most rushing yards, 1970 to 1981

Between the 1970 and 1981 seasons, O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards, with 10,539 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1970 to 1981
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
10,339
140
2,462
4.2
73.9
84
1,757
241
7.3
12.6
7
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,608
105
2,204
4.4
91.5
71
2,170
243
8.9
20.7
7
4 John Riggins
J. Riggins
7,536
126
1,861
4.0
59.8
55
1,950
222
8.8
15.5
12
5 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
6 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
7 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
8 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,457
62
1,404
4.6
104.1
55
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
9 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,270
75
1,368
4.6
83.6
40
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
10 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
11 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
5,907
112
1,475
4.0
52.7
35
1,467
162
9.1
13.1
3
12 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
13 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,496
118
1,158
4.7
46.6
25
3,022
323
9.4
25.6
17
14 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,432
101
1,376
3.9
53.8
43
1,905
210
9.1
18.9
6
15 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
5,196
85
1,174
4.4
61.1
51
1,682
192
8.8
19.8
1
16 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
17 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,141
143
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
2,629
251
10.5
18.4
23
18 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,095
71
1,121
4.5
71.8
36
1,635
177
9.2
23.0
10
19 Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
20 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,671
143
1,137
4.1
32.7
30
956
120
8.0
6.7
5
21 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
4,629
110
1,066
4.3
42.1
18
1,366
160
8.5
12.4
4
22 Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
23 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
4,489
110
1,158
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
24 Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
4,453
96
1,023
4.4
46.4
25
1,302
131
9.9
13.6
7
25 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
4,451
100
1,157
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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