highest career rushing yards per game by a player 1932 to 1940 minimum 75 games played

Between the 1932 and 1940 seasons, Ace Gutowsky averaged the most rushing yards per game when playing 75+ games, with 38.1 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
38.1
86
3,279
922
3.6
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
2Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
34.0
102
3,467
1,042
3.3
30
459
41
11.2
4.5
8
3Bull Karcis
B. Karcis
22.0
81
1,780
545
3.3
11
151
16
9.4
1.9
0
4Jack Manders
J. Manders
17.1
93
1,586
451
3.5
11
260
15
17.3
2.8
6
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
8.4
93
778
265
2.9
6
536
36
14.9
5.8
4
6Ernie Pinckert
E. Pinckert
5.5
97
536
147
3.6
1
391
29
13.5
4.0
1
7Buckets Goldenberg
B. Goldenberg
4.7
78
365
108
3.4
6
111
11
10.1
1.4
1
8Arnie Herber
A. Herber
2.1
96
201
237
0.8
2
155
11
14.1
1.6
2
9Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
1.9
87
167
79
2.1
0
1,310
92
14.2
15.1
15
10Bill Sortet
B. Sortet
0.5
84
42
2
21.0
0
1,091
72
15.2
13.0
8
11Charley Malone
C. Malone
0.4
79
30
1
30.0
0
1,903
134
14.2
24.1
13
12Bill Hewitt
B. Hewitt
0.4
95
36
8
4.5
1
1,616
101
16.0
17.0
23
13Joe Carter
J. Carter
0.3
78
20
9
2.2
0
1,810
114
15.9
23.2
21
14Mel Hein
M. Hein
0.0
104
1
1
1.0
0
20
2
10.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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7
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8
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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12
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
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.765
12
5
0
.706
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9
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14
3
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.824
11
6
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11
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14
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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
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Lions Lions - e
9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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12
5
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.706
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12
5
0
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14
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