most rushing yards by a running back from 1954 to 1963

Between the 1954 and 1963 seasons, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards by a running back, with 9,322 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
9,322
90
1,790
5.2
103.6
82
1,831
192
9.5
20.3
14
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
5,599
74
1,165
4.8
75.7
61
613
88
7.0
8.3
5
3Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,534
108
1,351
4.1
51.2
49
1,425
168
8.5
13.2
8
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
5,518
114
1,263
4.4
48.4
38
1,259
161
7.8
11.0
6
5Joe Perry
J. Perry
5,311
109
1,127
4.7
48.7
27
1,288
176
7.3
11.8
3
6Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,380
89
1,098
4.0
49.2
36
2,374
213
11.1
26.7
17
7J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,315
78
994
4.3
55.3
37
1,109
121
9.2
14.2
5
8Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4,046
111
892
4.5
36.5
29
2,390
203
11.8
21.5
15
9Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
10Ollie Matson
O. Matson
4,040
90
900
4.5
44.9
28
2,211
154
14.4
24.6
13
11Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,306
73
745
4.4
45.3
30
3,224
234
13.8
44.2
22
12Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
3,257
82
941
3.5
39.7
28
1,751
149
11.8
21.4
9
13Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
3,117
56
655
4.8
55.7
35
2,177
161
13.5
38.9
14
14Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
3,066
85
753
4.1
36.1
22
1,027
130
7.9
12.1
1
15Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,023
61
684
4.4
49.6
23
1,008
97
10.4
16.5
2
16Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
2,985
82
670
4.5
36.4
26
1,201
87
13.8
14.6
10
17John David Crow
J. David Crow
2,935
56
624
4.7
52.4
26
1,704
115
14.8
30.4
16
18Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
2,934
101
731
4.0
29.0
12
778
83
9.4
7.7
2
19Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
2,927
83
786
3.7
35.3
19
1,658
175
9.5
20.0
3
20Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
2,892
81
688
4.2
35.7
19
1,911
175
10.9
23.6
8
21Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
2,856
97
685
4.2
29.4
14
439
43
10.2
4.5
4
22Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
2,845
75
784
3.6
37.9
16
1,443
111
13.0
19.2
14
23Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
2,797
69
625
4.5
40.5
38
854
88
9.7
12.4
6
24Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
2,632
42
488
5.4
62.7
25
671
66
10.2
16.0
4
25Lenny Moore
L. Moore
2,627
58
464
5.7
45.3
22
2,788
166
16.8
48.1
23
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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