most rushing yards from 1940 to 1959

Between the 1940 and 1959 seasons, Joe Perry had the most rushing yards, with 7,151 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1940 to 1959
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Joe Perry
J. Perry
7,151
112
1,415
5.1
63.8
49
1,271
178
7.1
11.3
7
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
3Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
4,197
116
1,025
4.1
36.2
26
579
69
8.4
5.0
5
4Ollie Matson
O. Matson
4,194
82
922
4.5
51.1
30
2,280
148
15.4
27.8
16
5Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
3,941
88
782
5.0
44.8
35
2,552
181
14.1
29.0
14
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
3,848
60
916
4.2
64.1
34
1,127
123
9.2
18.8
6
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
3,798
36
749
5.1
105.5
40
383
56
6.8
10.6
2
8Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
3,782
60
884
4.3
63.0
37
677
94
7.2
11.3
4
9Tank Younger
T. Younger
3,640
112
770
4.7
32.5
34
1,167
100
11.7
10.4
1
10Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
3,506
99
687
5.1
35.4
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
11Dan Towler
D. Towler
3,493
67
672
5.2
52.1
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
12Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,347
87
756
4.4
38.5
28
3,208
233
13.8
36.9
23
13Eddie Price
E. Price
3,292
63
846
3.9
52.3
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
14Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
3,271
96
900
3.6
34.1
17
1,087
150
7.2
11.3
2
15Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,078
118
601
5.1
26.1
35
39
1
39.0
0.3
1
16Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
3,057
90
765
4.0
34.0
18
1,383
123
11.2
15.4
18
17Pat Harder
P. Harder
3,016
86
740
4.1
35.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
18Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,908
83
683
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
19Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
2,870
76
699
4.1
37.8
13
762
80
9.5
10.0
2
20Rob Goode
R. Goode
2,531
59
596
4.2
42.9
16
640
53
12.1
10.8
1
21Alex Webster
A. Webster
2,454
54
620
4.0
45.4
25
1,456
125
11.6
27.0
10
22Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2,439
59
553
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
23Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
2,430
57
677
3.6
42.6
28
326
32
10.2
5.7
8
24Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
2,420
84
578
4.2
28.8
12
721
67
10.8
8.6
2
25Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,403
142
569
4.2
16.9
22
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More 49ers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,167

Purdy

Brock Purdy

RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
SF 49ers

1 - 1

6

Final

41

SEA Seahawks

1 - 0

Sat 17 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/11
@
20-12
Sat
10/11
@
29-27
Sat
10/11
@
27-30
Sat
10/11
@
25-19
Sat
10/11
@
10-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
2/8
@
6:30 PM