49ers running back most rushing yards in history

Frank Gore has the most career rushing yards by a 49ers running back, with 11,073 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
11,073
148
2,442
4.5
74.8
64
2,883
342
502
8.4
19.5
11
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
7,344
131
1,475
5.0
56.1
50
1,280
185
6.9
9.8
7
3Roger Craig
R. Craig
7,064
121
1,686
4.2
58.4
50
4,442
508
8.7
36.7
16
4Ken Willard
K. Willard
5,930
125
1,582
3.7
47.4
45
2,156
273
7.9
17.2
16
5Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
5,535
73
1,189
4.7
75.8
26
1,604
174
162
9.2
22.0
7
6J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,370
80
1,007
4.3
54.6
37
1,109
121
9.2
13.9
5
7Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4,288
97
877
4.9
44.2
35
2,666
195
13.7
27.5
15
8Kevan Barlow
K. Barlow
3,614
72
891
4.1
50.2
24
1,143
137
180
8.3
15.9
3
9Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
3,609
48
792
4.6
75.2
30
2,098
236
296
8.9
43.7
18
10Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
3,112
48
624
5.0
64.8
17
669
82
8.2
13.9
6
11Delvin Williams
D. Williams
2,966
54
669
4.4
54.9
20
841
82
10.3
15.6
5
12Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
2,955
72
745
4.0
41.0
10
1,233
148
8.3
17.1
3
13Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,840
43
653
4.3
66.0
25
1,450
140
10.4
33.7
8
14Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
2,729
50
655
4.2
54.6
21
634
109
152
5.8
12.7
3
15Charlie Garner
C. Garner
2,371
32
499
4.8
74.1
11
1,182
124
170
9.5
36.9
5
16Matt Breida
M. Breida
1,902
43
381
5.0
44.2
6
561
67
89
8.4
13.0
4
17Tom Rathman
T. Rathman
1,902
115
516
3.7
16.5
26
2,490
294
8.5
21.7
8
18Vic Washington
V. Washington
1,813
40
483
3.8
45.3
14
948
112
8.5
23.7
5
19Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
1,746
77
416
4.2
22.7
16
1,634
147
11.1
21.2
5
20Larry Schreiber
L. Schreiber
1,734
60
502
3.5
28.9
10
966
116
8.3
16.1
4
21Jeff Wilson Jr.
J. Wilson Jr.
1,733
45
390
4.4
38.5
15
387
45
69
8.6
8.6
4
22Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
1,610
46
284
5.7
35.0
11
361
36
48
10.0
7.8
3
23Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
1,523
27
327
4.7
56.4
9
158
28
32
5.6
5.9
1
24Doug Cunningham
D. Cunningham
1,498
82
401
3.7
18.3
10
1,145
135
8.5
14.0
0
25John David Crow
J. David Crow
1,474
56
370
4.0
26.3
5
1,738
120
14.5
31.0
18
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,167

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RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

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REC

924

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PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176