nfl rushing leaders 1957

Jim Brown had the most rushing yards in 1957, with 942 yards in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
942
1957
12
202
4.7
78.5
9
55
16
3.4
4.6
1
2Rick Casares
R. Casares
700
1957
12
204
3.4
58.3
6
225
25
9.0
18.8
0
3Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
673
1957
12
167
4.0
56.1
7
152
19
8.0
12.7
0
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
621
1957
12
129
4.8
51.8
5
141
20
7.1
11.8
0
5Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
616
1957
11
127
4.9
56.0
3
95
7
13.6
8.6
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
577
1957
12
134
4.3
48.1
6
451
20
22.6
37.6
3
7Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
538
1957
12
127
4.2
44.8
5
201
15
13.4
16.8
2
8Billy Wells
B. Wells
532
1957
TOT
11
154
3.5
48.4
0
89
14
6.4
8.1
0
9Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
529
1957
12
143
3.7
44.1
1
212
19
11.2
17.7
1
10Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
528
1957
12
136
3.9
44.0
5
588
41
14.3
49.0
4
11Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
495
1957
12
125
4.0
41.3
1
99
11
9.0
8.3
0
12Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
493
1957
12
144
3.4
41.1
5
137
15
9.1
11.4
2
13Lenny Moore
L. Moore
488
1957
12
98
5.0
40.7
3
687
40
17.2
57.3
7
14Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
481
1957
10
104
4.6
48.1
3
171
16
10.7
17.1
1
15Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
478
1957
12
102
4.7
39.8
1
458
37
12.4
38.2
2
16Alex Webster
A. Webster
478
1957
11
135
3.5
43.5
5
330
30
11.0
30.0
1
17Joe Perry
J. Perry
454
1957
8
97
4.7
56.8
3
130
15
8.7
16.3
0
18Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
442
1957
12
114
3.9
36.8
2
554
27
20.5
46.2
4
19Ed Sutton
E. Sutton
407
1957
12
108
3.8
33.9
5
32
2
16.0
2.7
1
20Tank Younger
T. Younger
401
1957
12
96
4.2
33.4
3
61
8
7.6
5.1
0
21Don McIlhenny
D. McIlhenny
384
1957
12
100
3.8
32.0
1
210
18
11.7
17.5
2
22L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
375
1957
12
101
3.7
31.3
2
339
32
10.6
28.3
2
23Chet Hanulak
C. Hanulak
375
1957
12
125
3.0
31.3
3
38
3
12.7
3.2
0
24Tobin Rote
T. Rote
366
1957
12
70
5.2
30.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
347
1957
12
86
4.0
28.9
2
322
18
17.9
26.8
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Sanders

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RUSH

827

Judkins

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REC

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PPG

16.4

31st

OPP PPG

22.3

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RUSH YDS/G

97.0

27th

PASS YDS/G

185.4

31st

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