most rushing yards, 1970 to 1980

Between the 1970 and 1980 seasons, O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards, with 10,539 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1970 to 1980
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2 Franco Harris
F. Harris
9,352
124
2,220
4.2
75.4
76
1,507
204
7.4
12.2
6
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
8,386
89
1,865
4.5
94.2
65
1,791
202
8.9
20.1
5
4 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
5 John Riggins
J. Riggins
6,822
111
1,666
4.1
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
6 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
7 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,440
103
1,487
4.3
62.5
26
1,759
193
9.1
17.1
13
8 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
9 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
5,757
104
1,436
4.0
55.4
33
1,407
155
9.1
13.5
3
10 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
99
1,312
4.3
56.5
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.3
6
11 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,372
103
1,127
4.8
52.2
25
2,386
258
9.2
23.2
13
12 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
13 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,163
90
1,290
4.0
57.4
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
14 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,118
129
1,244
4.1
39.7
34
2,479
234
10.6
19.2
21
15 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,081
46
1,043
4.9
110.5
45
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
16 Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
17 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,638
127
1,123
4.1
36.5
30
935
119
7.9
7.4
5
18 Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
19 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4,624
59
1,026
4.5
78.4
36
1,289
145
8.9
21.8
4
20 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
4,489
110
1,158
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
21 Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
4,453
96
1,023
4.4
46.4
25
1,302
131
9.9
13.6
7
22 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
4,451
100
1,157
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
23 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4,425
89
930
4.8
49.7
23
598
83
7.2
6.7
1
24 Jim Otis
J. Otis
4,350
116
1,160
3.8
37.5
19
549
90
6.1
4.7
3
25 Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
4,196
77
1,087
3.9
54.5
19
2,011
192
10.5
26.1
11
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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2
0
.667
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2
0
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5
0
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6
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11/9
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11/16
TB TB
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BUF BUF
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11/20
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1
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.800
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4
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.333
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1
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2
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49ers 49ers
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2
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2
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9/6
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10/19
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10/19
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1:00 PM
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10/19
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1:00 PM