who led the nfl in rushing in 1978

Earl Campbell had the most rushing yards in 1978, with 1,450 yards in his rookie season.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,450
1978
HOU HOU
15
302
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,395
1978
CHI CHI
16
333
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
3 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,325
1978
DAL DAL
16
290
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
4 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
1,258
1978
MIA MIA
16
272
4.6
78.6
8
192
18
10.7
12.0
0
5 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,220
1978
PHI PHI
14
259
4.7
87.1
9
195
34
5.7
13.9
1
6 Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
1,116
1978
GB GB
16
284
3.9
69.8
11
332
34
9.8
20.8
1
7 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,082
1978
PIT PIT
16
310
3.5
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
8 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,080
1978
OAK OAK
16
270
4.0
67.5
9
291
27
10.8
18.2
0
9 Terry Miller
T. Miller
1,060
1978
BUF BUF
16
238
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
10 Tony Reed
T. Reed
1,053
1978
KC KC
16
206
5.1
65.8
5
483
48
10.1
30.2
1
11 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,014
1978
WAS WAS
15
248
4.1
67.6
5
299
31
9.6
19.9
0
12 Roland Harper
R. Harper
992
1978
CHI CHI
16
240
4.1
62.0
6
340
43
7.9
21.3
2
13 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
960
1978
CLE CLE
12
176
5.5
80.0
3
292
38
7.7
24.3
2
14 Joe Washington
J. Washington
956
1978
BAL BAL
16
240
4.0
59.8
0
377
45
8.4
23.6
1
15 Kevin Long
K. Long
954
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
214
4.5
59.6
10
204
26
7.8
12.8
0
16 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
924
1978
DET DET
16
225
4.1
57.8
5
275
31
8.9
17.2
1
17 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
820
1978
SD SD
16
214
3.8
51.3
3
500
57
8.8
31.3
2
18 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
805
1978
SEA SEA
12
165
4.9
67.1
6
366
28
13.1
30.5
1
19 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
768
1978
NE NE
16
199
3.9
48.0
8
297
31
9.6
18.6
0
20 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
762
1978
CIN CIN
16
180
4.2
47.6
7
236
31
7.6
14.8
0
21 David Sims
D. Sims
752
1978
SEA SEA
12
174
4.3
62.7
14
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
22 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
749
1978
MIN MIN
14
237
3.2
53.5
5
396
61
6.5
28.3
2
23 Bubba Bean
B. Bean
707
1978
ATL ATL
15
193
3.7
47.1
3
209
31
6.7
13.9
1
24 Horace Ivory
H. Ivory
693
1978
NE NE
15
141
4.9
46.2
11
122
14
8.7
8.1
0
25 Scott Dierking
S. Dierking
681
1978
NYJ NYJ
15
170
4.0
45.4
4
152
19
8.0
10.1
0
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112.5

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202.5

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Eagles Eagles
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