| 1940 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Whizzer White, DET | 146 | 514 | 3.5 | 5 | | Johnny Drake, CLE | 134 | 480 | 3.6 | 9 | | Tuffy Leemans, NYG | 132 | 474 | 3.6 | 1 | | Banks McFadden, BRK | 85 | 411 | 4.8 | 1 | | Dick Todd, WAS | 76 | 408 | 5.4 | 4 | | Clarke Hinkle, GB | 109 | 383 | 3.5 | 2 | | Ray Nolting, CHI | 78 | 373 | 4.8 | 1 | | Joe Maniaci, CHI | 84 | 368 | 4.4 | 2 | | Parker Hall, CLE | 94 | 365 | 3.9 | 1 | | Marshall Goldberg, CHC | 87 | 325 | 3.7 | 2 | | Gary Famiglietti, CHI | 93 | 320 | 3.4 | 4 | | Pug Manders, BRK | 80 | 311 | 3.9 | 5 | | Ace Parker, BRK | 89 | 306 | 3.4 | 2 | | Howie Weiss, DET | 79 | 298 | 3.8 | 3 | | Hugh McCullough, CHC | 57 | 278 | 4.9 | 3 | | Cecil Isbell, GB | 97 | 270 | 2.8 | 4 | | Andy Uram, GB | 71 | 270 | 3.8 | 1 | | Walt Nielsen, NYG | 73 | 269 | 3.7 | 1 | | Harry Clark, CHI | 56 | 258 | 4.6 | 2 | | Jimmy Johnston, WAS | 87 | 256 | 2.9 | 3 | | George McAfee, CHI | 47 | 253 | 5.4 | 2 | | Hank Soar, NYG | 80 | 246 | 3.1 | 1 | | Lou Tomasetti, PIT | 68 | 246 | 3.6 | 1 | | Dick Riffle, PHI | 81 | 238 | 2.9 | 4 | | Dwight Sloan, DET | 58 | 225 | 3.9 | 0 | | Sam Francis, BRK | 44 | 217 | 4.9 | 1 | | George Kiick, PIT | 66 | 212 | 3.2 | 0 | | Ed Jankowski, GB | 48 | 211 | 4.4 | 2 | | Eddie Miller, NYG | 65 | 206 | 3.2 | 1 | | Merl Condit, PIT | 52 | 205 | 3.9 | 0 | | Bill Osmanski, CHI | 50 | 192 | 3.8 | 3 | | Lloyd Cardwell, DET | 48 | 186 | 3.9 | 2 | | Lloyd Madden, CHC | 29 | 186 | 6.4 | 2 | | Billy Patterson, PIT | 87 | 171 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bob Seymour, WAS | 57 | 170 | 3.0 | 4 | | Hal Van Every, GB | 38 | 154 | 4.1 | 0 | | Mario Tonelli, CHC | 51 | 148 | 2.9 | 1 | | Milt Popovich, CHC | 41 | 138 | 3.4 | 0 | | Marty Slovak, CLE | 53 | 129 | 2.4 | 1 | | Len Barnum, NYG | 48 | 128 | 2.7 | 0 | | Roy Zimmerman, WAS | 31 | 127 | 4.1 | 0 | | Frankie Filchock, WAS | 50 | 126 | 2.5 | 2 | | Cotton Price, DET | 42 | 122 | 2.9 | 2 | | Larry Buhler, GB | 36 | 118 | 3.3 | 0 | | Jim Meade, WAS | 48 | 115 | 2.4 | 0 | | Swede Johnston, PIT | 41 | 113 | 2.8 | 0 | | George Cafego, BRK | 41 | 109 | 2.7 | 0 | | Frank Balasz, GB | 25 | 107 | 4.3 | 1 | | Elmer Hackney, PHI | 32 | 101 | 3.2 | 1 | | Wilbur Moore, WAS | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 2 | | Johnny Hall, CHC | 41 | 88 | 2.1 | 1 | | Ward Cuff, NYG | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 1 | | Dick Cassiano, BRK | 35 | 84 | 2.4 | 0 | | Boyd Brumbaugh, PIT | 32 | 79 | 2.5 | 0 | | Frank Emmons, PHI | 29 | 77 | 2.7 | 1 | | John Cole, PHI | 26 | 75 | 2.9 | 0 | | Olie Cordill, CLE | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 0 | | Marty Christiansen, CHC | 32 | 71 | 2.2 | 1 | | Bob Swisher, CHI | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | | Bill Shepherd, DET | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 0 | | Lou Brock, GB | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 0 | | Bill Leckonby, BRK | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 0 | | Joe Bukant, PHI | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 1 | | Len Janiak, CLE | 19 | 44 | 2.3 | 0 | | Rip Ryan, DET | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 0 | | Tommy Thompson, PIT | 40 | 39 | 1.0 | 0 | | Ed Justice, WAS | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | | Coley McDonough, PIT | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 1 | | Bob Kellogg, CHC | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | | Wayne Millner, WAS | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | | Rhoten Shetley, BRK | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | | Joe Laws, GB | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | | Max Krause, WAS | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | | Kay Eakin, NYG | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 0 | | Jack Manders, CHI | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | | Leland Shaffer, NYG | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | | Ralph Kercheval, BRK | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | | Dante Magnani, CLE | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | | Beattie Feathers, GB | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | | Gaylon Smith, CLE | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 0 | | Gus Tinsley, CHC | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Sammy Baugh, WAS | 20 | 16 | 0.8 | 0 | | Bert Johnson, CHC | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | | Bob Snyder, CHI | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | | Ray McLean, CHI | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 1 | | Solly Sherman, CHI | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | | Al Owen, NYG | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Beryl Clark, CHC | 39 | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | | Grenny Lansdell, NYG | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | | Jay Arnold, PHI | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Larry Craig, GB | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Dom Principe, NYG | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | | Buddy Parker, CHC | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 1 | | Franny Murray, PHI | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | | Bob Hoffman, WAS | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | | Theodore Schmitt, PHI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Frank Zadworney, BRK | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Paul McDonough, CLE | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Jack Haman, CLE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Hank Rockwell, CLE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bob Adkins, GB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Paul Moore, DET | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | John Noppenberg, PIT | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bob Nowaskey, CHI | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Elwyn Dunstan, CLE | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Mike Rodak, CLE | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Ray Hare, WAS | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Waddy Young, BRK | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jim Gillette, CLE | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Lou Zontini, CHC | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Bill Fisk, DET | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Stillman Rouse, DET | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bob Masterson, WAS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Jim Benton, CLE | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Maury Patt, CLE | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Jack Morlock, DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Andy Farkas, WAS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Fred Vanzo, DET | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Les McDonald, PHI/DET | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Joe Carter, PHI | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Don Looney, PHI | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | | Ken Heineman, CLE | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | | Bernie Masterson, CHI | 10 | -7 | -0.7 | 1 | | Arnie Herber, GB | 6 | -23 | -3.8 | 0 | | Sid Luckman, CHI | 23 | -65 | -2.8 | 0 | | Foster Watkins, PHI | 14 | -76 | -5.4 | 0 | | Davey O'Brien, PHI | 100 | -180 | -1.8 | 1 |
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