who led the nfl in rushing from 1978 to 1983

Between the 1978 and 1983 seasons, Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards, with 8,296 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	8,296	85	1,883	4.4	97.6	69	691	112	6.2	8.1	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	7,704	89	1,820	4.2	86.6	44	2,457	253	9.7	27.6	7
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	7,329	86	1,626	4.5	85.2	41	1,807	212	8.5	21.0	6
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	6,190	71	1,401	4.4	87.2	34	1,568	196	8.0	22.1	3
5	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,772	72	1,263	4.6	80.2	29	2,612	272	9.6	36.3	11
6	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	5,691	88	1,331	4.3	64.7	40	1,694	239	7.1	19.3	5
7	Franco Harris F. Harris	5,655	85	1,446	3.9	66.5	38	1,408	190	7.4	16.6	6
8	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5,566	70	1,219	4.6	79.5	41	1,928	203	9.5	27.5	12
9	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	5,181	83	1,197	4.3	62.4	63	1,765	207	8.5	21.3	2
10	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	4,836	80	1,249	3.9	60.5	60	1,278	168	7.6	16.0	6
11	John Riggins J. Riggins	4,781	69	1,255	3.8	69.3	54	600	80	7.5	8.7	3
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	4,419	52	1,001	4.4	85.0	37	1,833	155	11.8	35.3	5
13	Joe Washington J. Washington	4,220	83	1,025	4.1	50.8	10	2,767	314	8.8	33.3	17
14	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	4,046	54	960	4.2	74.9	20	1,641	162	10.1	30.4	15
15	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	3,805	60	835	4.6	63.4	34	1,429	153	9.3	23.8	12
16	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	3,630	80	931	3.9	45.4	25	1,200	126	9.5	15.0	3
17	Ted Brown T. Brown	3,517	64	863	4.1	55.0	26	2,078	248	8.4	32.5	7
18	George Rogers G. Rogers	3,353	35	756	4.4	95.8	21	216	32	6.8	6.2	0
19	Dexter Bussey D. Bussey	3,100	88	724	4.3	35.2	9	1,020	127	8.0	11.6	2
20	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	2,933	54	660	4.4	54.3	23	1,334	107	12.5	24.7	8
21	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	2,712	71	716	3.8	38.2	21	1,180	146	8.1	16.6	4
22	Delvin Williams D. Williams	2,632	46	643	4.1	57.2	13	574	70	8.2	12.5	1
23	Ricky Bell R. Bell	2,627	53	674	3.9	49.6	15	754	86	8.8	14.2	3
24	Cullen Bryant C. Bryant	2,607	72	674	3.9	36.2	16	857	117	7.3	11.9	3
25	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	2,586	88	652	4.0	29.4	18	994	119	8.4	11.3	3

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