most rushing yards, 1970 to 1984

Between the 1970 and 1984 seasons, Walter Payton had the most rushing yards, with 13,309 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1970 to 1984
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
13,309
146
3,047
4.4
91.2
89
3,456
373
9.3
23.7
9
2 Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
3 John Riggins
J. Riggins
10,675
163
2,740
3.9
65.5
96
2,072
244
8.5
12.7
12
4 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
5 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,525
116
2,136
4.5
82.1
59
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
6 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
8,764
99
2,029
4.3
88.5
73
718
115
6.2
7.3
0
7 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,364
86
1,690
4.4
85.6
40
2,179
266
8.2
25.3
5
8 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6,975
124
1,622
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
9 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
6,702
110
1,561
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
10 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
6,651
136
1,652
4.0
48.9
37
1,583
174
9.1
11.6
4
11 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,578
109
1,521
4.3
60.3
26
1,799
198
9.1
16.5
13
12 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
6,540
124
1,593
4.1
52.7
47
1,761
255
6.9
14.2
5
13 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
6,538
100
1,465
4.5
65.4
45
2,447
266
9.2
24.5
12
14 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,534
111
1,675
3.9
58.9
30
3,203
376
8.5
28.9
17
15 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,950
109
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
3,156
350
9.0
29.0
23
16 William Andrews
W. Andrews
5,772
72
1,263
4.6
80.2
29
2,612
272
9.6
36.3
11
17 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
5,672
158
1,196
4.7
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
18 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
5,626
110
1,489
3.8
51.1
76
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
19 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
5,598
100
1,312
4.3
56.0
33
1,415
152
9.3
14.2
6
20 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
5,453
107
1,385
3.9
51.0
43
1,905
210
9.1
17.8
6
21 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
5,384
90
1,142
4.7
59.8
44
1,662
182
9.1
18.5
14
22 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,185
95
1,347
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
23 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
5,141
143
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
2,629
251
10.5
18.4
23
24 Billy Sims
B. Sims
5,106
60
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
25 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
5,105
150
1,203
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
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