| 1931 NFL Rushing
Note -- Stats for this season are incomplete at best.
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Red Grange, CHI | 111 | 599 | 5.4 | 5 | | Glenn Presnell, POR | 138 | 518 | 3.8 | 3 | | Dutch Clark, POR | 89 | 430 | 4.8 | 9 | | Bo Molenda, GB | 100 | 425 | 4.3 | 3 | | Ernie Nevers, CHC | 125 | 411 | 3.3 | 8 | | Dick Nesbitt, CHI | 82 | 407 | 5.0 | 1 | | Bronko Nagurski, CHI | 79 | 401 | 5.1 | 2 | | Hurdis McCrary, GB | 79 | 353 | 4.5 | 1 | | Ken Strong, SI | 100 | 348 | 3.5 | 6 | | Tony Holm, POR | 100 | 329 | 3.3 | 1 | | Benny Friedman, NYG | 66 | 323 | 4.9 | 2 | | Mule Wilson, GB | 58 | 316 | 5.4 | 2 | | Doc Parkinson, SI | 93 | 275 | 3.0 | 0 | | Joe Lintzenich, CHI | 65 | 268 | 4.1 | 0 | | Hank Bruder, GB | 66 | 264 | 4.0 | 1 | | Wuert Engelmann, GB | 41 | 252 | 6.1 | 1 | | Jack McBride, BRK | 82 | 250 | 3.0 | 3 | | Russ Saunders, GB | 59 | 248 | 4.2 | 1 | | Herb Joesting, FRA/CHI | 64 | 234 | 3.7 | 2 | | Stu Clancy, SI | 64 | 222 | 3.5 | 1 | | Elmer Schwartz, POR | 61 | 221 | 3.6 | 2 | | Deck Shelley, PRV/POR | 61 | 201 | 3.3 | 0 | | Keith Molesworth, CHI | 47 | 201 | 4.3 | 1 | | Otto Vokaty, CLE | 42 | 201 | 4.8 | 4 | | Johnny McNally, GB | 63 | 195 | 3.1 | 2 | | John Cavosie, POR | 52 | 186 | 3.6 | 0 | | Gene Alford, POR | 49 | 183 | 3.7 | 1 | | Oran Pape, PRV | 47 | 180 | 3.8 | 1 | | Verne Lewellen, GB | 43 | 177 | 4.1 | 6 | | Dutch Kitzmiller, NYG | 63 | 162 | 2.6 | 4 | | Justin Brumbaugh, FRA | 37 | 155 | 4.2 | 0 | | Chris Cagle, NYG | 45 | 154 | 3.4 | 1 | | Red Smith, NYG | 20 | 152 | 7.6 | 0 | | Carl Brumbaugh, CHI | 59 | 148 | 2.5 | 1 | | Doug Wycoff, NYG | 51 | 133 | 2.6 | 1 | | Izzy Yablock, BRK/SI | 48 | 132 | 2.8 | 0 | | Father Lumpkin, POR | 49 | 129 | 2.6 | 1 | | Hap Moran, NYG | 47 | 125 | 2.7 | 2 | | Lee Woodruff, PRV | 36 | 120 | 3.3 | 4 | | Bunny Belden, CHC | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 2 | | Chief McLain, POR/SI | 58 | 108 | 1.9 | 0 | | Paul Franklin, CHI | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 1 | | Stumpy Thomason, BRK | 35 | 100 | 2.9 | 0 | | Dale Burnett, NYG | 33 | 90 | 2.7 | 1 | | Joe Vance, BRK | 26 | 82 | 3.2 | 2 | | Gene Rose, CHC | 26 | 79 | 3.0 | 1 | | Walter Holmer, CHC | 25 | 70 | 2.8 | 0 | | Laurie Walquist, CHI | 25 | 68 | 2.7 | 0 | | Ray Novotny, CLE | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 0 | | Bud Edwards, CHI/PRV | 20 | 57 | 2.9 | 0 | | Bullet Baker, SI | 27 | 51 | 1.9 | 0 | | Swede Hanson, BRK | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 0 | | Butch Meeker, PRV | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | | Les Hart, SI | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 0 | | Mickey MacDonnell, FRA | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | | Paul Fitzgibbon, GB | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | | Sky August, PRV | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | | Roger Grove, GB | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | | Bill Glassgow, CHC | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 0 | | Mort Kaer, FRA | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 0 | | Hinkey Haines, SI | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | | Hoot Haines, BRK/SI | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | | Len Sedbrook, NYG | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 2 | | Lew Pope, PRV | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | | Bill Davenport, GB | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | | Royce Goodbread, PRV | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | | Chuck Weimer, CLE | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | | Warner Mizell, BRK/FRA | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | | Bill Senn, CHI/BRK | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | | Irv Hill, CHC | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | | Mack Flenniken, NYG | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 1 | | Mally Nydall, FRA | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Arnie Herber, GB | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 1 | | Hoge Workman, CLE | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | | Tiny Feather, SI/NYG | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 0 | | Leo Jensvold, CHI/CLE | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | | Algy Clark, CLE | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 1 | | Johnny Scalzi, BRK | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | | Carl Pignatelli, CLE | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | | Swede Johnston, GB | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Pop Williams, PRV | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | | Herb Titmas, PRV | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Megs Apsit, FRA/BRK | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Tommy Dowler, BRK | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | | Curly Oden, PRV | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Dave Mishel, CLE | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | | Jim Pederson, FRA | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | | Jim Mooney, BRK | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Doc Elliott, CLE | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Red Dunn, GB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Les Malloy, CHC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Beryl Follet, SI | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | | Frank Kirkleski, BRK | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Frosty Peters, BRK | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Bill Boyd, CHC | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Howie Kriss, CLE | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 |
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