nfl rushing leaders avg 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Kenny Washington had the most rushing yards per attempt, with 6.1 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
NFL rushing with a minimum of 3.125 rushing attempts per team game leaders avg 1940s
NAME YPC GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Kenny Washington
K. Washington
6.1
27
859
140
31.8
8
227
15
15.1
8.4
1
2 Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
5.6
79
1,679
299
21.3
5
1,245
83
15.0
15.8
8
3 Al Grygo
A. Grygo
5.5
19
420
76
22.1
2
110
10
11.0
5.8
1
4 Mike Holovak
M. Holovak
5.3
34
720
136
21.2
6
155
13
11.9
4.6
0
5 Ernie Steele
E. Steele
5.2
69
1,337
258
19.4
14
520
31
16.8
7.5
4
6 Norm Standlee
N. Standlee
5.1
10
414
81
41.4
5
-3
2
-1.5
-0.3
0
7 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
5.1
35
1,644
323
47.0
11
880
79
11.1
25.1
8
8 Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
5.1
22
542
107
24.6
3
288
15
19.2
13.1
3
9 Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
5.0
58
1,591
318
27.4
13
503
51
9.9
8.7
6
10 George McAfee
G. McAfee
5.0
63
1,681
339
26.7
21
1,359
85
16.0
21.6
11
11 Bobby Gage
B. Gage
5.0
12
228
46
19.0
3
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
12 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
5.0
47
2,052
414
43.7
23
381
21
18.1
8.1
2
13 Jimmy Strausbaugh
J. Strausbaugh
4.9
11
183
37
16.6
3
56
5
11.2
5.1
0
14 Sam Francis
S. Francis
4.9
11
217
44
19.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
15 Clyde Scott
C. Scott
4.9
8
195
40
24.4
1
148
8
18.5
18.5
1
16 Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
4.9
49
1,701
350
34.7
11
1,065
67
15.9
21.7
10
17 Banks McFadden
B. McFadden
4.8
11
411
85
37.4
1
97
9
10.8
8.8
2
18 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
4.8
63
4,904
1,020
77.8
59
461
39
11.8
7.3
3
19 Bob Margarita
B. Margarita
4.7
21
960
204
45.7
7
524
38
13.8
25.0
2
20 Frank Akins
F. Akins
4.7
28
1,142
244
40.8
7
150
16
9.4
5.4
0
21 Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
4.7
38
996
213
26.2
5
217
14
15.5
5.7
0
22 Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
4.6
41
1,209
262
29.5
8
807
34
23.7
19.7
9
23 George Papach
G. Papach
4.6
22
731
159
33.2
2
90
10
9.0
4.1
1
24 J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
4.5
23
377
83
16.4
5
479
24
20.0
20.8
5
25 Fred Enke
F. Enke
4.5
24
499
110
20.8
1
20
2
10.0
0.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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