most rushing yards by a running back from 1955 to 1964

Between the 1955 and 1964 seasons, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards by a running back, with 10,768 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
10,768
104
2,070
5.2
103.5
89
2,171
228
9.5
20.9
16
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
6,768
87
1,400
4.8
77.8
73
967
126
7.7
11.1
8
3John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
5,885
116
1,369
4.3
50.7
36
1,145
150
7.6
9.9
7
4Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,657
121
1,386
4.1
46.8
49
1,538
182
8.5
12.7
10
5Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,590
101
1,174
3.9
45.4
39
2,573
232
11.1
25.5
17
6J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,370
80
1,007
4.3
54.6
37
1,109
121
9.2
13.9
5
7Joe Perry
J. Perry
4,262
97
954
4.5
43.9
19
1,085
150
7.2
11.2
3
8Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
9Ollie Matson
O. Matson
3,938
92
895
4.4
42.8
28
1,842
137
13.4
20.0
11
10Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
3,814
70
794
4.8
54.5
39
2,739
199
13.8
39.1
17
11Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
3,579
113
850
4.2
31.7
23
2,244
200
11.2
19.9
15
12Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,559
75
831
4.3
47.5
27
1,160
116
10.0
15.5
2
13John David Crow
J. David Crow
3,489
69
787
4.4
50.6
33
1,961
138
14.2
28.4
17
14Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
3,430
95
904
3.8
36.1
21
1,771
187
9.5
18.6
3
15Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
3,292
95
807
4.1
34.7
20
2,134
200
10.7
22.5
10
16Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
3,257
82
941
3.5
39.7
28
1,751
149
11.8
21.4
9
17Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
3,212
83
728
4.4
38.7
43
952
97
9.8
11.5
6
18Lenny Moore
L. Moore
3,211
72
621
5.2
44.6
38
3,260
187
17.4
45.3
26
19Don Perkins
D. Perkins
3,142
52
745
4.2
60.4
24
641
74
8.7
12.3
1
20Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
3,128
56
618
5.1
55.9
28
853
80
10.7
15.2
6
21Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
3,112
96
775
4.0
32.4
22
1,083
136
8.0
11.3
1
22Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
3,056
42
676
4.5
72.8
31
875
78
11.2
20.8
4
23Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
2,985
82
670
4.5
36.4
26
1,201
87
13.8
14.6
10
24Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
2,938
64
679
4.3
45.9
28
3,070
220
14.0
48.0
21
25Tom Tracy
T. Tracy
2,912
89
808
3.6
32.7
17
1,468
113
13.0
16.5
14
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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