who led the nfl in rushing in 1956

Rick Casares rushed for the most yards in 1956, with 1,126 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Rick Casares
R. Casares
1,126
1956
12
234
4.8
93.8
12
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
2Ollie Matson
O. Matson
924
1956
12
192
4.8
77.0
5
199
15
13.3
16.6
2
3Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
916
1956
12
185
5.0
76.3
8
193
16
12.1
16.1
0
4Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
858
1956
12
178
4.8
71.5
8
189
26
7.3
15.8
0
5Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
819
1956
12
159
5.2
68.3
5
603
51
11.8
50.3
4
6Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
756
1956
12
188
4.0
63.0
0
124
16
7.8
10.3
0
7Alex Webster
A. Webster
694
1956
12
178
3.9
57.8
7
197
21
9.4
16.4
3
8Lenny Moore
L. Moore
649
1956
12
86
7.5
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
9Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
598
1956
11
157
3.8
54.4
2
182
17
10.7
16.5
0
10Leo Elter
L. Elter
544
1956
12
145
3.8
45.3
2
99
11
9.0
8.3
0
11Ron Waller
R. Waller
543
1956
9
83
6.5
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
12Joe Perry
J. Perry
520
1956
11
115
4.5
47.3
3
104
18
5.8
9.5
0
13Tank Younger
T. Younger
518
1956
12
114
4.5
43.2
3
268
18
14.9
22.3
0
14Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
515
1956
12
125
4.1
42.9
5
48
6
8.0
4.0
1
15Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
479
1956
12
135
3.5
39.9
7
142
15
9.5
11.8
1
16Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
476
1956
12
131
3.6
39.7
2
88
23
3.8
7.3
0
17Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
470
1956
12
64
7.3
39.2
0
86
6
14.3
7.2
0
18Ken Keller
K. Keller
433
1956
11
112
3.9
39.4
4
36
7
5.1
3.3
0
19Ed Modzelewski
E. Modzelewski
431
1956
8
107
4.0
53.9
2
27
10
2.7
3.4
0
20Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
413
1956
12
97
4.3
34.4
0
83
9
9.2
6.9
0
21Tobin Rote
T. Rote
398
1956
12
84
4.7
33.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
22Don McIlhenny
D. McIlhenny
372
1956
9
87
4.3
41.3
3
70
8
8.8
7.8
2
23Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
367
1956
11
99
3.7
33.4
0
214
22
9.7
19.5
0
24Leon Hart
L. Hart
348
1956
11
76
4.6
31.6
5
116
14
8.3
10.5
1
25Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
340
1956
12
83
4.1
28.3
1
29
6
4.8
2.4
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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24.8

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149.4

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