most rushing yds by a cardinal before 1989

Before 1989, Ottis Anderson rushed for the most yards for the St. Louis Cardinals, with 7,999 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,999
99
1,858
4.3
80.8
46
2,495
299
8.3
25.2
5
2Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,484
113
943
4.8
39.7
32
1,945
208
9.4
17.2
9
3Jim Otis
J. Otis
3,863
80
1,011
3.8
48.3
19
268
45
6.0
3.4
1
4Johnny Roland
J. Roland
3,608
96
962
3.8
37.6
27
1,240
131
9.5
12.9
5
5Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
3,506
99
687
5.1
35.4
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
6John David Crow
J. David Crow
3,489
69
787
4.4
50.6
33
1,961
138
14.2
28.4
17
7Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
3,438
65
748
4.6
52.9
24
1,862
197
9.5
28.6
9
8Wayne Morris
W. Morris
3,375
110
894
3.8
30.7
37
1,170
151
7.7
10.6
5
9Ollie Matson
O. Matson
3,331
70
761
4.4
47.6
24
2,150
130
16.5
30.7
16
10Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,908
83
683
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
11Earl Ferrell
E. Ferrell
2,448
95
536
4.6
25.8
18
1,506
168
9.0
15.9
8
12Pat Harder
P. Harder
2,371
58
550
4.3
40.9
25
510
60
8.5
8.8
2
13Prentice Gautt
P. Gautt
2,307
76
601
3.8
30.4
10
891
78
11.4
11.7
6
14Willis Crenshaw
W. Crenshaw
2,228
84
583
3.8
26.5
10
692
86
8.0
8.2
2
15Joe Childress
J. Childress
2,210
96
530
4.2
23.0
3
1,700
121
14.0
17.7
13
16Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
1,933
56
536
3.6
34.5
10
598
62
9.6
10.7
2
17MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
1,736
50
404
4.3
34.7
15
724
70
10.3
14.5
2
18Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
1,644
77
476
3.5
21.4
11
775
60
12.9
10.1
5
19Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
1,531
42
410
3.7
36.5
17
823
84
9.8
19.6
8
20Cid Edwards
C. Edwards
1,384
51
316
4.4
27.1
9
583
55
10.6
11.4
1
21Bill Triplett
B. Triplett
1,306
49
323
4.0
26.7
11
658
59
11.2
13.4
4
22Mal Hammack
M. Hammack
1,278
128
320
4.0
10.0
7
255
27
9.4
2.0
0
23Steve Jones
S. Jones
1,195
63
296
4.0
19.0
15
629
87
7.2
10.0
2
24George Grosvenor
G. Grosvenor
1,070
20
312
3.4
53.5
6
6
1
6.0
0.3
0
25Doug Russell
D. Russell
1,048
45
276
3.8
23.3
2
334
22
15.2
7.4
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