most rushing yards by a rb 1946 to 1955

Between the 1946 and 1955 seasons, Joe Perry rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 4,817 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Joe Perry
J. Perry
4,817
70
939
5.1
68.8
36
766
110
7.0
10.9
6
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
4,584
64
1,097
4.2
71.6
49
400
35
11.4
6.3
1
3Dan Towler
D. Towler
3,493
67
672
5.2
52.1
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
4Eddie Price
E. Price
3,292
63
846
3.9
52.3
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
5Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
3,150
83
768
4.1
38.0
17
470
55
8.5
5.7
3
6Pat Harder
P. Harder
3,016
86
740
4.1
35.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
7Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,908
83
683
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
8Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
2,655
71
537
4.9
37.4
15
1,255
125
10.0
17.7
11
9Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
2,563
72
701
3.7
35.6
14
871
107
8.1
12.1
2
10Rob Goode
R. Goode
2,531
59
596
4.2
42.9
16
640
53
12.1
10.8
1
11Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2,439
59
553
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
12Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
2,172
63
506
4.3
34.5
30
1,180
80
14.8
18.7
4
13Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
2,142
63
541
4.0
34.0
10
1,359
122
11.1
21.6
18
14Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
2,080
72
495
4.2
28.9
11
692
61
11.3
9.6
1
15Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
2,029
42
364
5.6
48.3
19
1,206
75
16.1
28.7
7
16Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
1,926
57
519
3.7
33.8
11
639
47
13.6
11.2
4
17Breezy Reid
B. Reid
1,925
71
445
4.3
27.1
13
852
69
12.3
12.0
5
18Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
1,904
44
499
3.8
43.3
14
1,135
64
17.7
25.8
12
19George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
1,869
49
474
3.9
38.1
15
578
49
11.8
11.8
2
20Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
1,816
67
549
3.3
27.1
12
1,941
155
12.5
29.0
6
21Tank Younger
T. Younger
1,795
40
365
4.9
44.9
21
505
41
12.3
12.6
1
22Julie Rykovich
J. Rykovich
1,745
58
460
3.8
30.1
18
1,043
66
15.8
18.0
4
23Marion Motley
M. Motley
1,696
54
339
5.0
31.4
5
463
40
11.6
8.6
3
24Jim Parmer
J. Parmer
1,638
84
451
3.6
19.5
20
351
53
6.6
4.2
1
25Zollie Toth
Z. Toth
1,589
45
418
3.8
35.3
14
394
49
8.0
8.8
3
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