most rushing yards, 1970 to 1982

Between the 1970 and 1982 seasons, Franco Harris rushed for the most yards, with 10,943 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1970 to 1982
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,943
149
2,602
4.2
73.4
86
2,006
272
7.4
13.5
7
2 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
10,204
114
2,352
4.3
89.5
72
2,481
275
9.0
21.8
7
4 John Riggins
J. Riggins
8,089
134
2,038
4.0
60.4
58
2,000
232
8.6
14.9
12
5 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
7,015
84
1,545
4.5
83.5
45
1,793
201
8.9
21.3
6
6 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,995
71
1,561
4.5
98.5
57
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
7 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
8 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
9 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
10 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
6,293
121
1,557
4.0
52.0
35
1,481
164
9.0
12.2
4
11 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
12 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
5,765
94
1,312
4.4
61.3
59
1,889
217
8.7
20.1
2
13 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,610
79
1,235
4.5
71.0
43
1,893
197
9.6
24.0
12
14 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
15 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,518
127
1,162
4.7
43.4
25
3,051
325
9.4
24.0
18
16 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,453
107
1,385
3.9
51.0
43
1,905
210
9.1
17.8
6
17 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
18 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,141
143
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
2,629
251
10.5
18.4
23
19 Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
20 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,920
56
1,105
4.5
87.9
29
1,109
142
7.8
19.8
2
21 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
4,850
99
1,137
4.3
49.0
31
1,575
220
7.2
15.9
3
22 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
4,765
119
1,114
4.3
40.0
18
1,504
176
8.5
12.6
4
23 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,750
152
1,151
4.1
31.3
31
956
120
8.0
6.3
5
24 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
4,658
83
1,192
3.9
56.1
50
1,198
158
7.6
14.4
6
25 Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

24.0

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OPP PPG

25.7

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

63.0

31st

PASS YDS/G

199.3

25th

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1
0
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Bengals Bengals
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1
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2
0
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2
0
.333
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9/28
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PIT PIT
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CLE CLE
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PIT PIT
1:00 PM
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10/16
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CIN CIN
8:15 PM
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10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
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1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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0
0
1.000
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1
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1
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0
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2
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.333
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0
0
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1
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.750
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2
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1
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1
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.667
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0
0
1.000
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1
0
.667
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0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
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2
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9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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9/6
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9/28
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@
PIT PIT
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Sun
9/28
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Sun
9/28
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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@
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1:00 PM