before 1971 what running back has the most rushing yds through first 5 seasons

Jim Brown had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 6,463 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
6,463
62
1,269
5.1
104.2
57
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,866
64
955
5.1
76.0
39
1,313
111
11.8
20.5
9
3Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
4,581
61
917
5.0
75.1
52
545
75
7.3
8.9
4
4Jim Nance
J. Nance
4,338
68
1,049
4.1
63.8
33
601
85
7.1
8.8
1
5Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,272
64
1,000
4.3
66.8
37
1,139
109
10.4
17.8
6
6Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,249
70
840
5.1
60.7
34
979
97
10.1
14.0
7
7Joe Perry
J. Perry
4,116
59
783
5.3
69.8
34
711
91
7.8
12.1
5
8Rick Casares
R. Casares
3,848
60
916
4.2
64.1
34
1,127
123
9.2
18.8
6
9Don Perkins
D. Perkins
3,832
65
922
4.2
59.0
24
783
88
8.9
12.0
1
10Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
3,814
70
794
4.8
54.5
39
2,739
199
13.8
39.1
17
11Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
3,782
60
884
4.3
63.0
37
677
94
7.2
11.3
4
12Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
3,758
51
757
5.0
73.7
48
373
35
10.7
7.3
2
13J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
3,755
64
832
4.5
58.7
32
913
104
8.8
14.3
4
14Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
3,736
69
735
5.1
54.1
42
1,067
83
12.9
15.5
7
15Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
3,727
64
799
4.7
58.2
19
2,417
145
16.7
37.8
19
16Ken Willard
K. Willard
3,575
69
947
3.8
51.8
29
1,404
169
8.3
20.3
10
17Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
3,392
67
782
4.3
50.6
25
1,358
151
9.0
20.3
8
18Dan Towler
D. Towler
3,356
60
629
5.3
55.9
40
640
56
11.4
10.7
1
19Hoyle Granger
H. Granger
3,339
56
731
4.6
59.6
18
1,213
107
11.3
21.7
5
20Matt Snell
M. Snell
3,309
61
802
4.1
54.2
19
1,162
169
6.9
19.0
6
21Eddie Price
E. Price
3,183
57
816
3.9
55.8
20
670
74
9.1
11.8
4
22Dick Bass
D. Bass
3,052
61
630
4.8
50.0
19
1,068
106
10.1
17.5
4
23Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,023
61
684
4.4
49.6
23
1,008
97
10.4
16.5
2
24Tommy Mason
T. Mason
3,017
63
703
4.3
47.9
26
1,650
144
11.5
26.2
10
25Charley Tolar
C. Tolar
2,993
67
807
3.7
44.7
18
1,127
155
7.3
16.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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