who led the nfl in rushing in 1940

Whizzer White had the most rushing yards in 1940, with 514 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Whizzer White
W. White
514
1940
11
146
3.5
46.7
5
55
4
13.8
5.0
0
2Johnny Drake
J. Drake
480
1940
11
134
3.6
43.6
9
81
8
10.1
7.4
0
3Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
474
1940
10
132
3.6
47.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
4Banks McFadden
B. McFadden
411
1940
11
85
4.8
37.4
1
97
9
10.8
8.8
2
5Dick Todd
D. Todd
408
1940
11
76
5.4
37.1
4
402
20
20.1
36.5
4
6Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
383
1940
10
109
3.5
38.3
2
28
4
7.0
2.8
1
7Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
373
1940
11
78
4.8
33.9
1
36
3
12.0
3.3
0
8Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
368
1940
11
84
4.4
33.5
2
-5
1
-5.0
-0.5
0
9Parker Hall
P. Hall
365
1940
11
94
3.9
33.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
325
1940
11
87
3.7
29.5
2
29
2
14.5
2.6
1
11Gary Famiglietti
G. Famiglietti
320
1940
11
93
3.4
29.1
4
11
1
11.0
1.0
0
12Pug Manders
P. Manders
311
1940
11
80
3.9
28.3
5
38
1
38.0
3.5
1
13Ace Parker
A. Parker
306
1940
11
89
3.4
27.8
2
139
3
46.3
12.6
2
14Howie Weiss
H. Weiss
298
1940
11
79
3.8
27.1
3
56
4
14.0
5.1
0
15Hugh McCullough
H. McCullough
278
1940
11
57
4.9
25.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
270
1940
10
97
2.8
27.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
17Andy Uram
A. Uram
270
1940
11
71
3.8
24.5
1
188
10
18.8
17.1
2
18Walt Nielsen
W. Nielsen
269
1940
9
73
3.7
29.9
1
17
2
8.5
1.9
0
19Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
258
1940
11
56
4.6
23.5
2
80
3
26.7
7.3
0
20Jimmy Johnston
J. Johnston
256
1940
11
87
2.9
23.3
3
350
29
12.1
31.8
3
21George McAfee
G. McAfee
253
1940
10
47
5.4
25.3
2
117
7
16.7
11.7
0
22Hank Soar
H. Soar
246
1940
11
80
3.1
22.4
1
36
4
9.0
3.3
1
23Lou Tomasetti
L. Tomasetti
246
1940
10
68
3.6
24.6
1
129
6
21.5
12.9
1
24Dick Riffle
D. Riffle
238
1940
11
81
2.9
21.6
4
58
8
7.3
5.3
1
25Dwight Sloan
D. Sloan
225
1940
11
58
3.9
20.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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