1940 Rushing Yards Leaders
Yards gained rushing
| # | Player | Team | G | ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | 1D | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whizzer White | DET | 11 | 146 | 514 | 3.52 | 5 | — | — |
| 2 | Johnny Drake | CLR | 11 | 134 | 480 | 3.58 | 9 | — | — |
| 3 |
 Tuffy Leemans
|
NYG | 10 | 132 | 474 | 3.59 | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | Banks McFadden | BRO | 11 | 85 | 411 | 4.84 | 1 | — | — |
| 5 |
 Dick Todd
|
WAS | 11 | 76 | 408 | 5.37 | 4 | — | — |
| 6 | Clarke Hinkle | GB | 10 | 109 | 383 | 3.51 | 2 | — | — |
| 7 |
 Ray Nolting
|
CHI | 11 | 78 | 373 | 4.78 | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | Joe Maniaci | CHI | 11 | 84 | 368 | 4.38 | 2 | — | — |
| 9 | Parker Hall | CLR | 11 | 94 | 365 | 3.88 | 1 | — | — |
| 10 |
 Marshall Goldberg
|
CHC | 11 | 87 | 325 | 3.74 | 2 | — | — |
| 11 | Gary Famiglietti | CHI | 11 | 93 | 320 | 3.44 | 4 | — | — |
| 12 | Pug Manders | BRO | 11 | 80 | 311 | 3.89 | 5 | — | — |
| 13 |
 Ace Parker
|
BRO | 11 | 89 | 306 | 3.44 | 2 | — | — |
| 14 | Howie Weiss | DET | 11 | 79 | 298 | 3.77 | 3 | — | — |
| 15 | Hugh McCullough | CHC | 11 | 57 | 278 | 4.88 | 3 | — | — |
| 16 | Andy Uram | GB | 11 | 71 | 270 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — |
| 17 | Cecil Isbell | GB | 10 | 97 | 270 | 2.78 | 4 | — | — |
| 18 | Walt Nielsen | NYG | 9 | 73 | 269 | 3.69 | 1 | — | — |
| 19 | Harry Clarke | CHI | 11 | 56 | 258 | 4.61 | 2 | — | — |
| 20 | Jimmy Johnston | WAS | 11 | 87 | 256 | 2.94 | 3 | — | — |
| 21 |
 George McAfee
|
CHI | 10 | 47 | 253 | 5.38 | 2 | — | — |
| 22 | Hank Soar | NYG | 11 | 80 | 246 | 3.08 | 1 | — | — |
| 23 | Lou Tomasetti | PIT | 10 | 68 | 246 | 3.62 | 1 | — | — |
| 24 | Dick Riffle | PHI | 11 | 81 | 238 | 2.94 | 4 | — | — |
| 25 | Dwight Sloan | DET | 11 | 58 | 225 | 3.88 | 0 | — | — |
| 26 |
 Sam Francis
|
BRO | 11 | 44 | 217 | 4.93 | 1 | — | — |
| 27 | George Kiick | PIT | 11 | 66 | 212 | 3.21 | 0 | — | — |
| 28 | Ed Jankowski | GB | 7 | 48 | 211 | 4.40 | 2 | — | — |
| 29 | Eddie Miller | NYG | 8 | 65 | 206 | 3.17 | 1 | — | — |
| 30 | Merl Condit | PIT | 10 | 52 | 205 | 3.94 | 0 | — | — |
| 31 | Bill Osmanski | CHI | 8 | 50 | 192 | 3.84 | 3 | — | — |
| 32 | Lloyd Cardwell | DET | 10 | 48 | 186 | 3.88 | 2 | — | — |
| 33 | Lloyd Madden | CHC | 9 | 29 | 186 | 6.41 | 2 | — | — |
| 34 | Billy Patterson | PIT | 11 | 87 | 171 | 1.97 | 0 | — | — |
| 35 | Bob Seymour | WAS | 9 | 57 | 170 | 2.98 | 4 | — | — |
| 36 | Hal Van Every | GB | 9 | 38 | 154 | 4.05 | 0 | — | — |
| 37 | Mario Tonelli | CHC | 9 | 51 | 148 | 2.90 | 1 | — | — |
| 38 | Milt Popovich | CHC | 10 | 41 | 138 | 3.37 | 0 | — | — |
| 39 | Marty Slovak | CLR | 9 | 53 | 129 | 2.43 | 1 | — | — |
| 40 | Len Barnum | NYG | 10 | 48 | 128 | 2.67 | 0 | — | — |
| 41 | Roy Zimmerman | WAS | 6 | 31 | 127 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — |
| 42 | Frank Filchock | WAS | 10 | 50 | 126 | 2.52 | 2 | — | — |
| 43 | Cotton Price | DET | 9 | 42 | 122 | 2.91 | 2 | — | — |
| 44 | Larry Buhler | GB | 7 | 36 | 118 | 3.28 | 0 | — | — |
| 45 | Jim Meade | WAS | 10 | 48 | 115 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — |
| 46 | Swede Johnston | PIT | 10 | 41 | 113 | 2.76 | 0 | — | — |
| 47 | George Cafego | BRO | 10 | 41 | 109 | 2.66 | 0 | — | — |
| 48 | Frank Balazs | GB | 7 | 25 | 107 | 4.28 | 1 | — | — |
| 49 | Elmer Hackney | PHI | 8 | 32 | 101 | 3.16 | 1 | — | — |
| 50 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 10 | 15 | 89 | 5.93 | 2 | — | — |
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