most rushing yards, 1977 to 1983

Between the 1977 and 1983 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 9,556 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1977 to 1983
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
9,556
103
2,159
4.4
92.8
58
2,726
280
9.7
26.5
9
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8,336
100
1,834
4.5
83.4
53
2,080
241
8.6
20.8
7
3 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
8,296
85
1,883
4.4
97.6
69
691
112
6.2
8.1
0
4 Franco Harris
F. Harris
6,817
99
1,746
3.9
68.9
49
1,470
201
7.3
14.8
6
5 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6,190
71
1,401
4.4
87.2
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
6 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
5,992
97
1,398
4.3
61.8
69
2,013
228
8.8
20.8
3
7 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
5,896
101
1,378
4.3
58.4
41
1,706
242
7.0
16.9
5
8 William Andrews
W. Andrews
5,772
72
1,263
4.6
80.2
29
2,612
272
9.6
36.3
11
9 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
5,749
84
1,264
4.5
68.4
43
1,946
206
9.4
23.2
12
10 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
5,421
94
1,402
3.9
57.7
64
1,327
173
7.7
14.1
6
11 John Riggins
J. Riggins
4,984
74
1,323
3.8
67.4
54
695
87
8.0
9.4
5
12 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
4,903
94
1,255
3.9
52.2
32
1,335
141
9.5
14.2
3
13 Joe Washington
J. Washington
4,437
96
1,087
4.1
46.2
10
3,011
345
8.7
31.4
17
14 Billy Sims
B. Sims
4,419
52
1,001
4.4
85.0
37
1,833
155
11.8
35.3
5
15 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4,122
74
896
4.6
55.7
37
1,432
154
9.3
19.4
12
16 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
4,046
54
960
4.2
74.9
20
1,641
162
10.1
30.4
15
17 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
3,563
60
911
3.9
59.4
20
753
90
8.4
12.6
3
18 Ted Brown
T. Brown
3,517
64
863
4.1
55.0
26
2,078
248
8.4
32.5
7
19 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
3,438
96
809
4.2
35.8
13
1,136
138
8.2
11.8
3
20 Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
3,364
82
860
3.9
41.0
22
1,336
169
7.9
16.3
4
21 George Rogers
G. Rogers
3,353
35
756
4.4
95.8
21
216
32
6.8
6.2
0
22 Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
3,083
96
818
3.8
32.1
27
2,446
310
7.9
25.5
7
23 Wayne Morris
W. Morris
3,083
96
830
3.7
32.1
34
1,095
143
7.7
11.4
4
24 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
3,063
64
822
3.7
47.9
16
842
97
8.7
13.2
3
25 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
2,983
83
715
4.2
35.9
24
2,009
181
11.1
24.2
9
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