most rushing yards by a running back from 1952 to 1961

Between the 1952 and 1961 seasons, Joe Perry rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 6,597 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Joe Perry
J. Perry
6,597
112
1,359
4.9
58.9
45
1,354
184
7.4
12.1
6
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
6,463
62
1,269
5.1
104.2
57
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
3Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,002
85
1,211
4.1
58.8
47
1,260
139
9.1
14.8
6
4Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4,858
110
997
4.9
44.2
38
2,949
232
12.7
26.8
18
5Ollie Matson
O. Matson
4,364
94
983
4.4
46.4
31
2,378
163
14.6
25.3
16
6Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
7John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
3,604
88
826
4.4
41.0
27
888
108
8.2
10.1
3
8Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,422
83
783
4.4
41.2
30
3,260
239
13.6
39.3
22
9Alex Webster
A. Webster
3,382
68
816
4.1
49.7
27
1,769
151
11.7
26.0
13
10Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
3,206
101
804
4.0
31.7
16
838
91
9.2
8.3
2
11Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
3,107
47
645
4.8
66.1
33
439
53
8.3
9.3
4
12Tank Younger
T. Younger
2,867
64
611
4.7
44.8
30
903
76
11.9
14.1
1
13J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
2,848
50
574
5.0
57.0
26
716
83
8.6
14.3
3
14Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
2,696
83
633
4.3
32.5
12
409
41
10.0
4.9
3
15Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
2,668
63
735
3.6
42.3
15
1,320
102
12.9
21.0
14
16Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
2,578
60
568
4.5
43.0
33
686
79
8.7
11.4
4
17Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
2,558
79
670
3.8
32.4
10
1,247
148
8.4
15.8
3
18Dan Towler
D. Towler
2,509
43
500
5.0
58.3
31
345
38
9.1
8.0
1
19Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
2,468
72
699
3.5
34.3
11
724
116
6.2
10.1
1
20Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
2,446
62
554
4.4
39.5
16
1,655
148
11.2
26.7
7
21Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
2,440
57
581
4.2
42.8
18
480
73
6.6
8.4
1
22Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
2,431
62
542
4.5
39.2
19
1,014
69
14.7
16.4
10
23Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
2,391
60
689
3.5
39.9
20
1,275
120
10.6
21.3
8
24Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,297
50
423
5.4
45.9
16
1,462
128
11.4
29.2
16
25Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
2,268
55
585
3.9
41.2
15
1,144
114
10.0
20.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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