nfl rushing yard leaders 1973 to 1976

Between the 1973 and 1976 seasons, O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards, with 6,448 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6,448
56
1,221
5.3
115.1
39
944
71
13.3
16.9
9
2Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
4,285
53
950
4.5
80.8
16
1,232
128
9.6
23.2
8
3Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
4,113
56
1,045
3.9
73.4
23
1,756
209
8.4
31.4
9
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
4,078
52
947
4.3
78.4
32
634
84
7.5
12.2
2
5Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
3,803
53
939
4.1
71.8
39
2,206
218
10.1
41.6
18
6Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
2,976
55
613
4.9
54.1
19
1,024
119
8.6
18.6
4
7John Brockington
J. Brockington
2,867
56
792
3.6
51.2
17
733
103
7.1
13.1
1
8Jim Otis
J. Otis
2,865
52
715
4.0
55.1
9
212
35
6.1
4.1
1
9Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
2,817
48
662
4.3
58.7
22
910
96
9.5
19.0
5
10Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
2,759
54
733
3.8
51.1
17
1,026
131
7.8
19.0
3
11Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
2,754
47
723
3.8
58.6
12
636
71
9.0
13.5
2
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,739
49
703
3.9
55.9
20
873
93
9.4
17.8
4
13Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
2,699
51
599
4.5
52.9
20
1,459
163
9.0
28.6
7
14Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
2,660
46
567
4.7
57.8
14
915
80
11.4
19.9
5
15Boobie Clark
B. Clark
2,565
49
671
3.8
52.3
24
1,033
133
7.8
21.1
2
16Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
2,321
38
576
4.0
61.1
18
96
20
4.8
2.5
0
17Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
2,317
56
533
4.3
41.4
9
515
67
7.7
9.2
1
18Mercury Morris
M. Morris
2,299
45
474
4.9
51.1
17
145
16
9.1
3.2
1
19Calvin Hill
C. Hill
2,287
40
537
4.3
57.2
14
524
51
10.3
13.1
0
20Clarence Davis
C. Davis
2,165
48
471
4.6
45.1
13
538
56
9.6
11.2
2
21Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,069
27
507
4.1
76.6
20
362
48
7.5
13.4
0
22Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
2,062
35
441
4.7
58.9
12
292
33
8.8
8.3
0
23Delvin Williams
D. Williams
2,035
40
401
5.1
50.9
13
662
62
10.7
16.6
3
24Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
2,020
27
489
4.1
74.8
9
773
68
11.4
28.6
7
25Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
1,937
49
451
4.3
39.5
9
446
46
9.7
9.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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