highest career rushing yards per game by a player 1945 to 1955 minimum 50 games played

Between the 1945 and 1955 seasons, Steve Van Buren averaged the most rushing yards per game when playing 50+ games, with 73.2 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
73.2
74
5,416
1,240
4.4
64
523
45
11.6
7.1
3
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
68.8
70
4,817
939
5.1
36
766
110
7.0
10.9
6
3Eddie Price
E. Price
52.3
63
3,292
846
3.9
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
4Dan Towler
D. Towler
52.1
67
3,493
672
5.2
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
5Rob Goode
R. Goode
42.9
59
2,531
596
4.2
16
640
53
12.1
10.8
1
6Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
41.3
59
2,439
553
4.4
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
7Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
38.0
83
3,150
768
4.1
17
470
55
8.5
5.7
3
8Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
35.6
72
2,563
701
3.7
14
871
107
8.1
12.1
2
9Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
35.4
99
3,506
687
5.1
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
10Pat Harder
P. Harder
35.1
86
3,016
740
4.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
11Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
35.0
83
2,908
683
4.3
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
12Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
34.5
63
2,172
506
4.3
30
1,180
80
14.8
18.7
4
13George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
34.1
61
2,081
509
4.1
19
600
52
11.5
9.8
2
14Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
33.8
57
1,926
519
3.7
11
639
47
13.6
11.2
4
15Marion Motley
M. Motley
31.4
54
1,696
339
5.0
5
463
40
11.6
8.6
3
16Tank Younger
T. Younger
31.3
76
2,377
472
5.0
25
650
58
11.2
8.6
1
17Julie Rykovich
J. Rykovich
30.1
58
1,745
460
3.8
18
1,043
66
15.8
18.0
4
18Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
29.9
79
2,361
603
3.9
13
1,359
122
11.1
17.2
18
19Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
29.5
53
1,564
354
4.4
11
1,164
73
15.9
22.0
10
20George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
29.4
61
1,794
403
4.5
10
1,258
95
13.2
20.6
11
21Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
28.9
72
2,080
495
4.2
11
692
61
11.3
9.6
1
22Breezy Reid
B. Reid
27.1
71
1,925
445
4.3
13
852
69
12.3
12.0
5
23Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
27.1
67
1,816
549
3.3
12
1,941
155
12.5
29.0
6
24Chick Jagade
C. Jagade
26.8
58
1,554
379
4.1
11
584
60
9.7
10.1
1
25Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
25.2
66
1,664
343
4.9
14
531
55
9.7
8.0
7
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