which cardinals rookie has the most rushing yards in a season

Ottis Anderson has rushed for the most yards by a St. Louis Cardinals rookie, with 1,605 yards in 1979.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,605
1979
STL STL
16
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
2 Ronald Moore
R. Moore
1,018
1993
PHX PHX
16
263
3.9
63.6
9
16
3
5.3
1.0
0
3 Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
926
1990
PHX PHX
14
234
4.0
66.1
5
241
25
9.6
17.2
0
4 Beanie Wells
B. Wells
793
2009
ARI ARI
16
176
4.5
49.6
7
143
12
16
11.9
8.9
0
5 Johnny Roland
J. Roland
695
1966
STL STL
14
192
3.6
49.6
5
213
21
10.1
15.2
0
6 Andre Ellington
A. Ellington
652
2013
ARI ARI
15
118
5.5
43.5
3
371
39
57
9.5
24.7
1
7 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
628
1973
STL STL
12
148
4.2
52.3
2
316
37
8.5
26.3
0
8 David Johnson
D. Johnson
581
2015
ARI ARI
16
125
4.6
36.3
8
457
36
57
12.7
28.6
4
9 Pat Harder
P. Harder
545
1946
CHC CHC
11
106
5.1
49.5
4
128
11
11.6
11.6
1
10 Kyler Murray
K. Murray
544
2019
ARI ARI
16
93
5.8
34.0
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Frank Mestnik
F. Mestnik
429
1960
STL STL
9
104
4.1
47.7
3
24
3
8.0
2.7
0
12 Doug Russell
D. Russell
407
1934
CHC CHC
11
75
5.4
37.0
1
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
13 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
401
1947
CHC CHC
11
83
4.8
36.5
2
240
23
10.4
21.8
0
14 Tim Hightower
T. Hightower
399
2008
ARI ARI
16
143
2.8
24.9
10
237
34
50
7.0
14.8
0
15 Anthony Thompson
A. Thompson
390
1990
PHX PHX
13
106
3.7
30.0
4
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
16 Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
386
1953
CHC CHC
12
106
3.6
32.2
4
210
21
10.0
17.5
1
17 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
373
2000
ARI ARI
14
112
3.3
26.6
2
208
32
46
6.5
14.9
0
18 J.J. Arrington
J.J. Arrington
370
2005
ARI ARI
15
112
3.3
24.7
2
139
25
33
5.6
9.3
0
19 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
344
1952
CHC CHC
12
96
3.6
28.7
3
187
11
17.0
15.6
3
20 Dave Mann
D. Mann
336
1955
CHC CHC
12
87
3.9
28.0
4
137
16
8.6
11.4
1
21 John Grigas
J. Grigas
333
1943
CHC CHC
10
105
3.2
33.3
3
225
19
11.8
22.5
0
22 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
328
1946
CHC CHC
11
48
6.8
29.8
2
44
2
22.0
4.0
0
23 Theotis Brown
T. Brown
318
1979
STL STL
16
73
4.4
19.9
7
191
25
7.6
11.9
0
24 Bud Schwenk
B. Schwenk
313
1942
CHC CHC
11
111
2.8
28.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
25 Mike Mikulak
M. Mikulak
308
1934
CHC CHC
11
74
4.2
28.0
3
47
5
9.4
4.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

21.8

18th

OPP PPG

22.2

13th

RUSH YDS/G

139.8

6th

PASS YDS/G

220.2

23rd

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5
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