1936 NFL Rushing Yards Leaders
Yards gained rushing
Tuffy Leemans led the whole NFL in rushing yards in 1936 with 830, 3 ahead of Ace Gutowsky (827).
| # | Player | Team | G | ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | 1D | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Tuffy Leemans
|
NYG | 12 | 206 | 830 | 4.03 | 2 | — | — |
| 2 | Ace Gutowsky | DET | 12 | 191 | 827 | 4.33 | 6 | — | — |
| 3 |
 Dutch Clark
|
DET | 12 | 123 | 628 | 5.11 | 7 | — | — |
| 4 | Cliff Battles | BO3 | 11 | 176 | 614 | 3.49 | 5 | — | — |
| 5 | George Grosvenor | CHC | 10 | 170 | 612 | 3.60 | 4 | — | — |
| 6 | Ernie Caddel | DET | 11 | 91 | 580 | 6.37 | 4 | — | — |
| 7 |
 Bronko Nagurski
|
CHI | 11 | 122 | 529 | 4.34 | 3 | — | — |
| 8 | Bobby Wilson | BRO | 12 | 104 | 505 | 4.86 | 3 | — | — |
| 9 | Clarke Hinkle | GB | 12 | 100 | 476 | 4.76 | 5 | — | — |
| 10 | Kink Richards | NYG | 11 | 114 | 421 | 3.69 | 1 | — | — |
| 11 | Pug Rentner | BO3 | 12 | 95 | 404 | 4.25 | 1 | — | — |
| 12 | Swede Hanson | PHI | 12 | 119 | 359 | 3.02 | 1 | — | — |
| 13 |
 Ray Nolting
|
CHI | 11 | 76 | 352 | 4.63 | 0 | — | — |
| 14 | Beattie Feathers | CHI | 12 | 97 | 350 | 3.61 | 2 | — | — |
| 15 | Stumpy Thomason | PHI | 12 | 109 | 333 | 3.06 | 0 | — | — |
| 16 | Warren Heller | PIT | 12 | 106 | 332 | 3.13 | 0 | — | — |
| 17 | Dave Smukler | PHI | 10 | 99 | 321 | 3.24 | 0 | — | — |
| 18 |
 George Sauer
|
GB | 9 | 94 | 305 | 3.25 | 3 | — | — |
| 19 | Joe Laws | GB | 11 | 50 | 296 | 5.92 | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | Bill Shepherd | DET | 12 | 74 | 292 | 3.95 | 1 | — | — |
| 21 | Ike Peterson | DET | 11 | 41 | 278 | 6.78 | 3 | — | — |
| 22 | Keith Molesworth | CHI | 11 | 60 | 276 | 4.60 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | Bull Karcis | PIT | 12 | 89 | 272 | 3.06 | 2 | — | — |
| 24 | Ralph Kercheval | BRO | 12 | 66 | 261 | 3.96 | 2 | — | — |
| 25 | Ed Danowski | NYG | 12 | 91 | 259 | 2.85 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 | Paul Miller | GB | 12 | 52 | 227 | 4.37 | 1 | — | — |
| 27 | Bob Monnett | GB | 12 | 104 | 224 | 2.15 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | John Kusko | PHI | 12 | 49 | 209 | 4.27 | 1 | — | — |
| 29 |
 Jack Manders
|
CHI | 12 | 63 | 207 | 3.29 | 4 | — | — |
| 30 | Dick Crayne | BRO | 12 | 64 | 203 | 3.17 | 1 | — | — |
| 31 | Glenn Presnell | DET | 12 | 48 | 201 | 4.19 | 1 | — | — |
| 32 | Al Nichelini | CHC | 12 | 55 | 189 | 3.44 | 0 | — | — |
| 33 |
 Gene Ronzani
|
CHI | 10 | 37 | 186 | 5.03 | 0 | — | — |
| 34 | Eddie Britt | BO3 | 10 | 72 | 180 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — |
| 35 | Art Strutt | PIT | 10 | 84 | 180 | 2.14 | 1 | — | — |
| 36 | Clarence Kellogg | CHC | 12 | 66 | 164 | 2.49 | 0 | — | — |
| 37 | Johnny Sisk | CHI | 10 | 41 | 163 | 3.98 | 0 | — | — |
| 38 | Mule Dowell | CHC | 10 | 54 | 151 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — |
| 39 | Tony Sarausky | NYG | 11 | 32 | 150 | 4.69 | 1 | — | — |
| 40 | Swede Johnston | GB | 9 | 42 | 110 | 2.62 | 1 | — | — |
| 41 |
 Phil Sarboe
|
CHC | 11 | 83 | 103 | 1.24 | 0 | — | — |
| 42 | Hal Pangle | CHC | 12 | 38 | 101 | 2.66 | 1 | — | — |
| 43 | John Doehring | CHI | 6 | 18 | 101 | 5.61 | 0 | — | — |
| 44 | Max Fiske | PIT | 11 | 58 | 92 | 1.59 | 0 | — | — |
| 45 | Tilly Manton | NYG | 12 | 30 | 86 | 2.87 | 0 | — | — |
| 46 | Jimmy Lawrence | CHC | 7 | 26 | 84 | 3.23 | 0 | — | — |
| 47 | Ernie Pinckert | BO3 | 12 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 | 0 | — | — |
| 48 | Pug Vaughan | CHC | 12 | 67 | 79 | 1.18 | 0 | — | — |
| 49 | Don Irwin | BO3 | 2 | 17 | 78 | 4.59 | 2 | — | — |
| 50 | Don Jackson | PHI | 10 | 46 | 76 | 1.65 | 0 | — | — |
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