who led the leauge in rushing yards in 1980

Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards in 1980, with 1,934 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,934	1980	HOU	15	373	5.2	128.9	13	47	11	4.3	3.1	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46	8.0	22.9	1
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,352	1980	STL	16	301	4.5	84.5	9	308	36	8.6	19.3	0
4	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,308	1980	ATL	16	265	4.9	81.8	4	456	51	8.9	28.5	1
5	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,303	1980	DET	16	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
6	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,185	1980	BUF	16	306	3.9	74.1	11	415	52	8.0	25.9	1
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,185	1980	DAL	15	278	4.3	79.0	11	263	34	7.7	17.5	0
8	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1,034	1980	CLE	16	249	4.2	64.6	6	471	63	7.5	29.4	0
9	Lynn Cain L. Cain	914	1980	ATL	16	235	3.9	57.1	8	223	24	9.3	13.9	1
10	Ted Brown T. Brown	912	1980	MIN	16	219	4.2	57.0	8	623	62	10.0	38.9	2
11	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	838	1980	OAK	16	222	3.8	52.4	5	259	29	8.9	16.2	0
12	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	831	1980	GB	16	202	4.1	51.9	3	481	50	9.6	30.1	1
13	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	827	1980	TOT	15	175	4.7	55.1	6	259	31	8.4	17.3	0
14	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	818	1980	NE	16	211	3.9	51.1	2	173	22	7.9	10.8	0
15	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	807	1980	LA	16	183	4.4	50.4	3	386	53	7.3	24.1	3
16	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	800	1980	BAL	15	176	4.5	53.3	11	204	25	8.2	13.6	2
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	789	1980	PIT	13	208	3.8	60.7	4	196	30	6.5	15.1	2
18	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	787	1980	NE	16	200	3.9	49.2	9	129	27	4.8	8.1	0
19	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	778	1980	PHI	12	193	4.0	64.8	8	407	50	8.1	33.9	2
20	Elvis Peacock E. Peacock	777	1980	LA	13	164	4.7	59.8	7	213	25	8.5	16.4	2
21	Kenny King K. King	761	1980	OAK	15	172	4.4	50.7	4	145	22	6.6	9.7	0
22	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	747	1980	CIN	12	186	4.0	62.3	6	172	21	8.2	14.3	1
23	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	720	1980	DET	16	145	5.0	45.0	3	364	39	9.3	22.8	0
24	Earl Cooper E. Cooper	720	1980	SF	16	171	4.2	45.0	5	567	83	6.8	35.4	4
25	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	708	1980	WAS	16	176	4.0	44.3	3	279	27	10.3	17.4	1

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