chicago bears rushing yard leaders all-time

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards for the Bears, with 16,726 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
2	Matt Forte M. Forte	8,602	120	2,035	4.2	71.7	45	4,116	487	636	8.5	34.3	19
3	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	6,166	116	1,515	4.1	53.2	51	2,763	302		9.1	23.8	20
4	Rick Casares R. Casares	5,657	121	1,386	4.1	46.8	49	1,538	182		8.5	12.7	10
5	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4,956	68	991	5.0	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
6	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	3,609	60	915	3.9	60.2	26	1,240	155	194	8.0	20.7	4
7	Thomas Jones T. Jones	3,493	45	850	4.1	77.6	22	724	118	158	6.1	16.1	0
8	Jordan Howard J. Howard	3,370	47	778	4.3	71.7	24	568	72	109	7.9	12.1	1
9	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	3,332	51	858	3.9	65.3	21	509	72	108	7.1	10.0	0
10	Roland Harper R. Harper	3,044	89	757	4.0	34.2	15	1,013	128		7.9	11.4	3
11	Willie Galimore W. Galimore	2,985	82	670	4.5	36.4	26	1,201	87		13.8	14.6	10
12	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	2,946	148	828	3.6	19.9	20	2,113	260		8.1	14.3	5
13	Ronnie Bull R. Bull	2,871	110	787	3.6	26.1	9	1,404	163		8.6	12.8	4
14	Bronko Nagurski B. Nagurski	2,778	74	633	4.4	37.5	18	134	11		12.2	1.8	0
15	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	2,522	40	592	4.3	63.1	22	837	98	126	8.5	20.9	1
16	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	2,470	61	373	6.6	40.5	20	0	0			0.0	0
17	Ray Nolting R. Nolting	2,285	82	508	4.5	27.9	10	508	30		16.9	6.2	3
18	Raymont Harris R. Harris	2,245	42	592	3.8	53.5	15	651	100		6.5	15.5	1
19	Justin Fields J. Fields	2,220	40	356	6.2	55.5	14	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	George Gulyanics G. Gulyanics	2,081	61	509	4.1	34.1	19	600	52		11.5	9.8	2
21	Brad Muster B. Muster	2,014	75	455	4.4	26.9	20	1,623	169		9.6	21.6	7
22	James Allen J. Allen	1,978	50	515	3.8	39.6	4	662	86	113	7.7	13.2	3
23	Gary Famiglietti G. Famiglietti	1,927	77	505	3.8	25.0	20	170	11		15.5	2.2	1
24	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	1,846	42	338	5.5	44.0	14	197	11		17.9	4.7	1
25	Khalil Herbert K. Herbert	1,791	48	372	4.8	37.3	9	291	45	61	6.5	6.1	2

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Vikings	6	0	1.000
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Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	TB	@	CHI	8:20 PM
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
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Rec TD Leaders

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Rush Yards Rankings

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146.4

141.7

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

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Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000