nfl rushing leaders from 1920 to 1932

Between the 1920 and 1932 seasons, Cliff Battles had the most rushing yards, with 576 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Cliff Battles
C. Battles
576
8
148
3.9
72.0
3
60
4
15.0
7.5
1
2Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
533
14
121
4.4
38.1
4
67
6
11.2
4.8
0
3Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
504
11
104
4.8
45.8
2
59
3
19.7
5.4
1
4Dutch Clark
D. Clark
461
11
137
3.4
41.9
3
107
10
10.7
9.7
3
5Doug Wycoff
D. Wycoff
454
12
135
3.4
37.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
6Ken Strong
K. Strong
375
11
96
3.9
34.1
2
56
5
11.2
5.1
0
7Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
331
13
95
3.5
25.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Jack McBride
J. McBride
325
12
87
3.7
27.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Jack Grossman
J. Grossman
323
12
129
2.5
26.9
2
129
8
16.1
10.8
3
10Jim Musick
J. Musick
316
10
88
3.6
31.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Dick Nesbitt
D. Nesbitt
295
14
92
3.2
21.1
2
5
2
2.5
0.4
0
12Hap Moran
H. Moran
262
11
82
3.2
23.8
1
47
6
7.8
4.3
0
13Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
250
11
88
2.8
22.7
0
67
5
13.4
6.1
0
14Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
247
8
63
3.9
30.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Glenn Presnell
G. Presnell
232
12
68
3.4
19.3
1
54
4
13.5
4.5
1
16Walt Holmer
W. Holmer
230
10
65
3.5
23.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
213
14
65
3.3
15.2
2
19
3
6.3
1.4
1
18Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
209
14
75
2.8
14.9
2
143
8
17.9
10.2
2
19Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
205
10
73
2.8
20.5
1
135
8
16.9
13.5
2
20Stumpy Thomason
S. Thomason
197
10
64
3.1
19.7
0
25
1
25.0
2.5
1
21John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
184
11
62
3.0
16.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
184
12
35
5.3
15.3
0
33
1
33.0
2.8
0
23Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
181
12
54
3.4
15.1
0
58
4
14.5
4.8
1
24George Corbett
G. Corbett
178
12
52
3.4
14.8
0
164
7
23.4
13.7
1
25Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
165
3
46
3.6
55.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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