what nfl rb had the most carries from 1946 to 1964

From 1946 through 1964, Jim Brown had the most carries by a running back, with 2,070 carries.

	NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,070	104	10,768	5.2	103.5	89	2,171	228	9.5	20.9	16
2	Joe Perry J. Perry	1,737	156	8,378	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241	7.5	11.5	8
3	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1,498	128	6,566	4.4	51.3	45	1,328	178	7.5	10.4	7
4	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,400	87	6,768	4.8	77.8	73	967	126	7.7	11.1	8
5	Rick Casares R. Casares	1,386	121	5,657	4.1	46.8	49	1,538	182	8.5	12.7	10
6	Alex Webster A. Webster	1,174	101	4,590	3.9	45.4	39	2,573	232	11.1	25.5	17
7	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	1,124	143	5,281	4.7	36.9	38	3,247	264	12.3	22.7	20
8	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	1,097	64	4,584	4.2	71.6	49	400	35	11.4	6.3	1
9	Ollie Matson O. Matson	1,092	114	4,788	4.4	42.0	35	2,640	182	14.5	23.2	17
10	J.D. Smith	1,007	80	4,370	4.3	54.6	37	1,109	121	9.2	13.9	5
11	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	964	70	4,045	4.2	57.8	40	733	101	7.3	10.5	4
12	Billy Ray Barnes B. Ray Barnes	941	82	3,257	3.5	39.7	28	1,751	149	11.8	21.4	9
13	Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	904	95	3,430	3.8	36.1	21	1,771	187	9.5	18.6	3
14	Fran Rogel F. Rogel	900	96	3,271	3.6	34.1	17	1,087	150	7.2	11.3	2
15	Eddie Price E. Price	846	63	3,292	3.9	52.3	20	672	75	9.0	10.7	4
16	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	837	113	3,320	4.0	29.4	16	988	104	9.5	8.7	3
17	Nick Pietrosante N. Pietrosante	831	75	3,559	4.3	47.5	27	1,160	116	10.0	15.5	2
18	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	808	89	2,912	3.6	32.7	17	1,468	113	13.0	16.5	14
19	Jon Arnett J. Arnett	807	95	3,292	4.1	34.7	20	2,134	200	10.7	22.5	10
20	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	794	70	3,814	4.8	54.5	39	2,739	199	13.8	39.1	17
21	John David Crow J. David Crow	787	69	3,489	4.4	50.6	33	1,961	138	14.2	28.4	17
22	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	783	83	3,422	4.4	41.2	30	3,260	239	13.6	39.3	22
23	Don Bosseler D. Bosseler	775	96	3,112	4.0	32.4	22	1,083	136	8.0	11.3	1
24	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	768	83	3,150	4.1	38.0	17	470	55	8.5	5.7	3
25	Don Perkins D. Perkins	745	52	3,142	4.2	60.4	24	641	74	8.7	12.3	1

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