payton career averages

Walter Payton ran for an average of 4.4 yards per rush in his career.

Interpreted as:
payton career rushing averages
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
3.5
1975
13
679
196
52.2
7
213
33
6.5
16.4
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.5
1976
14
1,390
311
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
5.5
1977
14
1,852
339
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.2
1978
16
1,395
333
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
1979
16
1,610
369
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.6
1980
16
1,460
317
91.3
6
367
46
8.0
22.9
1
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
3.6
1981
16
1,222
339
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.0
1982
9
596
148
66.2
1
311
32
9.7
34.6
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.5
1983
16
1,421
314
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
1984
16
1,684
381
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.8
1985
16
1,551
324
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.2
1986
16
1,333
321
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
3.7
1987
12
533
146
44.4
4
217
33
6.6
18.1
1
Total4.419016,7263,83888.01104,5384929.223.915
Average4.414.61286.6295.288.08.5349.137.89.223.91.2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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4
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.733
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9
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12
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13
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8
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11
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.267
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13
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
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4
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4
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