Walter Payton rushed for the most yards in 1977, with 1,852 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
2	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,273	1977	OAK	14	324	3.9	90.9	7	135	15	9.0	9.6	0
3	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	1,238	1977	LA	14	294	4.2	88.4	7	274	25	11.0	19.6	2
4	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,162	1977	PIT	14	300	3.9	83.0	11	62	11	5.6	4.4	0
5	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,159	1977	BAL	14	301	3.9	82.8	3	620	71	8.7	44.3	4
6	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,112	1977	MIN	14	270	4.1	79.4	6	308	38	8.1	22.0	3
7	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,086	1977	CLE	14	236	4.6	77.6	3	471	37	12.7	33.6	1
8	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	1,015	1977	NE	14	270	3.8	72.5	4	370	42	8.8	26.4	1
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,007	1977	DAL	14	208	4.8	71.9	12	273	29	9.4	19.5	1
10	Delvin Williams D. Williams	931	1977	SF	14	268	3.5	66.5	7	179	20	9.0	12.8	2
11	Haskel Stanback H. Stanback	873	1977	ATL	14	247	3.5	62.4	6	261	30	8.7	18.6	0
12	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	811	1977	NO	14	201	4.0	57.9	6	248	21	11.8	17.7	1
13	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	806	1977	WAS	13	228	3.5	62.0	3	245	28	8.8	18.8	2
14	Clarence Davis C. Davis	787	1977	OAK	14	194	4.1	56.2	5	124	16	7.8	8.9	0
15	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	780	1977	SF	14	179	4.4	55.7	7	169	22	7.7	12.1	0
16	Sherman Smith S. Smith	763	1977	SEA	14	163	4.7	54.5	4	419	30	14.0	29.9	2
17	Cleo Miller C. Miller	756	1977	CLE	14	163	4.6	54.0	4	291	41	7.1	20.8	1
18	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	739	1977	STL	14	149	5.0	52.8	4	403	34	11.9	28.8	2
19	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	727	1977	NE	14	198	3.7	51.9	4	152	13	11.7	10.9	0
20	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	721	1977	DAL	14	180	4.0	51.5	3	106	16	6.6	7.6	1
21	Wayne Morris W. Morris	661	1977	STL	12	165	4.0	55.1	8	222	24	9.3	18.5	1
22	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	660	1977	HOU	14	185	3.6	47.1	5	115	22	5.2	8.2	1
23	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	652	1977	HOU	11	144	4.5	59.3	1	156	23	6.8	14.2	0
24	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	644	1977	NO	14	168	3.8	46.0	3	265	41	6.5	18.9	0
25	Benny Malone B. Malone	615	1977	MIA	14	129	4.8	43.9	5	58	4	14.5	4.1	0

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