most rushing yards per game by a player in 1950s minimum 50 games

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Rick Casares had the most rushing yards per game when playing 50+ games, with 64.1 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Rick Casares
R. Casares
64.1
60
3,848
916
4.2
34
1,127
123
9.2
18.8
6
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
63.8
112
7,151
1,415
5.1
49
1,271
178
7.1
11.3
7
3Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
63.0
60
3,782
884
4.3
37
677
94
7.2
11.3
4
4Eddie Price
E. Price
52.3
63
3,292
846
3.9
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
5Dan Towler
D. Towler
52.1
67
3,493
672
5.2
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
51.1
82
4,194
922
4.5
30
2,280
148
15.4
27.8
16
7Alex Webster
A. Webster
45.4
54
2,454
620
4.0
25
1,456
125
11.6
27.0
10
8Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
44.8
88
3,941
782
5.0
35
2,552
181
14.1
29.0
14
9Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
41.3
59
2,439
553
4.4
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
10Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
38.5
87
3,347
756
4.4
28
3,208
233
13.8
36.9
23
11Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
37.8
76
2,870
699
4.1
13
762
80
9.5
10.0
2
12John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
35.4
62
2,196
495
4.4
19
514
72
7.1
8.3
1
13Tank Younger
T. Younger
34.5
100
3,449
718
4.8
34
1,048
93
11.3
10.5
1
14Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
34.1
96
3,271
900
3.6
17
1,087
150
7.2
11.3
2
15Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
32.6
65
2,120
544
3.9
6
1,079
127
8.5
16.6
1
16Marion Motley
M. Motley
31.4
54
1,696
339
5.0
5
463
40
11.6
8.6
3
17Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
30.1
57
1,716
429
4.0
7
320
26
12.3
5.6
1
18George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
29.4
61
1,794
403
4.5
10
1,258
95
13.2
20.6
11
19Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
29.1
64
1,862
364
5.1
12
441
51
8.6
6.9
3
20Lew Carpenter
L. Carpenter
28.8
69
1,988
464
4.3
16
616
75
8.2
8.9
4
21Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
28.8
84
2,420
578
4.2
12
721
67
10.8
8.6
2
22Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
26.9
72
1,934
593
3.3
16
2,012
162
12.4
27.9
7
23Chick Jagade
C. Jagade
26.8
58
1,554
379
4.1
11
584
60
9.7
10.1
1
24Tobin Rote
T. Rote
26.1
118
3,078
601
5.1
35
39
1
39.0
0.3
1
25Breezy Reid
B. Reid
25.2
78
1,964
459
4.3
13
868
72
12.1
11.1
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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