1978 NFC Rushing Yards per Game Leaders

Rushing yards per game played

Walter Payton led the NFC in rushing yards per game in 1978 with 87.2, 0.1 ahead of Wilbert Montgomery (87.1).

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87.2 Rushing Yards per Game 0.1 clear of Wilbert Montgomery

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#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Walter Payton	CHI	87.2	16	333	1,395	11
2	Wilbert Montgomery	PHI	87.1	14	259	1,220	9
3	Tony Dorsett	DAL	82.8	16	290	1,325	7
4	Terdell Middleton	GB	69.8	16	284	1,116	11
5	John Riggins	WAS	67.6	15	248	1,014	5
6	Roland Harper	CHI	62.0	16	240	992	6
7	O.J. Simpson	SF	59.3	10	161	593	1
8	Dexter Bussey	DET	57.8	16	225	924	5
9	Ricky Bell	TB	56.6	12	185	679	6
10	Chuck Foreman	MIN	53.5	14	237	749	5
11	Lawrence McCutcheon	LAN	52.5	8	118	420	0
12	Wayne Morris	SLC	48.5	13	174	631	1
13	Bubba Bean	ATL	47.1	15	193	707	3
14	Robert Newhouse	DAL	44.9	13	140	584	8
15	Jim Otis	SLC	44.3	15	197	664	8
16	Horace King	DET	44.0	15	155	660	4
17	Mike Hogan	PHI	43.4	14	145	607	4
18	John Cappelletti	LAN	43.1	14	174	604	3
19	Chuck Muncie	NO	42.8	13	160	557	7
20	Doug Kotar	NYG	41.7	15	149	625	1
21	Cullen Bryant	LAN	41.1	16	178	658	7
22	Mike Thomas	WAS	41.0	13	161	533	3
23	Tony Galbreath	NO	39.7	16	186	635	5
24	Bobby Hammond	NYG	39.6	14	131	554	1
25	Haskel Stanback	ATL	39.2	15	188	588	5
26	Barty Smith	GB	35.4	16	154	567	4
27	Bob Ferrell	SF	29.4	16	125	471	1
28	Paul Hofer	SF	29.1	16	121	465	7
29	Rickey Young	MIN	26.1	16	134	417	1
30	Mike Strachan	NO	25.9	15	108	388	4
31	Steve Jones	SLC	24.5	16	105	392	2
32	Greg Boykin	SF	22.6	16	102	361	2