nfl career rushing leader before 1980

Before 1980, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards, with 12,312 yards.

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
2O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
3Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
8,563
111
2,012
4.3
77.1
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
5Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
6Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
8,081
146
1,891
4.3
55.3
64
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
7Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
7,274
136
1,727
4.2
53.5
74
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
9John Riggins
J. Riggins
6,822
111
1,666
4.1
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
10John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
11Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
6,518
109
1,668
3.9
59.8
30
3,182
374
8.5
29.2
17
12Floyd Little
F. Little
6,323
117
1,641
3.9
54.0
43
2,418
215
11.2
20.7
9
13Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
14Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
6,186
89
1,435
4.3
69.5
23
1,683
184
9.1
18.9
12
15Ken Willard
K. Willard
6,105
132
1,622
3.8
46.3
45
2,184
277
7.9
16.5
17
16Calvin Hill
C. Hill
6,049
127
1,447
4.2
47.6
42
2,328
227
10.3
18.3
15
17Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
18Larry Brown
L. Brown
5,875
102
1,530
3.8
57.6
35
2,485
238
10.4
24.4
20
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
20Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,838
194
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
21Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,797
130
1,431
4.1
44.6
49
1,588
191
8.3
12.2
11
22Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5,481
104
1,308
4.2
52.7
35
2,010
238
8.4
19.3
13
23Dick Bass
D. Bass
5,417
112
1,218
4.4
48.4
34
1,841
204
9.0
16.4
7
24Jim Nance
J. Nance
5,401
101
1,341
4.0
53.5
45
870
133
6.5
8.6
1
25Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
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