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RB · #0 · Chicago Bears

Walter Payton

Born 1954 5'10" · 200 lb Jackson State University Drafted 1975 · R1 #4 by CHI 1975 – 1987 · 13 Seasons

  • 1× MVP
  • 1× OPOY
  • 5× All-Pro
  • 9× Pro Bowl
  • HOF Hall of Fame

Regular season career

190 Games 13 seasons
16,726 Rush Yds 88.0 / game
110 Rush TD 0.58 / game
3,838 Car
4.4 Y/C
655 1st Down

Season by season

MVP, SB MVP, OPOY All-Pro
  1. 679 1975'75
  2. 1,3901.4k 1976'76
  3. 1,8521.9k 1977'77
  4. 1,3951.4k 1978'78
  5. 1,6101.6k 1979'79
  6. 1,4601.5k 1980'80
  7. 1,2221.2k 1981'81
  8. 596 1982'82
  9. 1,4211.4k 1983'83
  10. 1,6841.7k 1984'84
  11. 1,5511.6k 1985'85
  12. 1,3331.3k 1986'86
  13. 533 1987'87
  1. 7 1975'75
  2. 13 1976'76
  3. 14 1977'77
  4. 11 1978'78
  5. 14 1979'79
  6. 6 1980'80
  7. 6 1981'81
  8. 1 1982'82
  9. 6 1983'83
  10. 11 1984'84
  11. 9 1985'85
  12. 8 1986'86
  13. 4 1987'87
  1. 196 1975'75
  2. 311 1976'76
  3. 339 1977'77
  4. 333 1978'78
  5. 369 1979'79
  6. 317 1980'80
  7. 339 1981'81
  8. 148 1982'82
  9. 314 1983'83
  10. 381 1984'84
  11. 324 1985'85
  12. 321 1986'86
  13. 146 1987'87
  1. 3.5 1975'75
  2. 4.5 1976'76
  3. 5.5 1977'77
  4. 4.2 1978'78
  5. 4.4 1979'79
  6. 4.6 1980'80
  7. 3.6 1981'81
  8. 4.0 1982'82
  9. 4.5 1983'83
  10. 4.4 1984'84
  11. 4.8 1985'85
  12. 4.2 1986'86
  13. 3.7 1987'87

Latest games · 1987

  1. @ W13 W 30–24 10 car · 39 yds0 TD
  2. @ W14 L 0–41 7 car · 18 yds0 TD
  3. W15 L 21–34 17 car · 79 yds2 TD
  4. @ W16 W 6–3 20 car · 82 yds0 TD

Career bests

Best season 1977 1,852 yds · 14 TD
Most TDs 1977 14 TD · 339 car
Best Y/C 1977 5.5 Y/C · 339 car
Most first downs 1979 83 1D · 369 car

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