who led the nfl in rushing in 1938

Whizzer White rushed for the most yards in 1938, with 567 yards in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Whizzer White
W. White
567
1938
11
152
3.7
51.5
4
88
7
12.6
8.0
0
2Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
463
1938
10
121
3.8
46.3
4
68
4
17.0
6.8
0
3Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
455
1938
9
100
4.6
50.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
4Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
445
1938
11
85
5.2
40.5
2
104
5
20.8
9.5
0
5Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
444
1938
11
131
3.4
40.4
2
25
1
25.0
2.3
0
6Scrapper Farrell
S. Farrell
425
1938
TOT
12
109
3.9
35.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
7Hank Soar
H. Soar
401
1938
11
122
3.3
36.5
2
164
13
12.6
14.9
0
8Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
345
1938
TOT
11
88
3.9
31.4
3
127
9
14.1
11.5
0
9Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
315
1938
9
75
4.2
35.0
6
66
9
7.3
7.3
0
10Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
313
1938
11
96
3.3
28.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
299
1938
11
114
2.6
27.2
3
98
7
14.0
8.9
4
12Sam Francis
S. Francis
297
1938
11
85
3.5
27.0
3
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
13Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
297
1938
11
63
4.7
27.0
1
90
4
22.5
8.2
1
14Emmett Mortell
E. Mortell
296
1938
11
110
2.7
26.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Lloyd Cardwell
L. Cardwell
294
1938
10
73
4.0
29.4
4
138
9
15.3
13.8
1
16Jack Manders
J. Manders
263
1938
11
67
3.9
23.9
2
27
2
13.5
2.5
1
17Joe Laws
J. Laws
253
1938
10
60
4.2
25.3
0
55
6
9.2
5.5
1
18Ace Parker
A. Parker
253
1938
11
93
2.7
23.0
2
19
1
19.0
1.7
1
19Stu Smith
S. Smith
241
1938
11
80
3.0
21.9
0
30
3
10.0
2.7
0
20Dick Riffle
D. Riffle
227
1938
11
65
3.5
20.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Bob Monnett
B. Monnett
225
1938
8
75
3.0
28.1
0
23
1
23.0
2.9
0
22Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
215
1938
11
48
4.5
19.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Max Krause
M. Krause
214
1938
6
25
8.6
35.7
2
62
2
31.0
10.3
1
24Jack Robbins
J. Robbins
213
1938
9
63
3.4
23.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Bull Karcis
B. Karcis
212
1938
TOT
11
89
2.4
19.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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