nfl rushing yards leader 1945 to 1954

Between the 1945 and 1954 seasons, Steve Van Buren rushed for the most yards, with 5,416 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,416
74
1,240
4.4
73.2
64
523
45
11.6
7.1
3
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
4,116
59
783
5.3
69.8
34
711
91
7.8
12.1
5
3Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
3,506
94
687
5.1
37.3
23
1,321
130
10.2
14.1
11
4Dan Towler
D. Towler
3,356
60
629
5.3
55.9
40
640
56
11.4
10.7
1
5Eddie Price
E. Price
3,183
57
816
3.9
55.8
20
670
74
9.1
11.8
4
6Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
3,150
83
768
4.1
38.0
17
470
55
8.5
5.7
3
7Pat Harder
P. Harder
3,016
86
740
4.1
35.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
8Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,908
83
683
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
9Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
2,361
79
603
3.9
29.9
13
1,359
122
11.1
17.2
18
10Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
2,330
54
517
4.5
43.1
16
915
91
10.1
16.9
7
11Rob Goode
R. Goode
2,234
48
513
4.4
46.5
16
488
42
11.6
10.2
1
12Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
2,172
63
506
4.3
34.5
30
1,180
80
14.8
18.7
4
13George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
2,081
61
509
4.1
34.1
19
600
52
11.5
9.8
2
14Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
1,975
60
533
3.7
32.9
12
649
83
7.8
10.8
2
15Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
1,926
57
519
3.7
33.8
11
639
47
13.6
11.2
4
16Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
1,904
44
499
3.8
43.3
14
1,135
64
17.7
25.8
12
17George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
1,796
58
400
4.5
31.0
10
1,241
92
13.5
21.4
11
18Julie Rykovich
J. Rykovich
1,745
58
460
3.8
30.1
18
1,043
66
15.8
18.0
4
19Tank Younger
T. Younger
1,733
68
334
5.2
25.5
20
599
52
11.5
8.8
1
20Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
1,702
30
274
6.2
56.7
15
1,003
64
15.7
33.4
5
21Bobby Layne
B. Layne
1,689
83
395
4.3
20.3
12
0
0
0.0
0
22Marion Motley
M. Motley
1,688
47
337
5.0
35.9
5
463
40
11.6
9.9
3
23Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
1,664
66
343
4.9
25.2
14
531
55
9.7
8.0
7
24Breezy Reid
B. Reid
1,622
59
362
4.5
27.5
11
714
56
12.8
12.1
4
25Zollie Toth
Z. Toth
1,589
45
418
3.8
35.3
14
394
49
8.0
8.8
3
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