all-time leader in rushing yards before 1979

Before 1979, Jim Brown rushed for the most yards, with 12,312 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
2	O.J. Simpson	10,776	122	2,284	4.7	88.3	58	2,096	196	10.7	17.2	14
3	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,597	129	1,941	4.4	66.6	83	1,756	225	7.8	13.6	10
4	Joe Perry J. Perry	8,378	156	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241	7.5	11.5	8
5	Franco Harris F. Harris	7,377	96	1,745	4.2	76.8	61	1,020	138	7.4	10.6	3
6	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
7	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	7,244	130	1,671	4.3	55.7	52	745	90	8.3	5.7	3
8	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	6,803	143	1,571	4.3	47.6	48	1,478	186	7.9	10.3	7
9	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
10	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,307	97	1,605	3.9	65.0	30	3,023	355	8.5	31.2	16
11	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
12	Ken Willard K. Willard	6,105	132	1,622	3.8	46.3	45	2,184	277	7.9	16.5	17
13	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	5,943	78	1,362	4.4	76.2	23	1,582	165	9.6	20.3	12
14	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,875	102	1,530	3.8	57.6	35	2,485	238	10.4	24.4	20
15	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5,860	83	1,320	4.4	70.6	69	523	45	11.6	6.3	3
16	Calvin Hill C. Hill	5,856	113	1,394	4.2	51.8	41	1,947	189	10.3	17.2	13
17	Bill Brown B. Brown	5,838	194	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286	11.1	16.4	23
18	Rick Casares R. Casares	5,797	130	1,431	4.1	44.6	49	1,588	191	8.3	12.2	11
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	5,669	95	1,406	4.0	59.7	33	1,728	188	9.2	18.2	9
20	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,664	81	1,446	3.9	69.9	50	2,910	317	9.2	35.9	23
21	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	5,481	104	1,308	4.2	52.7	35	2,010	238	8.4	19.3	13
22	Dick Bass D. Bass	5,417	112	1,218	4.4	48.4	34	1,841	204	9.0	16.4	7
23	Jim Nance J. Nance	5,401	101	1,341	4.0	53.5	45	870	133	6.5	8.6	1
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	5,316	57	1,179	4.5	93.3	45	1,111	125	8.9	19.5	2
25	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	5,281	143	1,124	4.7	36.9	38	3,247	264	12.3	22.7	20

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