| 1953 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Joe Perry, SF | 192 | 1018 | 5.3 | 10 | | Dan Towler, LAM | 152 | 879 | 5.8 | 7 | | Skeets Quinlan, LAM | 97 | 705 | 7.3 | 4 | | Charlie Justice, WAS | 115 | 616 | 5.4 | 2 | | Fran Rogel, PIT | 137 | 527 | 3.8 | 2 | | John Huzvar, BAL | 119 | 515 | 4.3 | 4 | | Hugh McElhenny, SF | 112 | 503 | 4.5 | 3 | | Breezy Reid, GB | 95 | 492 | 5.2 | 3 | | Bob Hoernschemeyer, DET | 101 | 482 | 4.8 | 7 | | George Taliaferro, BAL | 102 | 479 | 4.7 | 2 | | Lynn Chandois, PIT | 123 | 470 | 3.8 | 3 | | Don Johnson, PHI | 83 | 439 | 5.3 | 5 | | Charlie Trippi, CHC | 97 | 433 | 4.5 | 0 | | Johnny Olszewski, CHC | 106 | 386 | 3.6 | 4 | | Joe Arenas, SF | 72 | 380 | 5.3 | 6 | | Ray Renfro, CLE | 60 | 352 | 5.9 | 4 | | Tank Younger, LAM | 84 | 350 | 4.2 | 8 | | Jerry Williams, PHI | 61 | 345 | 5.7 | 3 | | Chick Jagade, CLE | 86 | 344 | 4.0 | 4 | | Bobby Layne, DET | 87 | 343 | 3.9 | 0 | | Doak Walker, DET | 66 | 337 | 5.1 | 2 | | Frank Ziegler, PHI | 83 | 320 | 3.9 | 5 | | Billy Reynolds, CLE | 72 | 313 | 4.3 | 3 | | Curley Morrison, CHI | 95 | 307 | 3.2 | 2 | | Fred Cone, GB | 92 | 301 | 3.3 | 5 | | Sonny Grandelius, NYG | 108 | 278 | 2.6 | 1 | | Leon Heath, WAS | 76 | 266 | 3.5 | 4 | | Ray Mathews, PIT | 65 | 260 | 4.0 | 2 | | Gene Gedman, DET | 83 | 255 | 3.1 | 3 | | Julie Rykovich, WAS | 73 | 251 | 3.4 | 0 | | Paul Barry, WAS | 56 | 218 | 3.9 | 0 | | Kyle Rote, NYG | 63 | 213 | 3.4 | 1 | | Eddie Price, NYG | 101 | 206 | 2.0 | 2 | | Al Carmichael, GB | 49 | 199 | 4.1 | 1 | | Billy Cross, CHC | 51 | 196 | 3.8 | 1 | | Ken Carpenter, CLE | 46 | 195 | 4.2 | 3 | | Tobin Rote, GB | 33 | 180 | 5.5 | 0 | | Billy Mixon, SF | 25 | 176 | 7.0 | 1 | | Babe Parilli, GB | 42 | 171 | 4.1 | 4 | | Billy Stone, CHI | 72 | 169 | 2.3 | 2 | | Ollie Cline, DET | 42 | 169 | 4.0 | 0 | | Marion Motley, CLE | 32 | 161 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jim Parmer, PHI | 38 | 158 | 4.2 | 2 | | Frank Gifford, NYG | 50 | 157 | 3.1 | 2 | | John Dottley, CHI | 58 | 150 | 2.6 | 1 | | Otto Graham, CLE | 43 | 143 | 3.3 | 6 | | Buck McPhail, BAL | 53 | 138 | 2.6 | 0 | | Buddy Young, BAL | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 0 | | Howie Ferguson, GB | 52 | 134 | 2.6 | 0 | | Hal Giancanelli, PHI | 44 | 131 | 3.0 | 1 | | Eddie Macon, CHI | 40 | 130 | 3.3 | 1 | | Leon Campbell, CHI | 22 | 130 | 5.9 | 0 | | Brad Myers, LAM | 40 | 124 | 3.1 | 3 | | Toy Ledbetter, PHI | 41 | 120 | 2.9 | 1 | | Don Paul, CHC | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 0 | | Jim Brandt, PIT | 42 | 106 | 2.5 | 3 | | Pete Schabarum, SF | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 0 | | Johnny Papit, GB/WAS | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 1 | | Jack Scarbath, WAS | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 0 | | John Hoffman, CHI | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 3 | | Eddie LeBaron, WAS | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 2 | | Fred Enke, BAL | 28 | 91 | 3.3 | 0 | | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 24 | 91 | 3.8 | 0 | | John Brewer, PHI | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 1 | | Leo Elter, PIT | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 0 | | Jug Girard, DET | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 0 | | Sam Baker, WAS | 17 | 72 | 4.2 | 1 | | Bobby Jack Floyd, CHI | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 0 | | Tom Calvin, PIT | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 0 | | George Blanda, CHI | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 0 | | Buford Long, NYG | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 0 | | Adrian Burk, PHI | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 3 | | Tommy Kalmanir, BAL | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 0 | | Bob Smith, DET | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | | Al Pollard, PHI | 23 | 44 | 1.9 | 0 | | Sherman Howard, CLE | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | | Y. A. Tittle, SF | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 6 | | Don Barton, GB | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | | Larry Coutre, GB/BAL | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 0 | | Tom Dublinski, DET | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | | Ed Mioduszewski, BAL | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | | Tom McCormick, LAM | 20 | 29 | 1.5 | 0 | | Byron Bailey, GB | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | | Tony Curcillo, CHC | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | | Dub Jones, CLE | 31 | 28 | 0.9 | 0 | | Rudy Bukich, LAM | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 1 | | Bill Mackrides, NYG/PIT | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 1 | | Chuck Drazenovich, WAS | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 1 | | Randy Clay, NYG | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 0 | | Vitamin Smith, LAM | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | | Lew Carpenter, DET | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | | J.R. Boone, GB | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | | Bobby Thomason, PHI | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 1 | | Pat Harder, DET | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | | Yale Lary, DET | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Gib Dawson, GB | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | | Tommy O'Connell, CHI | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | | Bill Dudley, WAS | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | | Ted Marchibroda, PIT | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Jack Del Bello, BAL | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jim Root, CHC | 26 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 | | Norm Van Brocklin, LAM | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | | Merwin Hodel, NYG | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | | Jim Monachino, SF | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | | Ray Nagel, CHC | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | | Wally Triplett, CHC | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | | Jack Cloud, WAS | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | | Butch Avinger, NYG | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | | George Ratterman, CLE | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | | Bob Stringer, PHI | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Lowell Wagner, SF | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Harry Dowda, WAS | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Hal Ledyard, SF | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Woodley Lewis, LAM | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Leon Hart, DET | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Arnie Galiffa, NYG | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | | Steve Romanik, CHI/CHC | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | | Carl Taseff, BAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Ken Bahnsen, SF | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jim Finks, PIT | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | | Jack Spinks, CHC | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Hall Haynes, WAS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bob Gambold, PHI | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Willie Carter, CHC | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Al Campana, CHC | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | | Crazy Legs Hirsch, LAM | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | Clive Rush, GB | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | Jim Powers, SF | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 0 |
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