rush yards leaders all-time before 1960

Before 1960, Joe Perry had the most rushing yards, with 7,151 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Joe Perry
J. Perry
7,151
112
1,415
5.1
63.8
49
1,271
178
7.1
11.3
7
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
3Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
4,197
116
1,025
4.1
36.2
26
579
69
8.4
5.0
5
4Ollie Matson
O. Matson
4,194
82
922
4.5
51.1
30
2,280
148
15.4
27.8
16
5Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
3,941
88
782
5.0
44.8
35
2,552
181
14.1
29.0
14
6Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
3,860
113
1,171
3.3
34.2
35
537
49
11.0
4.8
9
7Rick Casares
R. Casares
3,848
60
916
4.2
64.1
34
1,127
123
9.2
18.8
6
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
3,798
36
749
5.1
105.5
40
383
56
6.8
10.6
2
9Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
3,782
60
884
4.3
63.0
37
677
94
7.2
11.3
4
10Tank Younger
T. Younger
3,640
112
770
4.7
32.5
34
1,167
100
11.7
10.4
1
11Cliff Battles
C. Battles
3,511
60
839
4.2
58.5
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
12Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
3,506
99
687
5.1
35.4
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
13Dan Towler
D. Towler
3,493
67
672
5.2
52.1
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
14Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,347
87
756
4.4
38.5
28
3,208
233
13.8
36.9
23
15Eddie Price
E. Price
3,292
63
846
3.9
52.3
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
16Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
3,279
86
922
3.6
38.1
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
17Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
3,271
96
900
3.6
34.1
17
1,087
150
7.2
11.3
2
18Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
3,132
80
919
3.4
39.2
17
422
28
15.1
5.3
3
19Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,078
118
601
5.1
26.1
35
39
1
39.0
0.3
1
20Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
3,057
90
765
4.0
34.0
18
1,383
123
11.2
15.4
18
21Pat Harder
P. Harder
3,016
86
740
4.1
35.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
22Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
2,908
83
683
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
23Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
2,870
76
699
4.1
37.8
13
762
80
9.5
10.0
2
24Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
2,778
74
633
4.4
37.5
18
134
11
12.2
1.8
0
25Dutch Clark
D. Clark
2,772
64
606
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
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