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 TRG 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
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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