walter payton nfl average rushing yards per game career

Walter Payton had 0.02 rushing yards per attempt per game played in his career.

NAMEYPC/GPYPCGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.27
3.5
13
1975
679
196
52.2
7
213
33
6.5
16.4
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.32
4.5
14
1976
1,390
311
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.39
5.5
14
1977
1,852
339
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.26
4.2
16
1978
1,395
333
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.27
4.4
16
1979
1,610
369
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.29
4.6
16
1980
1,460
317
91.3
6
367
46
8.0
22.9
1
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.23
3.6
16
1981
1,222
339
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.45
4.0
9
1982
596
148
66.2
1
311
32
9.7
34.6
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.28
4.5
16
1983
1,421
314
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.28
4.4
16
1984
1,684
381
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.3
4.8
16
1985
1,551
324
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.26
4.2
16
1986
1,333
321
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
0.3
3.7
12
1987
533
146
44.4
4
217
33
6.6
18.1
1
Average0.024.414.61286.6295.288.08.5349.137.89.223.91.2
Total0.024.419016,7263,83888.01104,5384929.223.915
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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