1977 NFC Rushing Yards per Game Leaders

Rushing yards per game played

Walter Payton led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1977 with 132.3, 43.9 ahead of Lawrence McCutcheon (88.4).

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132.3 Rushing Yards per Game 43.9 clear of Lawrence McCutcheon

Showing Rushing Yards per Game and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Walter Payton	CHI	132.3	14	339	1,852	14
2	Lawrence McCutcheon	LAN	88.4	14	294	1,238	7
3	Chuck Foreman	MIN	79.4	14	270	1,112	6
4	Tony Dorsett	DAL	71.9	14	208	1,007	12
5	Delvin Williams	SF	66.5	14	268	931	7
6	Haskel Stanback	ATL	62.4	14	247	873	6
7	Mike Thomas	WAS	62.0	13	228	806	3
8	Chuck Muncie	NO	57.9	14	201	811	6
9	Wilbur Jackson	SF	55.7	14	179	780	7
10	Wayne Morris	SLC	55.1	12	165	661	8
11	Terry Metcalf	SLC	52.8	14	149	739	4
12	Robert Newhouse	DAL	51.5	14	180	721	3
13	Tony Galbreath	NO	46.0	14	168	644	3
14	Mike Hogan	PHI	45.5	12	155	546	0
15	John Cappelletti	LAN	42.7	14	178	598	5
16	Roland Harper	CHI	41.5	11	120	457	0
17	Bobby Hammond	NYG	41.2	14	154	577	3
18	Doug Kotar	NYG	40.0	12	132	480	2
19	Ricky Bell	TB	39.6	11	148	436	1
20	Barty Smith	GB	39.6	14	166	554	2
21	Monroe Eley	ATL	39.0	7	97	273	1
22	Horace King	DET	37.2	14	155	521	1
23	Woody Thompson	ATL	34.1	14	132	478	1
24	Larry Csonka	NYG	33.1	14	134	464	1
25	Rick Kane	DET	30.1	14	124	421	4
26	Anthony Davis	TB	27.0	11	95	297	1
27	Tom Sullivan	PHI	25.9	14	125	363	0
28	Clarence Harmon	WAS	25.8	12	94	310	0
29	Jim Otis	SLC	25.7	13	99	334	2
30	Preston Pearson	DAL	24.4	14	89	341	1
31	Brent McClanahan	MIN	23.1	14	95	324	1
32	Eric Torkelson	GB	22.1	14	103	309	1