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← All-time rushing yards
1978 NFL Season Leaders
Rushing Yards
Top 25 of 124 qualifiers · regular season.
1
Earl Campbell
RB
·
HOU
1,450 yds
2
Walter Payton
RB
·
CHI
1,395 yds
3
Tony Dorsett
RB
·
DAL
1,325 yds
4
Delvin Williams
RB
·
MIA
1,258 yds
5
Franco Harris
RB
·
PIT
1,082 yds
6
Mark van Eeghen
RB
·
OAK
1,080 yds
7
John Riggins
RB
·
WAS
1,014 yds
8
Joe Washington
RB
·
IND
956 yds
9
Dexter Bussey
RB
·
DET
924 yds
10
Chuck Foreman
RB
·
MIN
749 yds
11
Bubba Bean
RB
·
ATL
707 yds
12
Horace Ivory
RB
·
NE
693 yds
13
Andy Johnson
RB
·
NE
675 yds
14
Art Whittington
RB
·
OAK
661 yds
15
Horace King
RB
·
DET
660 yds
16
Cullen Bryant
RB
·
LAR
658 yds
17
Doug Kotar
RB
·
NYG
625 yds
18
John Cappelletti
RB
·
LAR
604 yds
19
O.J. Simpson
RB
·
SF
593 yds
20
Haskel Stanback
RB
·
ATL
588 yds
21
Barty Smith
RB
·
GB
567 yds
22
Chuck Muncie
RB
·
NO
557 yds
23
Bobby Hammond
RB
·
NYG
554 yds
24
Don Woods
RB
·
SD
514 yds
25
Archie Griffin
RB
·
CIN
484 yds