most rushing yards in a season before 1969

Before 1969, Jim Brown rushed for the most yards in a season, with 1,863 yards in 1963.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in a season before 1969

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,863	1963	CLE	14	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,544	1965	CLE	14	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34	9.6	23.4	4
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,527	1958	CLE	12	257	5.9	127.3	17	138	16	8.6	11.5	1
4	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,474	1962	GB	14	272	5.4	105.3	19	106	22	4.8	7.6	0
5	Jim Nance J. Nance	1,458	1966	BOS	14	299	4.9	104.1	11	103	8	12.9	7.4	0
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,446	1964	CLE	14	280	5.2	103.3	7	340	36	9.4	24.3	2
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,408	1961	CLE	14	305	4.6	100.6	8	459	46	10.0	32.8	2
8	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,329	1959	CLE	12	290	4.6	110.8	14	190	24	7.9	15.8	0
9	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,307	1961	GB	14	243	5.4	93.4	15	175	25	7.0	12.5	1
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,257	1960	CLE	12	215	5.8	104.8	9	204	19	10.7	17.0	2
11	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	1,239	1968	CLE	14	248	5.0	88.5	16	297	22	13.5	21.2	4
12	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,231	1966	CHI	14	229	5.4	87.9	8	447	34	13.1	31.9	2
13	Jim Nance J. Nance	1,216	1967	BOS	14	269	4.5	86.9	7	196	22	8.9	14.0	1
14	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	1,205	1967	CLE	14	235	5.1	86.1	11	282	20	14.1	20.1	2
15	Hoyle Granger H. Granger	1,194	1967	HOU	14	236	5.1	85.3	6	300	31	9.7	21.4	3
16	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,169	1964	GB	13	235	5.0	89.9	12	354	38	9.3	27.2	3
17	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	1,146	1949	PHI	12	263	4.4	95.5	11	88	4	22.0	7.3	1
18	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	1,141	1966	CLE	14	209	5.5	81.5	15	366	32	11.4	26.1	1
19	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1,141	1962	PIT	14	251	4.5	81.5	7	226	32	7.1	16.1	2
20	Rick Casares R. Casares	1,126	1956	CHB	12	234	4.8	93.8	12	203	23	8.8	16.9	2
21	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	1,121	1965	SD	14	222	5.0	80.1	6	126	17	7.4	9.0	1
22	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,101	1960	GB	12	230	4.8	91.8	11	121	15	8.1	10.1	0
23	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	1,099	1963	OAK	14	215	5.1	78.5	3	685	30	22.8	48.9	5
24	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	1,096	1962	BUF	14	214	5.1	78.3	13	319	24	13.3	22.8	2
25	Dick Bass D. Bass	1,090	1966	LA	14	248	4.4	77.9	8	274	31	8.8	19.6	0

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