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Chicago Bears Rushing Yards Leaders

Career totals with the Bears and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season. Seasons before 1922 are not in the source. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics.

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Walter Payton holds the Bears career record with 16,726 rushing yards. The single-season record is 1,852, by Walter Payton in 1977.

YDS TD Y/A ATT Y/G 1D FL

All-time Bears leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YDS G
1 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1975–1987 16,726 190
2 Matt Forte Matt Forte 2008–2015 8,595 120
3 Neal Anderson 1986–1993 6,166 116
4 Rick Casares 1955–1964 5,657 121
5 Gale Sayers Gale Sayers 1965–1971 4,956 68
6 David Montgomery David Montgomery 2019–2022 3,609 60
7 Thomas Jones Thomas Jones 2004–2006 3,488 45
8 Jordan Howard Jordan Howard 2016–2018 3,370 47
9 Anthony Thomas Anthony Thomas 2001–2004 3,332 51
10 Roland Harper 1975–1982 3,044 89
11 Willie Galimore 1957–1963 2,985 82
12 Matt Suhey 1980–1989 2,946 148
13 Ronnie Bull 1962–1970 2,871 110
14 Bronko Nagurski Bronko Nagurski 1930–1943 2,778 97
15 Bobby Douglass 1969–1975 2,470 61
16 Ray Nolting Ray Nolting 1936–1943 2,285 82
17 Raymont Harris 1994–1997 2,245 42
18 Justin Fields Justin Fields 2021–2023 2,220 40
19 George Gulyanics 1947–1952 2,081 61
20 D'Andre Swift D'Andre Swift 2024–2025 2,046 33
21 Brad Muster 1988–1992 2,014 75
22 James Allen 1998–2001 1,978 48
23 Gary Famiglietti 1938–1945 1,927 77
24 Beattie Feathers 1934–1937 1,846 42
25 Khalil Herbert 2021–2024 1,791 45

Single-season Bears records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YDS G
1 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1977 1,852 14
2 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1984 1,684 16
3 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1979 1,610 16
4 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1985 1,551 16
5 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1980 1,460 16
6 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1983 1,421 16
7 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1978 1,395 16
8 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1976 1,390 14
9 Matt Forte Matt Forte 2013 1,339 16
10 Thomas Jones Thomas Jones 2005 1,335 15
11 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1986 1,333 16
12 Jordan Howard Jordan Howard 2016 1,313 15
13 Neal Anderson 1989 1,275 16
14 Matt Forte Matt Forte 2008 1,231 16
14 Gale Sayers Gale Sayers 1966 1,231 14
16 Walter Payton Walter Payton 1981 1,222 16
17 Thomas Jones Thomas Jones 2006 1,205 16
18 Anthony Thomas Anthony Thomas 2001 1,183 14
19 Justin Fields Justin Fields 2022 1,143 15
20 Rick Casares 1956 1,126 12
21 Jordan Howard Jordan Howard 2017 1,122 16
22 James Allen 2000 1,120 16
23 Neal Anderson 1988 1,106 16
24 Matt Forte Matt Forte 2012 1,094 15
25 D'Andre Swift D'Andre Swift 2025 1,087 16