rushing leaders from 1950 to 1969

Between the 1950 and 1969 seasons, Jim Brown rushed for the most 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
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
5,797
130
1,431
4.1
44.6
49
1,588
191
8.3
12.2
11
7Dick Bass
D. Bass
5,417
112
1,218
4.4
48.4
34
1,841
204
9.0
16.4
7
8Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
9Lenny Moore
L. Moore
5,174
143
1,069
4.8
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
10Ollie Matson
O. Matson
5,173
169
1,170
4.4
30.6
40
3,285
222
14.8
19.4
23
11Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
5,138
110
1,146
4.5
46.7
30
3,314
203
16.3
30.1
24
12Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,995
100
1,026
4.9
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
13John David Crow
J. David Crow
4,963
125
1,157
4.3
39.7
38
3,699
258
14.3
29.6
35
14Bill Brown
B. Brown
4,868
124
1,354
3.6
39.3
43
2,579
229
11.3
20.8
16
15Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,866
64
955
5.1
76.0
39
1,313
111
11.8
20.5
9
16J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
4,672
131
1,100
4.2
35.7
40
1,122
127
8.8
8.6
6
17Alex Webster
A. Webster
4,638
109
1,196
3.9
42.6
39
2,679
240
11.2
24.6
17
18Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4,630
112
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
19Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
4,553
82
931
4.9
55.5
51
1,334
103
13.0
16.3
8
20Jim Nance
J. Nance
4,338
68
1,049
4.1
63.8
33
601
85
7.1
8.8
1
21Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,293
65
1,010
4.3
66.0
37
1,135
110
10.3
17.5
6
22Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
4,045
70
964
4.2
57.8
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
23Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
4,026
116
955
4.2
34.7
28
1,391
141
9.9
12.0
2
24Matt Snell
M. Snell
4,004
75
993
4.0
53.4
23
1,349
191
7.1
18.0
7
25Tommy Mason
T. Mason
3,995
108
965
4.1
37.0
32
2,088
190
11.0
19.3
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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