who led the nfl in rushing in 1953

Joe Perry rushed for the most yards in 1953, with 1,018 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 Joe Perry
J. Perry
1,018
1953
SF SF
12
192
5.3
84.8
10
191
19
10.1
15.9
3
2 Dan Towler
D. Towler
879
1953
LA LA
12
152
5.8
73.3
7
125
11
11.4
10.4
1
3 Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
705
1953
LA LA
12
97
7.3
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
4 Charlie Justice
C. Justice
616
1953
WAS WAS
12
115
5.4
51.3
2
434
22
19.7
36.2
2
5 Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
527
1953
PIT PIT
12
137
3.8
43.9
2
95
19
5.0
7.9
0
6 John Huzvar
J. Huzvar
515
1953
BAL BAL
12
119
4.3
42.9
4
55
6
9.2
4.6
1
7 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
503
1953
SF SF
12
112
4.5
41.9
3
474
30
15.8
39.5
2
8 Breezy Reid
B. Reid
492
1953
GB GB
12
95
5.2
41.0
3
100
10
10.0
8.3
0
9 Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
482
1953
DET DET
12
101
4.8
40.2
7
282
23
12.3
23.5
2
10 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
479
1953
BAL BAL
11
102
4.7
43.5
2
346
20
17.3
31.5
2
11 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
470
1953
PIT PIT
12
123
3.8
39.2
3
412
43
9.6
34.3
0
12 Don Johnson
D. Johnson
439
1953
PHI PHI
12
83
5.3
36.6
5
227
12
18.9
18.9
2
13 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
433
1953
CHC CHC
12
97
4.5
36.1
0
87
11
7.9
7.3
2
14 Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
386
1953
CHC CHC
12
106
3.6
32.2
4
210
21
10.0
17.5
1
15 Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
380
1953
SF SF
12
72
5.3
31.7
6
113
10
11.3
9.4
1
16 Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
352
1953
CLE CLE
12
60
5.9
29.3
4
722
39
18.5
60.2
4
17 Tank Younger
T. Younger
350
1953
LA LA
12
84
4.2
29.2
8
259
20
13.0
21.6
1
18 Jerry Williams
J. Williams
345
1953
PHI PHI
12
61
5.7
28.8
3
438
31
14.1
36.5
1
19 Chick Jagade
C. Jagade
344
1953
CLE CLE
12
86
4.0
28.7
4
193
20
9.7
16.1
0
20 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
343
1953
DET DET
12
87
3.9
28.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Doak Walker
D. Walker
337
1953
DET DET
12
66
5.1
28.1
2
502
30
16.7
41.8
3
22 Frank Ziegler
F. Ziegler
320
1953
PHI PHI
12
83
3.9
26.7
5
211
15
14.1
17.6
0
23 Billy Reynolds
B. Reynolds
313
1953
CLE CLE
12
72
4.3
26.1
3
120
9
13.3
10.0
0
24 Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
307
1953
CHB CHB
12
95
3.2
25.6
2
214
16
13.4
17.8
0
25 Fred Cone
F. Cone
301
1953
GB GB
12
92
3.3
25.1
5
165
18
9.2
13.8
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