washington players most rushing yards in a season 1932 to 1972

From 1932 through 1972, Larry Brown rushed for the most yards for the Washington Redskins in a season, with 1,216 yards in 1972.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,216
1972
12
285
4.3
101.3
8
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
2Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,125
1970
13
237
4.7
86.5
5
341
37
9.2
26.2
2
3Rob Goode
R. Goode
951
1951
12
208
4.6
79.3
9
45
3
15.0
3.8
0
4Larry Brown
L. Brown
948
1971
13
253
3.7
72.9
4
176
16
11.0
13.5
2
5Larry Brown
L. Brown
888
1969
14
202
4.4
63.4
4
302
34
8.9
21.6
0
6Cliff Battles
C. Battles
874
1937
10
216
4.0
87.4
5
81
9
9.0
8.1
1
7Jim Musick
J. Musick
809
1933
12
173
4.7
67.4
5
78
3
26.0
6.5
0
8Frank Akins
F. Akins
797
1945
10
147
5.4
79.7
6
57
8
7.1
5.7
0
9Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
755
1964
14
199
3.8
53.9
5
814
53
15.4
58.1
5
10Cliff Battles
C. Battles
737
1933
12
136
5.4
61.4
3
185
11
16.8
15.4
0
11Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
673
1957
12
167
4.0
56.1
7
152
19
8.0
12.7
0
12Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
644
1959
12
119
5.4
53.7
3
47
11
4.3
3.9
0
13Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
635
1971
14
156
4.1
45.4
2
121
20
6.1
8.6
0
14Charlie Justice
C. Justice
616
1953
12
115
5.4
51.3
2
434
22
19.7
36.2
2
15Cliff Battles
C. Battles
614
1936
11
176
3.5
55.8
5
103
6
17.2
9.4
1
16Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
577
1970
13
146
4.0
44.4
5
136
24
5.7
10.5
0
17Cliff Battles
C. Battles
576
1932
8
148
3.9
72.0
3
60
4
15.0
7.5
1
18Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
567
1972
14
148
3.8
40.5
6
105
15
7.0
7.5
0
19Rob Goode
R. Goode
560
1950
12
136
4.1
46.7
5
160
19
8.4
13.3
1
20Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
547
1939
11
139
3.9
49.7
5
437
16
27.3
39.7
5
21Leo Elter
L. Elter
544
1956
12
145
3.8
45.3
2
99
11
9.0
8.3
0
22Billy Wells
B. Wells
516
1954
12
100
5.2
43.0
3
295
19
15.5
24.6
1
23Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
505
1958
10
98
5.2
50.5
2
102
11
9.3
10.2
0
24Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
492
1962
10
159
3.1
49.2
3
220
14
15.7
22.0
0
25Cliff Battles
C. Battles
480
1934
12
96
5.0
40.0
6
95
5
19.0
7.9
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