who led the nfl in rushing in 1939

Bill Osmanski rushed for the most yards in 1939, with 699 yards in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
699
1939
10
121
5.8
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
2Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
547
1939
11
139
3.9
49.7
5
437
16
27.3
39.7
5
3Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
544
1939
9
77
7.1
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Pug Manders
P. Manders
482
1939
11
114
4.2
43.8
2
22
3
7.3
2.0
0
5Parker Hall
P. Hall
458
1939
11
120
3.8
41.6
2
-16
1
-16.0
-1.5
0
6Johnny Drake
J. Drake
453
1939
11
118
3.8
41.2
9
53
5
10.6
4.8
0
7Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
429
1939
10
128
3.4
42.9
3
185
8
23.1
18.5
2
8Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
420
1939
11
105
4.0
38.2
2
143
14
10.2
13.0
1
9Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
413
1939
11
103
4.0
37.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
407
1939
11
132
3.1
37.0
2
71
9
7.9
6.5
0
11Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
381
1939
11
135
2.8
34.6
5
70
4
17.5
6.4
0
12Boyd Brumbaugh
B. Brumbaugh
343
1939
TOT
11
111
3.1
31.2
2
95
5
19.0
8.6
1
13Johnny Pingel
J. Pingel
301
1939
9
74
4.1
33.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Ed Jankowski
E. Jankowski
278
1939
10
75
3.7
27.8
2
5
1
5.0
0.5
0
15Andy Uram
A. Uram
272
1939
10
52
5.2
27.2
1
93
7
13.3
9.3
2
16Ace Parker
A. Parker
271
1939
11
104
2.6
24.6
5
5
1
5.0
0.5
0
17Dick Todd
D. Todd
266
1939
10
57
4.7
26.6
2
230
19
12.1
23.0
3
18Len Barnum
L. Barnum
237
1939
11
91
2.6
21.5
2
50
3
16.7
4.5
0
19Sam Francis
S. Francis
230
1939
TOT
10
76
3.0
23.0
1
5
2
2.5
0.5
0
20Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
225
1939
10
79
2.8
22.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Swede Johnston
S. Johnston
220
1939
8
59
3.7
27.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Dave Smukler
D. Smukler
218
1939
4
45
4.8
54.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
216
1939
11
50
4.3
19.6
2
87
6
14.5
7.9
1
24Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
202
1939
9
58
3.5
22.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Bob Swisher
B. Swisher
192
1939
9
30
6.4
21.3
2
228
7
32.6
25.3
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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