who led the nfl in rushing in 1957

Jim Brown rushed for the most yards in 1957, with 942 yards in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
942
1957
CLE CLE
12
202
4.7
78.5
9
55
16
3.4
4.6
1
2Rick Casares
R. Casares
700
1957
CHB CHB
12
204
3.4
58.3
6
225
25
9.0
18.8
0
3Don Bosseler
D. Bosseler
673
1957
WAS WAS
12
167
4.0
56.1
7
152
19
8.0
12.7
0
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
621
1957
DET DET
12
129
4.8
51.8
5
141
20
7.1
11.8
0
5Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
616
1957
LA LA
11
127
4.9
56.0
3
95
7
13.6
8.6
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
577
1957
CHC CHC
12
134
4.3
48.1
6
451
20
22.6
37.6
3
7Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
538
1957
CHB CHB
12
127
4.2
44.8
5
201
15
13.4
16.8
2
8Billy Wells
B. Wells
532
1957
TOT
11
154
3.5
48.4
0
89
14
6.4
8.1
0
9Billy Ray Barnes
B. Ray Barnes
529
1957
PHI PHI
12
143
3.7
44.1
1
212
19
11.2
17.7
1
10Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
528
1957
NYG NYG
12
136
3.9
44.0
5
588
41
14.3
49.0
4
11Clarence Peaks
C. Peaks
495
1957
PHI PHI
12
125
4.0
41.3
1
99
11
9.0
8.3
0
12Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
493
1957
BAL BAL
12
144
3.4
41.1
5
137
15
9.1
11.4
2
13Lenny Moore
L. Moore
488
1957
BAL BAL
12
98
5.0
40.7
3
687
40
17.2
57.3
7
14Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
481
1957
LA LA
10
104
4.6
48.1
3
171
16
10.7
17.1
1
15Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
478
1957
SF SF
12
102
4.7
39.8
1
458
37
12.4
38.2
2
16Alex Webster
A. Webster
478
1957
NYG NYG
11
135
3.5
43.5
5
330
30
11.0
30.0
1
17Joe Perry
J. Perry
454
1957
SF SF
8
97
4.7
56.8
3
130
15
8.7
16.3
0
18Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
442
1957
WAS WAS
12
114
3.9
36.8
2
554
27
20.5
46.2
4
19Ed Sutton
E. Sutton
407
1957
WAS WAS
12
108
3.8
33.9
5
32
2
16.0
2.7
1
20Tank Younger
T. Younger
401
1957
LA LA
12
96
4.2
33.4
3
61
8
7.6
5.1
0
21Don McIlhenny
D. McIlhenny
384
1957
GB GB
12
100
3.8
32.0
1
210
18
11.7
17.5
2
22L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
375
1957
BAL BAL
12
101
3.7
31.3
2
339
32
10.6
28.3
2
23Chet Hanulak
C. Hanulak
375
1957
CLE CLE
12
125
3.0
31.3
3
38
3
12.7
3.2
0
24Tobin Rote
T. Rote
366
1957
DET DET
12
70
5.2
30.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
347
1957
LA LA
12
86
4.0
28.9
2
322
18
17.9
26.8
3
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Team Rankings

PPG

16.2

29th

OPP PPG

23.4

17th

RUSH YDS/G

98.0

26th

PASS YDS/G

179.9

31st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Bengals Bengals
3
7
0
.300
Browns Browns
2
8
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
BAL Ravens

5 - 5

23

Final

16

CLE Browns

2 - 8

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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
9
2
0
.818
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
2
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
6
4
0
.600
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Cowboys Cowboys
4
5
1
.450
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
8
2
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
TB TB
@
LAR LAR
8:20 PM
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM