who had the most rushing yards for the vikings in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Chuck Foreman had the most rushing yards for the Vikings, with 5,887 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
2Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
2,115
77
623
3.4
27.5
17
759
101
7.5
9.9
3
3Oscar Reed
O. Reed
1,569
58
405
3.9
27.1
7
617
85
7.3
10.6
1
4Clint Jones
C. Jones
1,208
35
352
3.4
34.5
15
257
24
10.7
7.3
0
5Brent McClanahan
B. McClanahan
1,207
95
367
3.3
12.7
6
772
107
7.2
8.1
4
6Rickey Young
R. Young
1,125
32
322
3.5
35.2
4
1,223
160
7.6
38.2
9
7Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
1,007
51
306
3.3
19.7
4
1,008
125
8.1
19.8
7
8Bill Brown
B. Brown
970
70
295
3.3
13.9
9
604
57
10.6
8.6
7
9Robert Miller
R. Miller
853
73
248
3.4
11.7
6
752
85
8.8
10.3
1
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
655
93
171
3.8
7.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Ted Brown
T. Brown
551
14
130
4.2
39.4
1
197
31
6.4
14.1
0
12Sammy Johnson
S. Johnson
356
25
83
4.3
14.2
2
43
6
7.2
1.7
0
13Jim Lindsey
J. Lindsey
237
38
58
4.1
6.2
0
153
15
10.2
4.0
1
14Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
151
26
43
3.5
5.8
1
3
0
0.1
0
15John Gilliam
J. Gilliam
136
56
18
7.6
2.4
1
3,297
165
20.0
58.9
27
16Bob Grim
B. Grim
127
50
6
21.2
2.5
0
1,151
80
14.4
23.0
7
17Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
85
20
32
2.7
4.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Mark Kellar
M. Kellar
74
33
25
3.0
2.2
0
17
5
3.4
0.5
0
19Bob Lee
B. Lee
28
38
36
0.8
0.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Sammy White
S. White
26
59
11
2.4
0.4
0
3,122
187
16.7
52.9
32
21Greg Coleman
G. Coleman
22
25
2
11.0
0.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Ron Groce
R. Groce
18
4
3
6.0
4.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob Berry
B. Berry
13
17
4
3.3
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Norm Snead
N. Snead
6
7
6
1.0
0.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Stu Voigt
S. Voigt
3
128
2
1.5
0.0
1
1,919
177
10.8
15.0
17
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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