most rushing yards, 1976 to 1978

Between the 1976 and 1978 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 4,637 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1976 to 1978
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
4,637
44
983
4.7
105.4
38
898
92
9.8
20.4
2
2 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
3,392
43
788
4.3
78.9
22
654
65
10.1
15.2
4
3 Franco Harris
F. Harris
3,372
44
899
3.8
76.6
33
357
56
6.4
8.1
0
4 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
3,365
44
827
4.1
76.5
19
599
59
10.2
13.6
0
5 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
3,179
44
804
4.0
72.3
11
1,675
188
8.9
38.1
9
6 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
3,046
40
621
4.9
76.2
10
1,104
120
9.2
27.6
4
7 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
3,016
42
785
3.8
71.8
24
1,271
154
8.3
30.3
6
8 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
2,826
36
703
4.0
78.5
16
655
65
10.1
18.2
6
9 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,653
31
577
4.6
85.6
9
569
59
9.6
18.4
3
10 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
2,607
41
641
4.1
63.6
15
966
100
9.7
23.6
1
11 Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
2,440
39
643
3.8
62.6
11
922
91
10.1
23.6
8
12 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,332
30
498
4.7
77.7
19
651
66
9.9
21.7
3
13 Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
2,134
43
520
4.1
49.6
14
623
59
10.6
14.5
1
14 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
2,120
38
506
4.2
55.8
12
609
70
8.7
16.0
2
15 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
2,105
38
447
4.7
55.4
14
1,169
94
12.4
30.8
4
16 Roland Harper
R. Harper
2,074
41
507
4.1
50.6
8
773
91
8.5
18.9
3
17 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
2,027
39
510
4.0
52.0
15
753
78
9.7
19.3
1
18 John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
1,890
42
529
3.6
45.0
9
912
99
9.2
21.7
3
19 Jim Otis
J. Otis
1,889
42
529
3.6
45.0
12
71
12
5.9
1.7
0
20 Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
1,878
40
489
3.8
47.0
10
683
69
9.9
17.1
2
21 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
1,849
44
490
3.8
42.0
15
1,267
169
7.5
28.8
3
22 Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
1,839
42
403
4.6
43.8
6
237
28
8.5
5.6
0
23 Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
1,836
41
466
3.9
44.8
6
617
73
8.5
15.0
1
24 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,789
34
478
3.7
52.6
8
566
59
9.6
16.6
3
25 Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
1,785
43
530
3.4
41.5
14
543
63
8.6
12.6
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