most rushing yards 1970's rb nfc central

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

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 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
3 John Brockington
J. Brockington
5,024
85
1,293
3.9
59.1
29
1,075
138
7.8
12.6
3
4 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
3,949
81
1,047
3.8
48.8
24
1,437
160
9.0
17.7
6
5 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
3,463
78
816
4.2
44.4
15
910
103
8.8
11.7
4
6 Roland Harper
R. Harper
2,527
54
607
4.2
46.8
9
964
118
8.2
17.9
3
7 Steve Owens
S. Owens
2,451
53
635
3.9
46.2
20
861
99
8.7
16.2
2
8 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
2,378
39
616
3.9
61.0
14
458
51
9.0
11.7
2
9 Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
2,131
83
629
3.4
25.7
17
759
101
7.5
9.1
3
10 Barty Smith
B. Smith
1,939
66
543
3.6
29.4
18
979
120
8.2
14.8
3
11 Horace King
H. King
1,926
66
503
3.8
29.2
8
1,028
140
7.3
15.6
2
12 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
1,711
41
484
3.5
41.7
7
855
87
9.8
20.9
4
13 Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
1,708
44
450
3.8
38.8
13
514
53
9.7
11.7
2
14 Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
1,610
28
408
3.9
57.5
10
720
62
11.6
25.7
1
15 Oscar Reed
O. Reed
1,569
58
405
3.9
27.1
7
617
85
7.3
10.6
1
16 Mel Farr
M. Farr
1,370
42
347
3.9
32.6
16
588
70
8.4
14.0
3
17 Eric Torkelson
E. Torkelson
1,303
84
350
3.7
15.5
8
469
59
7.9
5.6
0
18 Clint Jones
C. Jones
1,208
35
352
3.4
34.5
15
257
24
10.7
7.3
0
19 Brent McClanahan
B. McClanahan
1,207
95
367
3.3
12.7
6
772
107
7.2
8.1
4
20 Rickey Young
R. Young
1,125
32
322
3.5
35.2
4
1,223
160
7.6
38.2
9
21 Jim Harrison
J. Harrison
1,099
38
308
3.6
28.9
4
286
36
7.9
7.5
3
22 Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
1,007
51
306
3.3
19.7
4
1,008
125
8.1
19.8
7
23 Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
1,001
20
271
3.7
50.1
6
424
39
10.9
21.2
1
24 Don Shy
D. Shy
989
32
286
3.5
30.9
4
421
39
10.8
13.2
0
25 Bill Brown
B. Brown
970
70
295
3.3
13.9
9
604
57
10.6
8.6
7
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