most rushing yards 1970's rb nfc

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Walter Payton had the most rushing yards by an NFC running back, with 6,926 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
2Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,186
89
1,435
4.3
69.5
23
1,683
184
9.1
18.9
12
3Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
4John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,024
85
1,293
3.9
59.1
29
1,075
138
7.8
12.6
3
5Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,987
88
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
6Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4,625
88
1,110
4.2
52.6
32
1,381
144
9.6
15.7
7
7Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4,187
111
1,005
4.2
37.7
24
860
111
7.7
7.7
5
8Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
4,171
79
1,068
3.9
52.8
21
940
104
9.0
11.9
4
9Jim Otis
J. Otis
4,074
93
1,082
3.8
43.8
19
392
65
6.0
4.2
1
10Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
3,949
81
1,047
3.8
48.8
24
1,437
160
9.0
17.7
6
11Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
3,836
67
1,066
3.6
57.3
33
1,813
189
9.6
27.1
15
12Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
3,463
78
816
4.2
44.4
15
910
103
8.8
11.7
4
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,439
44
748
4.6
78.2
25
1,026
111
9.2
23.3
4
14Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
3,438
65
748
4.6
52.9
24
1,862
197
9.5
28.6
9
15Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
3,359
53
878
3.8
63.4
15
1,405
131
10.7
26.5
11
16MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
3,280
68
840
3.9
48.2
21
1,518
148
10.3
22.3
6
17Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
3,226
83
854
3.8
38.9
19
990
117
8.5
11.9
1
18Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
3,225
55
748
4.3
58.6
26
1,061
118
9.0
19.3
1
19Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
3,141
70
818
3.8
44.9
27
1,543
146
10.6
22.0
9
20Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
3,135
80
871
3.6
39.2
17
1,266
161
7.9
15.8
5
21Delvin Williams
D. Williams
2,966
54
669
4.4
54.9
20
841
82
10.3
15.6
5
22Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
2,955
72
745
4.0
41.0
10
1,233
148
8.3
17.1
3
23John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,942
50
738
4.0
58.8
17
729
87
8.4
14.6
6
24Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
2,915
44
642
4.5
66.3
20
707
78
9.1
16.1
6
25Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
2,662
83
728
3.7
32.1
25
786
98
8.0
9.5
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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25.9

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24.4

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144.5

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