most rushing yards from 1920 to 1971

Between the 1920 and 1971 seasons, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards, with 12,312 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1920 to 1971
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
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
3Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
5Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
6Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
6,074
109
1,371
4.4
55.7
67
1,897
152
12.5
17.4
12
7Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
8Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,797
130
1,431
4.1
44.6
49
1,588
191
8.3
12.2
11
9Dick Bass
D. Bass
5,417
112
1,218
4.4
48.4
34
1,841
204
9.0
16.4
7
10Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,328
152
1,501
3.5
35.1
45
2,822
254
11.1
18.6
18
11Jim Nance
J. Nance
5,323
94
1,323
4.0
56.6
45
844
129
6.5
9.0
1
12Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
13Ken Willard
K. Willard
5,219
97
1,399
3.7
53.8
40
1,865
227
8.2
19.2
14
14Lenny Moore
L. Moore
5,174
143
1,069
4.8
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
15Ollie Matson
O. Matson
5,173
169
1,170
4.4
30.6
40
3,285
222
14.8
19.4
23
16Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
5,138
110
1,146
4.5
46.7
30
3,314
203
16.3
30.1
24
17Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,995
100
1,026
4.9
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
18John David Crow
J. David Crow
4,963
125
1,157
4.3
39.7
38
3,699
258
14.3
29.6
35
19Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,956
68
991
5.0
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
20J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,672
131
1,100
4.2
35.7
40
1,122
127
8.8
8.6
6
21Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,638
109
1,196
3.9
42.6
39
2,679
240
11.2
24.6
17
22Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4,630
112
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
23Tom Matte
T. Matte
4,509
136
1,167
3.9
33.2
45
2,687
235
11.4
19.8
11
24Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,293
65
1,010
4.3
66.0
37
1,135
110
10.3
17.5
6
25Matt Snell
M. Snell
4,285
83
1,057
4.1
51.6
24
1,375
193
7.1
16.6
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH

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16.2

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22.6

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95.7

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190.1

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9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
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.375
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13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
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13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
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.375
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12
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.250
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12
4
0
.750
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5
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13
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.188
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13
3
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11
5
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10
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.375
2
14
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.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
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11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

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1:00 PM