running back with most 1000 yard seasons in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Franco Harris played the most seasons by a running back with 1,000+ rushing yards, with 7 seasons.

Interpreted as:

running back with most 1000 or more rushing yard seasons in the 1970s

	NAME	SEAS	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Franco Harris F. Harris	7	7,865	99	1,824	4.3	79.4	69	1,242	164	7.6	12.5	4
2	O.J. Simpson	5	7,699	70	1,513	5.1	110.0	45	1,142	98	11.7	16.3	9
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	4	6,247	60	1,352	4.6	104.1	52	1,211	123	9.8	20.2	4
4	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	4	4,612	54	1,031	4.5	85.4	21	1,276	122	10.5	23.6	9
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3	3,439	44	748	4.6	78.2	25	1,026	111	9.2	23.3	4
6	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	3	3,365	44	827	4.1	76.5	19	599	59	10.2	13.6	0
7	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	3	3,337	42	828	4.0	79.5	32	1,566	166	9.4	37.3	13
8	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	3	3,552	42	879	4.0	84.6	19	1,719	191	9.0	40.9	11
9	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	3	3,153	42	662	4.8	75.1	15	1,111	126	8.8	26.5	3
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	3	3,172	45	746	4.3	70.5	22	825	89	9.3	18.3	4
11	John Brockington J. Brockington	3	3,276	42	755	4.3	78.0	15	469	49	9.6	11.2	2
12	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	3	3,171	42	627	5.1	75.5	18	183	25	7.3	4.4	1
13	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	2	3,147	31	670	4.7	101.5	32	142	28	5.1	4.6	0
14	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	2	2,732	30	597	4.6	91.1	18	689	75	9.2	23.0	6
15	Delvin Williams D. Williams	2	2,461	29	520	4.7	84.9	15	475	45	10.6	16.4	2
16	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	2	2,415	28	510	4.7	86.3	14	862	77	11.2	30.8	4
17	Calvin Hill C. Hill	2	2,178	28	518	4.2	77.8	12	654	75	8.7	23.4	3
18	Larry Brown L. Brown	2	2,341	25	522	4.5	93.6	13	814	69	11.8	32.6	6
19	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	2	2,209	28	561	3.9	78.9	17	938	93	10.1	33.5	9
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1	1,605	16	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
21	William Andrews W. Andrews	1	1,023	15	239	4.3	68.2	3	309	39	7.9	20.6	2
22	Ricky Bell R. Bell	1	1,263	16	283	4.5	78.9	7	248	25	9.9	15.5	2
23	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	1	1,198	16	238	5.0	74.9	11	308	40	7.7	19.3	0
24	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1	1,294	16	264	4.9	80.9	9	372	41	9.1	23.3	2
25	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	1	1,109	16	218	5.1	69.3	9	308	32	9.6	19.3	1

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