most yards from scrimmage by a running back 1955 to 1960

From 1955 through 1960, Frank Gifford gained the most scrimmage yards by a running back, with 6,008 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	6,008	64	2,938	679	4.3	45.9	28	3,070	220	14.0	48.0	21
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	5,642	48	5,055	964	5.2	105.3	49	587	75	7.8	12.2	4
3	Rick Casares R. Casares	5,605	72	4,414	1,076	4.1	61.3	39	1,191	131	9.1	16.5	6
4	Ollie Matson O. Matson	5,094	72	3,514	786	4.5	48.8	24	1,580	118	13.4	21.9	10
5	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	4,778	70	4,045	964	4.2	57.8	40	733	101	7.3	10.5	4
6	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4,730	48	2,157	358	6.0	44.9	20	2,573	148	17.4	53.6	21
7	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	4,249	67	2,586	603	4.3	38.6	20	1,663	131	12.7	24.8	10
8	Alex Webster A. Webster	3,910	54	2,454	620	4.0	45.4	25	1,456	125	11.6	27.0	10
9	Joe Perry J. Perry	3,687	63	3,130	668	4.7	49.7	16	557	90	6.2	8.8	2
10	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	3,453	49	2,266	588	3.9	46.2	13	1,187	88	13.5	24.2	13
11	Jon Arnett J. Arnett	3,298	48	1,837	396	4.6	38.3	12	1,461	120	12.2	30.4	7
12	Billy Ray Barnes B. Ray Barnes	3,163	48	2,082	597	3.5	43.4	19	1,081	105	10.3	22.5	5
13	John David Crow J. David Crow	3,110	31	1,958	375	5.2	63.2	11	1,152	72	16.0	37.2	10
14	Howie Ferguson H. Ferguson	2,911	56	2,148	535	4.0	38.4	10	763	92	8.3	13.6	3
15	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	2,843	36	1,749	322	5.4	48.6	11	1,094	96	11.4	30.4	13
16	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	2,840	64	2,359	562	4.2	36.9	11	481	57	8.4	7.5	0
17	L.G. Dupre	2,783	59	1,701	460	3.7	28.8	11	1,082	98	11.0	18.3	7
18	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	2,771	60	153	38	4.0	2.6	0	2,618	121	21.6	43.6	30
19	Mel Triplett M. Triplett	2,657	69	2,289	553	4.1	33.2	11	368	31	11.9	5.3	3
20	Don Bosseler D. Bosseler	2,606	45	2,220	504	4.4	49.3	16	386	57	6.8	8.6	0
21	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	2,579	62	2,136	484	4.4	34.5	12	443	56	7.9	7.1	2
22	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	2,522	48	1,981	441	4.5	41.3	25	541	64	8.5	11.3	2
23	Tank Younger T. Younger	2,475	44	1,907	436	4.4	43.3	14	568	48	11.8	12.9	0
24	Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	2,469	42	1,797	450	4.0	42.8	10	672	82	8.2	16.0	2
25	J.D. Smith	2,398	36	2,025	407	5.0	56.3	18	373	55	6.8	10.4	2

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Saints	0	1	0	.000
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