what are the most rushing yards by a player in the 1940s

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Steve Van Buren had the most rushing yards, with 4,904 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
4,904
63
1,020
4.8
77.8
59
461
39
11.8
7.3
3
2 Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
3,628
80
813
4.5
45.4
19
213
28
7.6
2.7
2
3 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
2,430
57
677
3.6
42.6
28
326
32
10.2
5.7
8
4 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
2,305
54
603
3.8
42.7
15
908
79
11.5
16.8
16
5 Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
2,187
87
613
3.6
25.1
31
227
25
9.1
2.6
1
6 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,052
47
414
5.0
43.7
23
381
21
18.1
8.1
2
7 Pug Manders
P. Manders
2,047
63
576
3.6
32.5
30
304
22
13.8
4.8
2
8 Pat Harder
P. Harder
1,917
46
451
4.3
41.7
24
399
45
8.9
8.7
2
9 Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
1,724
69
462
3.7
25.0
24
115
9
12.8
1.7
1
10 Merl Condit
M. Condit
1,713
54
421
4.1
31.7
11
323
32
10.1
6.0
2
11 Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
1,701
49
350
4.9
34.7
11
1,065
67
15.9
21.7
10
12 George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,681
63
339
5.0
26.7
21
1,359
85
16.0
21.6
11
13 Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
1,679
79
299
5.6
21.3
5
1,245
83
15.0
15.8
8
14 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
1,644
35
323
5.1
47.0
11
880
79
11.1
25.1
8
15 Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
1,591
58
318
5.0
27.4
13
503
51
9.9
8.7
6
16 John Grigas
J. Grigas
1,581
49
465
3.4
32.3
10
379
30
12.6
7.7
1
17 Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
1,492
67
420
3.6
22.3
9
685
55
12.5
10.2
4
18 Dante Magnani
D. Magnani
1,459
77
328
4.4
18.9
3
942
79
11.9
12.2
10
19 Walt Schlinkman
W. Schlinkman
1,455
46
365
4.0
31.6
8
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
20 Camp Wilson
C. Wilson
1,453
45
378
3.8
32.3
6
198
20
9.9
4.4
0
21 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
1,421
32
383
3.7
44.4
10
991
53
18.7
31.0
11
22 Hugh Gallarneau
H. Gallarneau
1,421
52
343
4.1
27.3
26
794
51
15.6
15.3
7
23 Ernie Steele
E. Steele
1,337
69
258
5.2
19.4
14
520
31
16.8
7.5
4
24 Dick Todd
D. Todd
1,307
69
311
4.2
18.9
9
1,596
100
16.0
23.1
18
25 Frank Seno
F. Seno
1,292
67
364
3.5
19.3
2
1,034
73
14.2
15.4
5
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