most rushing yards, 1970 to 1983

Between the 1970 and 1983 seasons, Franco Harris had the most rushing yards, with 11,950 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1970 to 1983
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
11,950
165
2,881
4.1
72.4
91
2,284
306
7.5
13.8
9
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
11,625
130
2,666
4.4
89.4
78
3,088
328
9.4
23.8
9
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
4 John Riggins
J. Riggins
9,436
149
2,413
3.9
63.3
82
2,029
237
8.6
13.6
12
5 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8,336
100
1,834
4.5
83.4
53
2,080
241
8.6
20.8
7
6 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
8,296
85
1,883
4.4
97.6
69
691
112
6.2
8.1
0
7 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
8 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
6,651
109
1,547
4.3
61.0
71
2,285
259
8.8
21.0
3
9 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
6,651
136
1,652
4.0
48.9
37
1,583
174
9.1
11.6
4
10 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
11 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
12 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6,190
71
1,401
4.4
87.2
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
13 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
6,034
114
1,430
4.2
52.9
41
1,732
250
6.9
15.2
5
14 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
15 William Andrews
W. Andrews
5,772
72
1,263
4.6
80.2
29
2,612
272
9.6
36.3
11
16 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,749
84
1,264
4.5
68.4
43
1,946
206
9.4
23.2
12
17 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,672
143
1,188
4.8
39.7
27
3,057
326
9.4
21.4
18
18 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
19 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,453
107
1,385
3.9
51.0
43
1,905
210
9.1
17.8
6
20 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
5,421
94
1,402
3.9
57.7
64
1,327
173
7.7
14.1
6
21 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
22 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,141
143
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
2,629
251
10.5
18.4
23
23 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,014
134
1,171
4.3
37.4
18
1,553
184
8.4
11.6
5
24 Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
25 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,784
168
1,160
4.1
28.5
31
956
120
8.0
5.7
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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25.7

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63.0

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199.3

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1
0
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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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PIT PIT
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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
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NE Patriots

1 - 2 - 0

14

Final

21

PIT Steelers

2 - 1 - 0

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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
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1
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.750
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0
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2
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.333
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1
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.667
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1
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.667
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0
0
1.000
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1
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.667
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0
0
1.000
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2
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9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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9/4
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9/6
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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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Sun
9/28
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@
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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