811	201	4.0	57.9	6	248	21	11.8	17.7	1
16	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	1,051	1977	WAS	13	806	228	3.5	62.0	3	245	28	8.8	18.8	2
17	Cleo Miller C. Miller	1,047	1977	CLE	14	756	163	4.6	54.0	4	291	41	7.1	20.8	1
18	Rickey Young R. Young	966	1977	SD	14	543	157	3.5	38.8	4	423	48	8.8	30.2	0
19	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	949	1977	SF	14	780	179	4.4	55.7	7	169	22	7.7	12.1	0
20	Clarence Davis C. Davis	911	1977	OAK	14	787	194	4.1	56.2	5	124	16	7.8	8.9	0
21	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	909	1977	NO	14	644	168	3.8	46.0	3	265	41	6.5	18.9	0
22	Barty Smith B. Smith	894	1977	GB	14	554	166	3.3	39.6	2	340	37	9.2	24.3	1
23	Drew Pearson D. Pearson	892	1977	DAL	14	22	2	11.0	1.6	0	870	48	18.1	62.1	2
24	Wayne Morris W. Morris	883	1977	STL	12	661	165	4.0	55.1	8	222	24	9.3	18.5	1
25	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	879	1977	NE	14	727	198	3.7	51.9	4	152	13	11.7	10.9	0

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