who led the nfl in rushing in 1947

Steve Van Buren rushed for the most yards in 1947, with 1,008 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,008
1947
PHI PHI
12
217
4.6
84.0
13
79
9
8.8
6.6
0
2 Johnny Clement
J. Clement
670
1947
PIT PIT
10
129
5.2
67.0
4
6
1
6.0
0.6
0
3 Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
464
1947
GB GB
12
103
4.5
38.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
4 Kenny Washington
K. Washington
444
1947
LA LA
11
60
7.4
40.4
5
40
3
13.3
3.6
0
5 Walt Schlinkman
W. Schlinkman
439
1947
GB GB
12
115
3.8
36.6
2
-6
2
-3.0
-0.5
0
6 Jim Castiglia
J. Castiglia
426
1947
WAS WAS
7
104
4.1
60.9
5
88
11
8.0
12.6
0
7 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
412
1947
CHC CHC
12
110
3.7
34.3
7
138
5
27.6
11.5
1
8 Camp Wilson
C. Wilson
412
1947
DET DET
12
89
4.6
34.3
0
96
5
19.2
8.0
0
9 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
401
1947
CHC CHC
11
83
4.8
36.5
2
240
23
10.4
21.8
0
10 Steve Lach
S. Lach
372
1947
PIT PIT
12
120
3.1
31.0
8
77
11
7.0
6.4
1
11 Pat Harder
P. Harder
371
1947
CHC CHC
12
113
3.3
30.9
7
78
9
8.7
6.5
0
12 Bob Cifers
B. Cifers
356
1947
PIT PIT
10
87
4.1
35.6
0
58
3
19.3
5.8
0
13 Joe Osmanski
J. Osmanski
328
1947
CHB CHB
12
64
5.1
27.3
1
134
7
19.1
11.2
0
14 Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
306
1947
LA LA
12
60
5.1
25.5
1
89
5
17.8
7.4
1
15 Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
304
1947
LA LA
11
59
5.2
27.6
0
19
6
3.2
1.7
0
16 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
302
1947
DET DET
9
80
3.8
33.6
2
375
27
13.9
41.7
7
17 Sal Rosato
S. Rosato
297
1947
WAS WAS
11
74
4.0
27.0
0
107
7
15.3
9.7
1
18 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
296
1947
NYG NYG
9
86
3.4
32.9
1
58
4
14.5
6.4
0
19 Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
294
1947
PHI PHI
11
69
4.3
26.7
1
315
16
19.7
28.6
3
20 Bruce Smith
B. Smith
288
1947
GB GB
10
47
6.1
28.8
1
50
4
12.5
5.0
1
21 Mike Holovak
M. Holovak
281
1947
CHB CHB
12
51
5.5
23.4
1
119
7
17.0
9.9
0
22 Don Kindt
D. Kindt
266
1947
CHB CHB
12
61
4.4
22.2
2
24
2
12.0
2.0
0
23 Ed Cody
E. Cody
263
1947
GB GB
10
56
4.7
26.3
2
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
24 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
263
1947
TOT
12
78
3.4
21.9
2
70
4
17.5
5.8
0
25 Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
247
1947
GB GB
12
68
3.6
20.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
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23.8

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RUSH YDS/G

95.3

25th

PASS YDS/G

195.3

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2
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.667
Commanders Commanders
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11/23
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2
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10/19
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10/19
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