nfl player most rushes in 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Steve Van Buren had the most carries, with 1,020 rush attempts.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,020
63
4,904
4.8
77.8
59
461
39
11.8
7.3
3
2Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
813
80
3,628
4.5
45.4
19
213
28
7.6
2.7
2
3Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
677
57
2,430
3.6
42.6
28
326
32
10.2
5.7
8
4Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
613
87
2,187
3.6
25.1
31
227
25
9.1
2.6
1
5Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
603
54
2,305
3.8
42.7
15
908
79
11.5
16.8
16
6Pug Manders
P. Manders
576
63
2,047
3.6
32.5
30
304
22
13.8
4.8
2
7John Grigas
J. Grigas
465
49
1,581
3.4
32.3
10
379
30
12.6
7.7
1
8Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
462
69
1,724
3.7
25.0
24
115
9
12.8
1.7
1
9Pat Harder
P. Harder
451
46
1,917
4.3
41.7
24
399
45
8.9
8.7
2
10Merl Condit
M. Condit
421
54
1,713
4.1
31.7
11
323
32
10.1
6.0
2
11Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
420
67
1,492
3.6
22.3
9
685
55
12.5
10.2
4
12Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
414
47
2,052
5.0
43.7
23
381
21
18.1
8.1
2
13Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
383
32
1,421
3.7
44.4
10
991
53
18.7
31.0
11
14Camp Wilson
C. Wilson
378
45
1,453
3.8
32.3
6
198
20
9.9
4.4
0
15Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
373
50
1,241
3.3
24.8
10
583
55
10.6
11.7
8
16Walt Schlinkman
W. Schlinkman
365
46
1,455
4.0
31.6
8
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
17Frank Seno
F. Seno
364
67
1,292
3.5
19.3
2
1,034
73
14.2
15.4
5
18Bob Seymour
B. Seymour
360
60
1,146
3.2
19.1
12
629
55
11.4
10.5
8
19Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
350
49
1,701
4.9
34.7
11
1,065
67
15.9
21.7
10
20Hugh Gallarneau
H. Gallarneau
343
52
1,421
4.1
27.3
26
794
51
15.6
15.3
7
21George McAfee
G. McAfee
339
63
1,681
5.0
26.7
21
1,359
85
16.0
21.6
11
22Dante Magnani
D. Magnani
328
77
1,459
4.4
18.9
3
942
79
11.9
12.2
10
23Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
323
35
1,644
5.1
47.0
11
880
79
11.1
25.1
8
24Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
320
39
981
3.1
25.2
8
-10
1
-10.0
-0.3
0
25Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
318
58
1,591
5.0
27.4
13
503
51
9.9
8.7
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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