most rushing yards 1960's rb nfl

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Jim Brown rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 8,514 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
8,514
82
1,610
5.3
103.8
66
2,116
206
10.3
25.8
18
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
7,898
108
1,769
4.5
73.1
76
1,613
212
7.6
14.9
7
3Don Perkins
D. Perkins
6,217
107
1,500
4.1
58.1
42
1,310
146
9.0
12.2
3
4Dick Bass
D. Bass
5,264
100
1,187
4.4
52.6
34
1,749
191
9.2
17.5
7
5Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
5,140
96
1,145
4.5
53.5
30
3,314
203
16.3
34.5
24
6Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,995
100
1,026
4.9
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
7Bill Brown
B. Brown
4,868
124
1,354
3.6
39.3
43
2,579
229
11.3
20.8
16
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,866
64
955
5.1
76.0
39
1,313
111
11.8
20.5
9
9Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4,630
112
1,036
4.5
41.3
46
3,535
287
12.3
31.6
20
10John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
4,607
81
1,076
4.3
56.9
29
964
114
8.5
11.9
6
11Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
4,553
82
931
4.9
55.5
51
1,334
103
13.0
16.3
8
12Jim Nance
J. Nance
4,338
68
1,049
4.1
63.8
33
601
85
7.1
8.8
1
13Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,293
65
1,010
4.3
66.0
37
1,135
110
10.3
17.5
6
14John David Crow
J. David Crow
4,076
106
965
4.2
38.5
33
3,009
211
14.3
28.4
28
15Matt Snell
M. Snell
4,004
75
993
4.0
53.4
23
1,349
191
7.1
18.0
7
16Tommy Mason
T. Mason
3,995
108
965
4.1
37.0
32
2,088
190
11.0
19.3
12
17Timmy Brown
T. Brown
3,862
107
889
4.3
36.1
31
3,399
235
14.5
31.8
26
18Tom Matte
T. Matte
3,859
120
982
3.9
32.2
37
2,446
205
11.9
20.4
11
19Dick Hoak
D. Hoak
3,850
123
1,092
3.5
31.3
24
1,427
142
10.0
11.6
8
20Bill Mathis
B. Mathis
3,589
137
1,044
3.4
26.2
37
1,775
149
11.9
13.0
9
21Nick Pietrosante
N. Pietrosante
3,579
106
879
4.1
33.8
25
1,251
125
10.0
11.8
2
22Ken Willard
K. Willard
3,575
69
947
3.8
51.8
29
1,404
169
8.3
20.3
10
23J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
3,427
84
867
4.0
40.8
27
930
108
8.6
11.1
5
24Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
3,383
99
758
4.5
34.2
19
2,250
165
13.6
22.7
19
25Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
3,368
87
819
4.1
38.7
29
1,329
110
12.1
15.3
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Sanders

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RUSH

827

Judkins

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REC

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PPG

16.4

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OPP PPG

22.3

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97.0

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185.4

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