who had the most rushing yards in 1979

Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards in 1979, with 1,697 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,697
1979
HOU HOU
16
368
4.6
106.1
19
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,610
1979
CHI CHI
16
369
4.4
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
3 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,605
1979
STL STL
16
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
4 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,512
1979
PHI PHI
16
338
4.5
94.5
9
494
41
12.0
30.9
5
5 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,294
1979
CLE CLE
16
264
4.9
80.9
9
372
41
9.1
23.3
2
6 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
1,263
1979
TB TB
16
283
4.5
78.9
7
248
25
9.9
15.5
2
7 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
1,198
1979
NO NO
16
238
5.0
74.9
11
308
40
7.7
19.3
0
8 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,186
1979
PIT PIT
15
267
4.4
79.1
11
291
36
8.1
19.4
1
9 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,153
1979
WAS WAS
16
260
4.4
72.1
9
163
28
5.8
10.2
3
10 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,109
1979
LA LA
16
218
5.1
69.3
9
308
32
9.6
19.3
1
11 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,107
1979
DAL DAL
14
250
4.4
79.1
6
375
45
8.3
26.8
1
12 William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,023
1979
ATL ATL
15
239
4.3
68.2
3
309
39
7.9
20.6
2
13 Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
905
1979
NYJ NYJ
16
186
4.9
56.6
0
219
29
7.6
13.7
0
14 Joe Washington
J. Washington
884
1979
BAL BAL
15
242
3.7
58.9
4
750
82
9.1
50.0
3
15 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
865
1979
CIN CIN
16
243
3.6
54.1
14
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
16 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
837
1979
MIA MIA
16
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
17 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
818
1979
OAK OAK
16
223
3.7
51.1
7
474
51
9.3
29.6
2
18 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
775
1979
SEA SEA
16
194
4.0
48.4
11
499
48
10.4
31.2
4
19 Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
767
1979
NYJ NYJ
16
186
4.1
47.9
3
121
10
12.1
7.6
0
20 Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
755
1979
KC KC
15
153
4.9
50.3
8
226
38
5.9
15.1
0
21 Clarence Williams
C. Williams
752
1979
SD SD
16
200
3.8
47.0
12
352
51
6.9
22.0
0
22 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
708
1979
NO NO
15
189
3.7
47.2
9
484
58
8.3
32.3
1
23 Rickey Young
R. Young
708
1979
MIN MIN
16
188
3.8
44.3
3
519
72
7.2
32.4
4
24 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
703
1979
MIA MIA
14
184
3.8
50.2
3
175
21
8.3
12.5
1
25 Billy Taylor
B. Taylor
700
1979
NYG NYG
16
198
3.5
43.8
7
253
28
9.0
15.8
4
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202.5

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