rushing leader 1970 to 1980

From 1970 through 1980, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards, with 10,539 yards.

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NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
9,352
124
2,220
4.2
75.4
76
1,507
204
7.4
12.2
6
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
8,386
89
1,865
4.5
94.2
65
1,791
202
8.9
20.1
5
4Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
6,822
111
1,666
4.1
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
6Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
7Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,440
103
1,487
4.3
62.5
26
1,759
193
9.1
17.1
13
8Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
9Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
5,757
104
1,436
4.0
55.4
33
1,407
155
9.1
13.5
3
10Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
99
1,312
4.3
56.5
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.3
6
11Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,372
103
1,127
4.8
52.2
25
2,386
258
9.2
23.2
13
12John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
13Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,163
90
1,290
4.0
57.4
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
14Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,118
129
1,244
4.1
39.7
34
2,479
234
10.6
19.2
21
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,081
46
1,043
4.9
110.5
45
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
16Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
17Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,638
127
1,123
4.1
36.5
30
935
119
7.9
7.4
5
18Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4,624
59
1,026
4.5
78.4
36
1,289
145
8.9
21.8
4
20MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
4,489
110
1,158
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
21Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
4,453
96
1,023
4.4
46.4
25
1,302
131
9.9
13.6
7
22Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
4,451
100
1,157
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
23Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4,425
89
930
4.8
49.7
23
598
83
7.2
6.7
1
24Jim Otis
J. Otis
4,350
116
1,160
3.8
37.5
19
549
90
6.1
4.7
3
25Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
4,196
77
1,087
3.9
54.5
19
2,011
192
10.5
26.1
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