what player had the most rushing yards from 1973 to 1985

Between the 1973 and 1985 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 14,860 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	14,860	162	3,371	4.4	91.7	98	3,939	422	9.3	24.3	11
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	11,065	159	2,761	4.0	69.6	81	2,107	286	7.4	13.3	8
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	10,832	132	2,441	4.4	82.1	66	2,988	338	8.8	22.6	11
4	John Riggins J. Riggins	9,639	149	2,529	3.8	64.7	96	1,629	193	8.4	10.9	9
5	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121	6.7	7.0	0
6	O.J. Simpson	8,058	86	1,628	4.9	93.7	43	1,300	115	11.3	15.1	11
7	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,843	95	1,807	4.3	82.6	44	2,404	289	8.3	25.3	5
8	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	6,930	137	1,705	4.1	50.6	49	1,804	262	6.9	13.2	5
9	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,789	107	1,540	4.4	63.4	45	2,502	273	9.2	23.4	12
10	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	6,702	110	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263	8.8	21.1	3
11	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	6,651	136	1,652	4.0	48.9	37	1,583	174	9.1	11.6	4
12	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,578	106	1,521	4.3	62.1	26	1,799	198	9.1	17.0	13
13	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,319	100	1,630	3.9	63.2	29	3,056	358	8.5	30.6	16
14	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	6,251	103	1,313	4.8	60.7	50	1,816	202	9.0	17.6	16
15	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,950	109	1,556	3.8	54.6	53	3,156	350	9.0	29.0	23
16	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,772	72	1,263	4.6	80.2	29	2,612	272	9.6	36.3	11
17	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5,672	158	1,196	4.7	35.9	27	3,069	328	9.4	19.4	18
18	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	5,626	110	1,489	3.8	51.1	76	1,334	175	7.6	12.1	6
19	Delvin Williams D. Williams	5,598	100	1,312	4.3	56.0	33	1,415	152	9.3	14.2	6
20	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	5,453	107	1,385	3.9	51.0	43	1,905	210	9.1	17.8	6
21	George Rogers G. Rogers	5,360	66	1,226	4.4	81.2	30	321	48	6.7	4.9	0
22	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5,147	46	1,061	4.9	111.9	44	669	92	7.3	14.5	2
23	Billy Sims B. Sims	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
24	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	5,105	150	1,203	4.2	34.0	18	1,616	193	8.4	10.8	5
25	Joe Washington J. Washington	4,839	119	1,195	4.0	40.7	12	3,413	395	8.6	28.7	18

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