most career rushing yards before 1966

Before 1966, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards, with 12,312 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career rushing yards by a player before 1966
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
3Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
7,502
101
1,607
4.7
74.3
77
1,174
146
8.0
11.6
8
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,577
129
1,501
4.4
51.0
45
1,328
178
7.5
10.3
7
5Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,662
124
1,388
4.1
45.7
49
1,543
183
8.4
12.4
10
7Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
8Ollie Matson
O. Matson
5,072
155
1,141
4.4
32.7
39
3,255
216
15.1
21.0
22
9Lenny Moore
L. Moore
4,833
116
964
5.0
41.7
56
5,626
329
17.1
48.5
48
10J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,665
117
1,093
4.3
39.9
39
1,119
126
8.9
9.6
6
11Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,638
109
1,196
3.9
42.6
39
2,679
240
11.2
24.6
17
12Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,249
70
840
5.1
60.7
34
979
97
10.1
14.0
7
13Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
4,197
116
1,025
4.1
36.2
26
579
69
8.4
5.0
5
14Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
15Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,010
56
928
4.3
71.6
37
1,029
96
10.7
18.4
5
16John David Crow
J. David Crow
4,003
83
919
4.4
48.2
35
2,454
166
14.8
29.6
24
17Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
3,980
84
835
4.8
47.4
42
2,955
225
13.1
35.2
19
18Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,933
89
938
4.2
44.2
28
1,323
134
9.9
14.9
2
19Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
3,860
113
1,171
3.3
34.2
35
537
49
11.0
4.8
9
20Don Perkins
D. Perkins
3,832
65
922
4.2
59.0
24
783
88
8.9
12.0
1
21Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
3,725
78
800
4.7
47.8
19
2,417
145
16.7
31.0
19
22Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
3,660
105
951
3.8
34.9
21
1,793
190
9.4
17.1
3
23Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
3,655
109
909
4.0
33.5
25
2,248
212
10.6
20.6
10
24Tank Younger
T. Younger
3,640
112
770
4.7
32.5
34
1,167
100
11.7
10.4
1
25Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,609
136
840
4.3
26.5
34
5,434
367
14.8
40.0
43
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.6

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95.7

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9
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11
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1
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12
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.250
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13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
5
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9
6
1
.594
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8
0
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8
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.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
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13
3
0
.813
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12
4
0
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11
4
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.733
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13
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