who ran for the most yards 1970s

O.J. Simpson attempted 2,223 rushes between the 1970 and 1979 seasons.

Interpreted as:
Who ran for the most rushing yards 1970s?
NAMEATTRUSH YDSGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,223
10,539
122
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,012
8,563
111
4.3
77.1
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
3Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
1,622
6,975
124
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,548
6,926
73
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,666
6,822
111
4.1
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
6Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,668
6,518
109
3.9
59.8
30
3,182
374
8.5
29.2
17
7Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,435
6,186
89
4.3
69.5
23
1,683
184
9.1
18.9
12
8Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,533
5,887
93
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
9Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,087
5,255
87
4.8
60.4
25
1,942
208
9.3
22.3
8
10John Brockington
J. Brockington
1,347
5,185
95
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
11Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
1,290
5,163
90
4.0
57.4
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
12Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,243
5,107
114
4.1
44.8
34
2,096
207
10.1
18.4
15
13Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,328
4,987
88
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
14Delvin Williams
D. Williams
1,125
4,927
84
4.4
58.7
31
1,208
121
10.0
14.4
6
15Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,214
4,919
88
4.1
55.9
28
1,148
126
9.1
13.0
3
16Floyd Little
F. Little
1,207
4,629
84
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
17MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
1,158
4,489
110
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
18Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
1,157
4,451
100
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
19Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
930
4,425
89
4.8
49.7
23
598
83
7.2
6.7
1
20Jim Otis
J. Otis
1,160
4,350
116
3.8
37.5
19
549
90
6.1
4.7
3
21Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
1,005
4,187
111
4.2
37.7
24
860
111
7.7
7.7
5
22Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
1,068
4,171
79
3.9
52.8
21
940
104
9.0
11.9
4
23Mercury Morris
M. Morris
781
4,023
85
5.2
47.3
30
478
48
10.0
5.6
1
24Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
917
3,983
87
4.3
45.8
21
1,279
124
10.3
14.7
7
25Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
1,052
3,960
92
3.8
43.0
24
1,452
162
9.0
15.8
6
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