| 1959 NFL Rushing
Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | Jim Brown, CLE | 290 | 1329 | 4.6 | 14 | J. D. Smith, SF | 207 | 1036 | 5.0 | 10 | Ollie Matson, LAM | 161 | 863 | 5.4 | 6 | Tom Tracy, PIT | 199 | 794 | 4.0 | 3 | Bobby Mitchell, CLE | 131 | 743 | 5.7 | 5 | Rick Casares, CHI | 177 | 699 | 3.9 | 10 | Billy Barnes, PHI | 181 | 687 | 3.8 | 7 | Paul Hornung, GB | 152 | 681 | 4.5 | 7 | Alan Ameche, BAL | 179 | 679 | 3.8 | 7 | John Crow, CHC | 140 | 666 | 4.8 | 3 | Don Bosseler, WAS | 119 | 644 | 5.4 | 3 | Joe Perry, SF | 139 | 602 | 4.3 | 3 | Frank Gifford, NYG | 106 | 540 | 5.1 | 3 | Jim Taylor, GB | 120 | 452 | 3.8 | 6 | Clarence Peaks, PHI | 124 | 451 | 3.6 | 3 | Nick Pietrosante, DET | 76 | 447 | 5.9 | 3 | Johnny Olszewski, WAS | 65 | 432 | 6.6 | 1 | Lenny Moore, BAL | 91 | 422 | 4.6 | 2 | Dick James, WAS | 100 | 384 | 3.8 | 3 | Mel Triplett, NYG | 91 | 381 | 4.2 | 1 | Jon Arnett, LAM | 73 | 371 | 5.1 | 2 | Bobby Joe Conrad, CHC | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 2 | Lew Carpenter, GB | 60 | 322 | 5.4 | 1 | Johnny Morris, CHI | 87 | 312 | 3.6 | 0 | John Henry Johnson, DET | 82 | 270 | 3.3 | 2 | Alex Webster, NYG | 79 | 250 | 3.2 | 5 | Tom Barnett, PIT | 75 | 238 | 3.2 | 1 | Mal Hammack, CHC | 49 | 237 | 4.8 | 0 | Phil King, NYG | 72 | 232 | 3.2 | 0 | Ed Sutton, WAS | 61 | 232 | 3.8 | 1 | Mike Sommer, WAS/BAL | 62 | 231 | 3.7 | 2 | Don McIlhenny, GB | 47 | 231 | 4.9 | 1 | Larry Krutko, PIT | 75 | 226 | 3.0 | 4 | Ken Webb, DET | 60 | 222 | 3.7 | 2 | Tommy Wilson, LAM | 40 | 210 | 5.3 | 0 | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 52 | 203 | 3.9 | 1 | Willie Galimore, CHI | 58 | 199 | 3.4 | 1 | Dan Lewis, DET | 49 | 199 | 4.1 | 2 | Bobby Layne, PIT | 33 | 181 | 5.5 | 2 | Joe Marconi, LAM | 52 | 176 | 3.4 | 4 | King Hill, CHC | 39 | 167 | 4.3 | 5 | Joe Morrison, NYG | 62 | 165 | 2.7 | 1 | Tobin Rote, DET | 35 | 156 | 4.5 | 2 | Theron Sapp, PHI | 41 | 145 | 3.5 | 1 | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 29 | 145 | 5.0 | 2 | Billy Pricer, BAL | 34 | 128 | 3.8 | 0 | Earl Morrall, DET | 26 | 112 | 4.3 | 0 | Ed Brown, CHI | 33 | 108 | 3.3 | 1 | Jerry Reichow, DET | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | Ralph Guglielmi, WAS | 26 | 97 | 3.7 | 0 | Billy Wade, LAM | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 2 | Zeke Bratkowski, CHI | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 0 | Jim Podoley, WAS | 18 | 83 | 4.6 | 0 | Bart Starr, GB | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 0 | Ken Hall, CHC | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 0 | Hugh McElhenny, SF | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 1 | C.R. Roberts, SF | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 1 | Lamar McHan, GB | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 0 | Joe Childress, CHC | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 0 | Frank Ryan, LAM | 19 | 57 | 3.0 | 1 | Terry Barr, DET | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 1 | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 23 | 54 | 2.3 | 0 | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 23 | 54 | 2.3 | 0 | Dick Haley, WAS | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 1 | Bill Butler, GB | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | Merrill Douglas, CHI | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 2 | Alex Hawkins, BAL | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | Jimmy Orr, PIT | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | Jerry Norton, CHC | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 1 | Walt Kowalczyk, PHI | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 0 | Lenny Lyles, SF | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 1 | Eagle Day, WAS | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | Leo Elter, PIT | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | Y. A. Tittle, SF | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | Don Chandler, NYG | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | Milt Plum, CLE | 21 | 20 | 1.0 | 1 | John Roach, CHC | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | Len Dawson, PIT | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | Boyd Dowler, GB | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | Ed Modzelewski, CLE | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | Larry Hickman, CHC | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | Yale Lary, DET | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | Norm Van Brocklin, PHI | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 2 | Bob Ptacek, CLE | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | Leroy Bolden, CLE | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | Jim Ninowski, CLE | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | George Scott, NYG | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | Charlie Ane, DET | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | Jack Call, PIT | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | Dicky Moegle, SF | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | Bobby Walston, PHI | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | Eddie LeBaron, WAS | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | Buddy Humphrey, LAM | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | John Brodie, SF | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | Del Shofner, LAM | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | Joe Francis, GB | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Ray Brown, BAL | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | Ray Mathews, PIT | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | Preston Carpenter, CLE | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | George Shaw, NYG | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | Bobby Luna, PIT | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | Don Heinrich, NYG | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Sam Baker, WAS | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | Hal Lewis, BAL | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | Rudy Bukich, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Harlon Hill, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | R. C. Owens, SF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | M. C. Reynolds, CHC | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 0 | Joe Pagliei, PHI | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | Tommy McDonald, PHI | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | Pete Retzlaff, PHI | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | John Adams, CHI | 4 | -13 | -3.3 | 0 |
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