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← All-time rushing yards
1979 NFL Season Leaders
Rushing Yards
Top 25 of 123 qualifiers · regular season.
1
Earl Campbell
RB
·
HOU
1,697 yds
2
Walter Payton
RB
·
CHI
1,610 yds
3
Chuck Muncie
RB
·
NO
1,198 yds
4
Franco Harris
RB
·
PIT
1,186 yds
5
John Riggins
RB
·
WAS
1,153 yds
6
Tony Dorsett
RB
·
DAL
1,107 yds
7
Clark Gaines
RB
·
NYJ
905 yds
8
Joe Washington
RB
·
IND
884 yds
9
Larry Csonka
RB
·
MIA
837 yds
10
Mark van Eeghen
RB
·
OAK
818 yds
11
Delvin Williams
RB
·
MIA
703 yds
12
Billy Taylor
RB
·
NYG
700 yds
13
Jerry Eckwood
RB
·
TB
690 yds
14
Archie Griffin
RB
·
CIN
688 yds
15
Dexter Bussey
RB
·
DET
625 yds
16
Cullen Bryant
RB
·
LAR
619 yds
17
Doug Kotar
RB
·
NYG
616 yds
18
Horace Ivory
RB
·
NE
522 yds
19
Dan Doornink
RB
·
SEA
500 yds
20
Benny Malone
RB
·
WAS
472 yds
21
O.J. Simpson
RB
·
SF
460 yds
22
Don Calhoun
RB
·
NE
456 yds
23
Eric Torkelson
RB
·
GB
401 yds
24
Art Whittington
RB
·
OAK
397 yds
25
Bubba Bean
RB
·
ATL
393 yds