which running back had the most total yards in 1978

Bruce Harper gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in 1978, with 2,157 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Bruce Harper B. Harper	2,157	1978	NYJ	16	303	58	5.2	18.9	2	196	13	15.1	12.3	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,875	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
3	Joe Washington J. Washington	1,869	1978	BAL	16	956	240	4.0	59.8	0	377	45	8.4	23.6	1
4	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,757	1978	DAL	16	1,325	290	4.6	82.8	7	378	37	10.2	23.6	2
5	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	1,569	1978	PHI	14	1,220	259	4.7	87.1	9	195	34	5.7	13.9	1
6	Tony Reed T. Reed	1,536	1978	KC	16	1,053	206	5.1	65.8	5	483	48	10.1	30.2	1
7	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,498	1978	HOU	15	1,450	302	4.8	96.7	13	48	12	4.0	3.2	0
8	Tony Green T. Green	1,484	1978	WAS	16	82	22	3.7	5.1	1	89	4	22.3	5.6	0
9	Terdell Middleton T. Middleton	1,470	1978	GB	16	1,116	284	3.9	69.8	11	332	34	9.8	20.8	1
10	Delvin Williams D. Williams	1,450	1978	MIA	16	1,258	272	4.6	78.6	8	192	18	10.7	12.0	0
11	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	1,371	1978	OAK	16	1,080	270	4.0	67.5	9	291	27	10.8	18.2	0
12	Roland Harper R. Harper	1,332	1978	CHI	16	992	240	4.1	62.0	6	340	43	7.9	21.3	2
13	Terry Miller T. Miller	1,323	1978	BUF	16	1,060	238	4.5	66.3	7	246	22	11.2	15.4	0
14	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,320	1978	SD	16	820	214	3.8	51.3	3	500	57	8.8	31.3	2
15	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,313	1978	WAS	15	1,014	248	4.1	67.6	5	299	31	9.6	19.9	0
16	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	1,283	1978	CLE	12	960	176	5.5	80.0	3	292	38	7.7	24.3	2
17	Art Whittington A. Whittington	1,240	1978	OAK	16	661	172	3.8	41.3	7	106	23	4.6	6.6	0
18	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,226	1978	PIT	16	1,082	310	3.5	67.6	8	144	22	6.5	9.0	0
19	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	1,218	1978	NO	16	635	186	3.4	39.7	5	582	74	7.9	36.4	2
20	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	1,199	1978	DET	16	924	225	4.1	57.8	5	275	31	8.9	17.2	1
21	Bobby Hammond B. Hammond	1,174	1978	NYG	14	554	131	4.2	39.6	1	173	20	8.7	12.4	2
22	Sherman Smith S. Smith	1,171	1978	SEA	12	805	165	4.9	67.1	6	366	28	13.1	30.5	1
23	Kevin Long K. Long	1,158	1978	NYJ	16	954	214	4.5	59.6	10	204	26	7.8	12.8	0
24	Rufus Crawford R. Crawford	1,157	1978	SEA	16	19	8	2.4	1.2	0	25	4	6.3	1.6	0
25	Curtis Brown C. Brown	1,149	1978	BUF	15	591	128	4.6	39.4	4	130	18	7.2	8.7	0

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