| 1949 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Steve Van Buren, PHI | 263 | 1146 | 4.4 | 11 | | Tony Canadeo, GB | 208 | 1052 | 5.1 | 4 | | Elmer Angsman, CHC | 125 | 674 | 5.4 | 6 | | Choo-Choo Roberts, NYG | 152 | 634 | 4.2 | 9 | | Jerry Nuzum, PIT | 139 | 611 | 4.4 | 5 | | Dick Hoerner, LAM | 155 | 582 | 3.8 | 6 | | Charlie Trippi, CHC | 112 | 553 | 4.9 | 3 | | Joe Geri, PIT | 133 | 543 | 4.1 | 5 | | Bosh Pritchard, PHI | 84 | 506 | 6.0 | 3 | | George Gulyanics, CHI | 102 | 452 | 4.4 | 5 | | Pat Harder, CHC | 106 | 447 | 4.2 | 7 | | George Papach, PIT | 99 | 407 | 4.1 | 0 | | Bill Dudley, DET | 125 | 402 | 3.2 | 3 | | Julie Rykovich, CHI | 88 | 340 | 3.9 | 6 | | Joe Osmanski, CHI/NYB | 81 | 312 | 3.9 | 2 | | Crazy Legs Hirsch, LAM | 68 | 287 | 4.2 | 2 | | Frank Ziegler, PHI | 84 | 283 | 3.4 | 1 | | Rob Goode, WAS | 61 | 261 | 4.3 | 2 | | Pete Stout, WAS | 62 | 245 | 4.0 | 4 | | Joe Golding, NYB | 63 | 240 | 3.8 | 0 | | Harry Dowda, WAS | 65 | 239 | 3.7 | 2 | | Jim Parmer, PHI | 66 | 234 | 3.5 | 5 | | Bobby Gage, PIT | 46 | 228 | 5.0 | 3 | | Ted Fritsch, GB | 69 | 227 | 3.3 | 1 | | Joe Scott, NYG | 70 | 224 | 3.2 | 6 | | Camp Wilson, DET | 68 | 222 | 3.3 | 1 | | Wally Triplett, DET | 53 | 221 | 4.2 | 1 | | Tommy Kalmanir, LAM | 29 | 218 | 7.5 | 1 | | John Hoffman, CHI | 53 | 216 | 4.1 | 1 | | Fred Gehrke, LAM | 58 | 203 | 3.5 | 3 | | Jug Girard, GB | 45 | 198 | 4.4 | 1 | | Bobby Layne, NYB | 54 | 196 | 3.6 | 3 | | Walt Schlinkman, GB | 47 | 196 | 4.2 | 0 | | Clyde Scott, PHI | 40 | 195 | 4.9 | 1 | | Tank Younger, LAM | 52 | 191 | 3.7 | 0 | | Bob Greenhalgh, NYG | 62 | 188 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jack Myers, PHI | 48 | 182 | 3.8 | 1 | | Wally Dreyer, CHI | 45 | 172 | 3.8 | 0 | | Eddie Saenz, WAS | 53 | 170 | 3.2 | 0 | | Harry Gilmer, WAS | 31 | 167 | 5.4 | 0 | | Don Samuel, PIT | 39 | 163 | 4.2 | 1 | | Bob Smith, DET | 33 | 162 | 4.9 | 0 | | George McAfee, CHI | 42 | 161 | 3.8 | 3 | | Bebe Dimancheff, CHC | 38 | 151 | 4.0 | 3 | | Ed Quirk, WAS | 40 | 139 | 3.5 | 1 | | Bob Forte, GB | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 0 | | Jim Finks, PIT | 35 | 135 | 3.9 | 1 | | Leon Cochran, WAS | 34 | 135 | 4.0 | 1 | | Fred Enke, DET | 36 | 134 | 3.7 | 1 | | Paul Shoults, NYB | 46 | 124 | 2.7 | 0 | | Phil Slosburg, NYB | 37 | 121 | 3.3 | 1 | | Don Kindt, CHI | 41 | 118 | 2.9 | 0 | | Vitamin Smith, LAM | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 2 | | J.R. Boone, CHI | 35 | 111 | 3.2 | 0 | | Jack Salscheider, NYG | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 0 | | Jerry Williams, LAM | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 3 | | Bob Summerhays, GB | 29 | 101 | 3.5 | 0 | | Vinnie Yablonski, CHC | 32 | 97 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jerry Shipkey, PIT | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 5 | | Jim Canady, CHI/NYB | 23 | 91 | 4.0 | 0 | | Red Cochran, CHC | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 1 | | Tommy Mont, WAS | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 | | Clete Fischer, NYG | 26 | 72 | 2.8 | 0 | | Sammy Baugh, WAS | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 2 | | Dan Sandifer, WAS | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 0 | | Johnny Lujack, CHI | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 2 | | Cloyce Box, DET | 30 | 62 | 2.1 | 0 | | Dante Magnani, CHI | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 0 | | Clyde LeForce, DET | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 1 | | Ray Coates, NYG | 27 | 55 | 2.0 | 0 | | Ralph Earhart, GB | 20 | 54 | 2.7 | 0 | | Bob Cifers, GB | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 0 | | Vic Schwall, CHC | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | | Bus Mertes, NYG | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 0 | | Johnny Rauch, NYB | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 0 | | Joe Sulaitis, NYG | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | | John Panelli, DET | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | | Dean Sensanbaugher, NYB | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 1 | | Frank Tripucka, DET | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 1 | | John Hollar, DET/WAS | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 1 | | Paul Christman, CHC | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | | Gerry Cowhig, LAM | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 1 | | Frank Nelson, NYB | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | | Ed Cody, CHI | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | | Stan Heath, GB | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 1 | | Don Doll, DET | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 1 | | Ed Smith, GB/NYB | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | | Jim Wade, NYB | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | | Joe Muha, PHI | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Tommy Thompson, PHI | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 2 | | Bill Mackrides, PHI | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 1 | | Clarence Self, CHC | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | | Joe Hollingsworth, PIT | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | | Bob Hanlon, PIT | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | | Frank Muehlheuser, NYB | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 1 | | Mal Kutner, CHC | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | | George Blanda, CHI | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | | Bob Ravensburg, CHC | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Bob Agler, LAM | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | | Jim Hardy, CHC | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | | Jack Kirby, GB | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bill Long, PIT | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | | Russ Craft, PHI | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | | Dick Poillon, WAS | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | | Pat McHugh, PHI | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Ed Sprinkle, CHI | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Frank Minini, PIT | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bob Perina, CHI | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | | Sid Luckman, CHI | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | | Bob DeMoss, NYB | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | | Howie Livingston, WAS | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Mel Groomes, DET | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Norm Van Brocklin, LAM | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | Ray Mallouf, NYG | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Ben Kish, PHI | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Noah Mullins, NYG | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Tom Fears, LAM | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Jim Peebles, WAS | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Bob Waterfield, LAM | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 1 | | Ralph Heywood, NYB | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | | Joe Glamp, PIT | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 |
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