who led the nfl in rushing in 1948

Steve Van Buren rushed for the most yards in 1948, with 945 yards.

Showing
  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
945
1948
11
201
4.7
85.9
10
96
10
9.6
8.7
0
2Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
690
1948
12
128
5.4
57.5
6
228
22
10.4
19.0
2
3Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
638
1948
12
131
4.9
53.2
8
142
9
15.8
11.8
1
4Camp Wilson
C. Wilson
612
1948
11
157
3.9
55.6
2
9
2
4.5
0.8
0
5Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
589
1948
12
123
4.8
49.1
4
81
9
9.0
6.8
0
6Pat Harder
P. Harder
554
1948
12
126
4.4
46.2
6
93
13
7.2
7.8
0
7Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
517
1948
12
117
4.4
43.1
4
252
27
9.3
21.0
2
8Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
491
1948
11
145
3.4
44.6
0
222
14
15.9
20.2
3
9Walt Schlinkman
W. Schlinkman
441
1948
11
106
4.2
40.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
10George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
439
1948
12
119
3.7
36.6
4
130
8
16.3
10.8
1
11George McAfee
G. McAfee
392
1948
12
92
4.3
32.7
5
227
17
13.4
18.9
2
12Fred Enke
F. Enke
365
1948
12
74
4.9
30.4
0
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
13Bob Cifers
B. Cifers
361
1948
12
112
3.2
30.1
1
55
4
13.8
4.6
0
14Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
354
1948
12
76
4.7
29.5
4
227
18
12.6
18.9
2
15Ray Evans
R. Evans
343
1948
9
99
3.5
38.1
2
93
7
13.3
10.3
0
16Joe Osmanski
J. Osmanski
341
1948
12
74
4.6
28.4
1
43
9
4.8
3.6
0
17Jim Castiglia
J. Castiglia
330
1948
10
97
3.4
33.0
0
73
7
10.4
7.3
2
18Ed Quirk
E. Quirk
328
1948
12
77
4.3
27.3
4
40
9
4.4
3.3
0
19George Papach
G. Papach
324
1948
10
60
5.4
32.4
2
72
4
18.0
7.2
1
20Kenny Washington
K. Washington
301
1948
10
57
5.3
30.1
2
104
6
17.3
10.4
1
21J.R. Boone
J.R. Boone
266
1948
11
48
5.5
24.2
5
143
10
14.3
13.0
2
22Johnny Clement
J. Clement
261
1948
5
67
3.9
52.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
249
1948
12
80
3.1
20.8
1
93
8
11.6
7.8
4
24Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
246
1948
12
56
4.4
20.5
1
173
16
10.8
14.4
1
25Frank Seno
F. Seno
242
1948
12
71
3.4
20.2
0
322
13
24.8
26.8
3

More NFL News

More Eagles Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

933

Hurts

Jalen Hurts

RUSH

296

Barkley

Saquon Barkley

REC

312

Lemon

Makai Lemon
Team Rankings

PPG

16.4

30th

OPP PPG

24.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

88.6

28th

PASS YDS/G

193.3

26th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
Eagles Eagles
2
7
0
.222
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/22
@
1:00 PM
Thu
11/26
@
4:30 PM
Sun
12/6
@
4:05 PM
Sun
12/13
@
1:00 PM
Sat
12/19
@
5:00 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

5 - 2 - 1

19

Final

11

PHI Eagles

2 - 7

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

NFL 2026 Betting

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
3
6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
AFC EastWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
@
13-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/12
@
8:15 PM
Sun
11/15
@
9:30 AM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM