nfl rushing yard leaders from 1940 to 1960

Between the 1940 and 1960 seasons, Joe Perry had the most rushing yards, with 7,246 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Joe Perry J. Perry	7,246	122	1,451	5.0	59.4	50	1,268	181	7.0	10.4	7
2	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5,860	83	1,320	4.4	70.6	69	523	45	11.6	6.3	3
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	5,055	48	964	5.2	105.3	49	587	75	7.8	12.2	4
4	Rick Casares R. Casares	4,414	72	1,076	4.1	61.3	39	1,191	131	9.1	16.5	6
5	Ollie Matson O. Matson	4,364	94	983	4.4	46.4	31	2,378	163	14.6	25.3	16
6	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	4,288	97	877	4.9	44.2	35	2,666	195	13.7	27.5	15
7	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	4,197	116	1,025	4.1	36.2	26	579	69	8.4	5.0	5
8	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	4,045	70	964	4.2	57.8	40	733	101	7.3	10.5	4
9	Tank Younger T. Younger	3,640	112	770	4.7	32.5	34	1,167	100	11.7	10.4	1
10	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	3,579	95	833	4.3	37.7	32	3,552	257	13.8	37.4	26
11	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	3,506	99	687	5.1	35.4	23	1,321	130	10.2	13.3	11
12	Dan Towler D. Towler	3,493	67	672	5.2	52.1	43	665	62	10.7	9.9	1
13	Eddie Price E. Price	3,292	63	846	3.9	52.3	20	672	75	9.0	10.7	4
14	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	3,271	96	900	3.6	34.1	17	1,087	150	7.2	11.3	2
15	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	3,097	87	774	4.0	35.6	16	824	90	9.2	9.5	2
16	Tobin Rote T. Rote	3,078	118	601	5.1	26.1	35	39	1	39.0	0.3	1
17	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	3,057	90	765	4.0	34.0	18	1,383	123	11.2	15.4	18
18	Pat Harder P. Harder	3,016	86	740	4.1	35.1	33	864	92	9.4	10.0	5
19	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	2,908	83	683	4.3	35.0	27	654	41	16.0	7.9	5
20	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	2,817	74	613	4.6	38.1	21	626	84	7.5	8.5	2
21	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	2,558	79	670	3.8	32.4	10	1,247	148	8.4	15.8	3
22	Lenny Moore L. Moore	2,531	60	449	5.6	42.2	24	3,509	193	18.2	58.5	30
23	Rob Goode R. Goode	2,531	59	596	4.2	42.9	16	640	53	12.1	10.8	1
24	Alex Webster A. Webster	2,502	62	642	3.9	40.4	25	1,562	133	11.7	25.2	10
25	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	2,439	59	553	4.4	41.3	17	951	96	9.9	16.1	7

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