1977 NFL Running Back Leaders

1. 1 Walter Payton 1,852
2. 2 Mark van Eeghen 1,273
3. 3 Lawrence McCutcheon 1,238
4. 4 Franco Harris 1,162
5. 5 Lydell Mitchell 1,159
6. 6 Chuck Foreman 1,112
7. 7 Greg Pruitt 1,086
8. 8 Sam Cunningham 1,015
9. 9 Tony Dorsett 1,007
10. 10 Delvin Williams 931

All 1977 rushing yards →

1. 1 Walter Payton 14
2. 2 Tony Dorsett 12
3. 3 Franco Harris 11
4. 4 Wayne Morris 8
5. 5 Wilbur Jackson 7
6. 5 Lawrence McCutcheon 7
7. 5 Mark van Eeghen 7
8. 5 Delvin Williams 7
9. 9 Chuck Foreman 6
10. 9 Don McCauley 6

All 1977 rushing touchdowns →

1. 1 Walter Payton 5.46
2. 2 Tony Dorsett 4.84
3. 3 Benny Malone 4.77
4. 4 Sherman Smith 4.68
5. 5 Cleo Miller 4.64
6. 6 Greg Pruitt 4.60
7. 7 Leroy Harris 4.58
8. 8 Norm Bulaich 4.57
9. 9 Rob Carpenter 4.53
10. 10 O.J. Simpson 4.42

All 1977 yards per carry →

1. 1 Walter Payton 339
2. 2 Mark van Eeghen 324
3. 3 Lydell Mitchell 301
4. 4 Franco Harris 300
5. 5 Lawrence McCutcheon 294
6. 6 Sam Cunningham 270
7. 6 Chuck Foreman 270
8. 8 Delvin Williams 268
9. 9 Haskel Stanback 247
10. 10 Greg Pruitt 236

All 1977 rushing attempts →

1. 1 Walter Payton 132.3
2. 2 Mark van Eeghen 90.9
3. 3 Lawrence McCutcheon 88.4
4. 4 Franco Harris 83.0
5. 5 Lydell Mitchell 82.8
6. 6 O.J. Simpson 79.6
7. 7 Chuck Foreman 79.4
8. 8 Greg Pruitt 77.6
9. 9 Sam Cunningham 72.5
10. 10 Tony Dorsett 71.9

All 1977 rushing yards per game →

1. 1 Lydell Mitchell 620
2. 2 Preston Pearson 535
3. 3 Don McCauley 495
4. 4 Greg Pruitt 471
5. 5 Clark Gaines 469
6. 6 Jim Braxton 461
7. 7 Rickey Young 423
8. 8 Sherman Smith 419
9. 9 Sam Cunningham 370
10. 10 Barty Smith 340

All 1977 receiving yards →

1. 1 Lydell Mitchell 71
2. 2 Clark Gaines 55
3. 3 Don McCauley 51
4. 4 Rickey Young 48
5. 5 Preston Pearson 46
6. 6 Jim Braxton 43
7. 7 Sam Cunningham 42
8. 8 Tony Galbreath 41
9. 8 Cleo Miller 41
10. 10 Horace King 40

All 1977 receptions →

1. 1 Lydell Mitchell 4
2. 1 Preston Pearson 4
3. 1 Don Testerman 4
4. 4 Chuck Foreman 3
5. 4 David Sims 3
6. 4 Larry Poole 3
7. 7 Don McCauley 2
8. 7 Brent McClanahan 2
9. 7 Lawrence McCutcheon 2
10. 7 Walter Payton 2

All 1977 receiving touchdowns →

1. 1 Sherman Smith 13.97
2. 2 Greg Pruitt 12.73
3. 3 Preston Pearson 11.63
4. 4 Jim Braxton 10.72
5. 5 Walter Payton 9.96
6. 6 Ed Podolak 9.78
7. 7 Don McCauley 9.71
8. 8 Tony Dorsett 9.41
9. 9 Barty Smith 9.19
10. 10 Robert Miller 9.11

All 1977 yards per reception →

1. 1 Lydell Mitchell 44.3
2. 2 Preston Pearson 38.2
3. 3 Don McCauley 35.4
4. 4 Greg Pruitt 33.6
5. 5 Clark Gaines 33.5
6. 6 Jim Braxton 32.9
7. 7 Rickey Young 30.2
8. 8 Sherman Smith 29.9
9. 9 Sam Cunningham 26.4
10. 10 Barty Smith 24.3

All 1977 receiving yards per game →

1. 1 Walter Payton 2,121
2. 2 Lydell Mitchell 1,779
3. 3 Greg Pruitt 1,557
4. 4 Lawrence McCutcheon 1,512
5. 5 Chuck Foreman 1,420
6. 6 Mark van Eeghen 1,408
7. 7 Sam Cunningham 1,385
8. 8 Tony Dorsett 1,280
9. 9 Franco Harris 1,224
10. 10 Sherman Smith 1,182

All 1977 yards from scrimmage →