who led the nfl in rushing in 1936

Tuffy Leemans had the most rushing yards in his rookie season in 1936, with 830 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
830
1936
12
206
4.0
69.2
2
22
4
5.5
1.8
0
2Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
827
1936
12
191
4.3
68.9
6
30
1
30.0
2.5
0
3Dutch Clark
D. Clark
628
1936
12
123
5.1
52.3
7
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
4Cliff Battles
C. Battles
614
1936
11
176
3.5
55.8
5
103
6
17.2
9.4
1
5George Grosvenor
G. Grosvenor
612
1936
TOT
10
170
3.6
61.2
4
6
1
6.0
0.6
0
6Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
580
1936
11
91
6.4
52.7
4
150
19
7.9
13.6
1
7Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
529
1936
11
122
4.3
48.1
3
12
1
12.0
1.1
0
8Bobby Wilson
B. Wilson
505
1936
12
104
4.9
42.1
3
12
1
12.0
1.0
1
9Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
476
1936
12
100
4.8
39.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Kink Richards
K. Richards
421
1936
11
114
3.7
38.3
1
146
7
20.9
13.3
1
11Pug Rentner
P. Rentner
404
1936
12
95
4.3
33.7
1
33
4
8.3
2.8
0
12Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
359
1936
12
119
3.0
29.9
1
33
3
11.0
2.8
0
13Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
352
1936
11
76
4.6
32.0
0
50
2
25.0
4.5
1
14Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
350
1936
12
97
3.6
29.2
2
5
2
2.5
0.4
0
15Stumpy Thomason
S. Thomason
333
1936
12
109
3.1
27.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Warren Heller
W. Heller
332
1936
12
106
3.1
27.7
0
160
12
13.3
13.3
3
17Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
321
1936
10
99
3.2
32.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18George Sauer
G. Sauer
305
1936
9
94
3.2
33.9
3
110
6
18.3
12.2
0
19Joe Laws
J. Laws
296
1936
11
50
5.9
26.9
1
132
10
13.2
12.0
2
20Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
292
1936
12
74
3.9
24.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Ike Peterson
I. Peterson
278
1936
11
41
6.8
25.3
3
38
8
4.8
3.5
0
22Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
276
1936
11
60
4.6
25.1
0
146
9
16.2
13.3
0
23Bull Karcis
B. Karcis
272
1936
12
89
3.1
22.7
2
71
8
8.9
5.9
0
24Ralph Kercheval
R. Kercheval
261
1936
12
66
4.0
21.8
2
63
7
9.0
5.3
0
25Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
259
1936
12
91
2.8
21.6
0
0
0
0.0
0

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