most rushing yards, 1975 to 1979

Between the 1975 and 1979 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 6,926 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1975 to 1979
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
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
2 Franco Harris
F. Harris
5,804
73
1,428
4.1
79.5
54
862
120
7.2
11.8
2
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4,930
58
1,026
4.8
85.0
28
1,041
94
11.1
17.9
10
4 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
4,780
74
1,186
4.0
64.6
28
1,115
122
9.1
15.1
3
5 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
4,726
71
1,089
4.3
66.6
28
1,199
120
10.0
16.9
6
6 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
4,583
70
1,156
4.0
65.5
22
2,378
267
8.9
34.0
14
7 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4,346
60
900
4.8
72.4
18
1,558
178
8.8
26.0
6
8 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
4,309
68
1,152
3.7
63.4
39
2,109
246
8.6
31.0
15
9 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
3,980
60
989
4.0
66.3
18
986
115
8.6
16.4
7
10 John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,947
64
976
4.0
61.7
25
1,092
117
9.3
17.1
7
11 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
3,836
66
969
4.0
58.1
26
1,455
161
9.0
22.0
3
12 Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
3,712
67
969
3.8
55.4
16
1,793
163
11.0
26.8
11
13 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
3,441
67
807
4.3
51.4
15
886
99
8.9
13.2
4
14 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,439
44
748
4.6
78.2
25
1,026
111
9.2
23.3
4
15 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
3,225
55
748
4.3
58.6
26
1,061
118
9.0
19.3
1
16 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
3,147
31
670
4.7
101.5
32
142
28
5.1
4.6
0
17 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
3,134
69
769
4.1
45.4
19
698
92
7.6
10.1
4
18 Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
3,096
70
752
4.1
44.2
20
965
105
9.2
13.8
1
19 Rickey Young
R. Young
3,047
74
779
3.9
41.2
17
2,253
276
8.2
30.4
11
20 Jim Otis
J. Otis
2,965
56
798
3.7
52.9
17
140
24
5.8
2.5
1
21 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
2,915
44
642
4.5
66.3
20
707
78
9.1
16.1
6
22 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
2,880
54
641
4.5
53.3
25
1,668
142
11.7
30.9
8
23 Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
2,830
71
748
3.8
39.9
15
933
107
8.7
13.1
1
24 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
2,557
59
679
3.8
43.3
24
1,751
227
7.7
29.7
4
25 Roland Harper
R. Harper
2,527
54
607
4.2
46.8
9
964
118
8.2
17.9
3
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