who lead the nfl in rush yards in 1939

Bill Osmanski had the most rushing yards in 1939, with 699 yards in his rookie season.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
699
1939
CHB CHB
10
121
5.8
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
2 Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
547
1939
WAS WAS
11
139
3.9
49.7
5
437
16
27.3
39.7
5
3 Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
544
1939
CHB CHB
9
77
7.1
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
4 Pug Manders
P. Manders
482
1939
BKN
11
114
4.2
43.8
2
22
3
7.3
2.0
0
5 Parker Hall
P. Hall
458
1939
CLE CLE
11
120
3.8
41.6
2
-16
1
-16.0
-1.5
0
6 Johnny Drake
J. Drake
453
1939
CLE CLE
11
118
3.8
41.2
9
53
5
10.6
4.8
0
7 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
429
1939
NYG NYG
10
128
3.4
42.9
3
185
8
23.1
18.5
2
8 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
420
1939
DET DET
11
105
4.0
38.2
2
143
14
10.2
13.0
1
9 Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
413
1939
WAS WAS
11
103
4.0
37.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
407
1939
GB GB
11
132
3.1
37.0
2
71
9
7.9
6.5
0
11 Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
381
1939
GB GB
11
135
2.8
34.6
5
70
4
17.5
6.4
0
12 Boyd Brumbaugh
B. Brumbaugh
343
1939
TOT
11
111
3.1
31.2
2
95
5
19.0
8.6
1
13 Johnny Pingel
J. Pingel
301
1939
DET DET
9
74
4.1
33.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
14 Ed Jankowski
E. Jankowski
278
1939
GB GB
10
75
3.7
27.8
2
5
1
5.0
0.5
0
15 Andy Uram
A. Uram
272
1939
GB GB
10
52
5.2
27.2
1
93
7
13.3
9.3
2
16 Ace Parker
A. Parker
271
1939
BKN
11
104
2.6
24.6
5
5
1
5.0
0.5
0
17 Dick Todd
D. Todd
266
1939
WAS WAS
10
57
4.7
26.6
2
230
19
12.1
23.0
3
18 Len Barnum
L. Barnum
237
1939
NYG NYG
11
91
2.6
21.5
2
50
3
16.7
4.5
0
19 Sam Francis
S. Francis
230
1939
TOT
10
76
3.0
23.0
1
5
2
2.5
0.5
0
20 Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
225
1939
DET DET
10
79
2.8
22.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
21 Swede Johnston
S. Johnston
220
1939
PIT PIT
8
59
3.7
27.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
22 Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
218
1939
PHI PHI
4
45
4.8
54.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
216
1939
CHB CHB
11
50
4.3
19.6
2
87
6
14.5
7.9
1
24 Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
202
1939
BKN
9
58
3.5
22.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Bob Swisher
B. Swisher
192
1939
CHB CHB
9
30
6.4
21.3
2
228
7
32.6
25.3
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