player with most rushing yards before 1970

Before 1970, Jim Brown had the most rushing yards, with 12,312 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
3Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
5Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
6Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
7Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,797
130
1,431
4.1
44.6
49
1,588
191
8.3
12.2
11
8Dick Bass
D. Bass
5,417
112
1,218
4.4
48.4
34
1,841
204
9.0
16.4
7
9Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
10Lenny Moore
L. Moore
5,174
143
1,069
4.8
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
11Ollie Matson
O. Matson
5,173
169
1,170
4.4
30.6
40
3,285
222
14.8
19.4
23
12Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
5,138
110
1,146
4.5
46.7
30
3,314
203
16.3
30.1
24
13Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,995
100
1,026
4.9
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
14John David Crow
J. David Crow
4,963
125
1,157
4.3
39.7
38
3,699
258
14.3
29.6
35
15Bill Brown
B. Brown
4,868
124
1,354
3.6
39.3
43
2,579
229
11.3
20.8
16
16Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,866
64
955
5.1
76.0
39
1,313
111
11.8
20.5
9
17J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,672
131
1,100
4.2
35.7
40
1,122
127
8.8
8.6
6
18Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,638
109
1,196
3.9
42.6
39
2,679
240
11.2
24.6
17
19Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4,630
112
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
20Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
4,553
82
931
4.9
55.5
51
1,334
103
13.0
16.3
8
21Jim Nance
J. Nance
4,338
68
1,049
4.1
63.8
33
601
85
7.1
8.8
1
22Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,293
65
1,010
4.3
66.0
37
1,135
110
10.3
17.5
6
23Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
4,197
116
1,025
4.1
36.2
26
579
69
8.4
5.0
5
24Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
25Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
4,026
116
955
4.2
34.7
28
1,391
141
9.9
12.0
2
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RUSH

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REC

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16.4

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OPP PPG

22.3

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RUSH YDS/G

97.0

27th

PASS YDS/G

185.4

31st

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10
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.588
8
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12
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6
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9
7
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9
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
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5
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