1934 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1934 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Swede Hanson led all running backs in rushing yards in 1934, with 805. Dutch Clark led in rushing touchdowns (8), yards per carry (6.20) and yards from scrimmage (835). Swede Hanson also led in rushing yards per game (73.2).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Swede Hanson 805
- 2 Dutch Clark 763
- 3 Bronko Nagurski 586
- 4 Ernie Caddel 528
- 4 Warren Heller 528
- 6 Ace Gutowsky 517
- 7 Harry Newman 483
- 8 Cliff Battles 480
- 9 Ken Strong 431
- 10 Glenn Presnell 413
- 1 Dutch Clark 8
- 2 Bronko Nagurski 7
- 2 Glenn Presnell 7
- 2 Swede Hanson 7
- 5 Ken Strong 6
- 5 Cliff Battles 6
- 7 Ace Gutowsky 5
- 8 Ernie Caddel 4
- 9 Mike Mikulak 3
- 9 Harry Newman 3
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Dutch Clark 6.20
- 2 Swede Hanson 5.51
- 3 Doug Russell 5.43
- 4 Ernie Caddel 5.03
- 5 Cliff Battles 5.00
- 6 Bronko Nagurski 4.76
- 7 Mike Mikulak 4.16
- 8 Warren Heller 4.00
- 9 Swede Ellstrom 3.89
- 10 Glenn Presnell 3.82
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Ace Gutowsky 146
- 1 Swede Hanson 146
- 3 Clarke Hinkle 144
- 4 Harry Newman 141
- 5 Ken Strong 138
- 6 Warren Heller 132
- 7 Bronko Nagurski 123
- 7 Dutch Clark 123
- 9 Glenn Presnell 108
- 10 Doug Wycoff 106
- 1 Swede Hanson 73.2
- 2 Dutch Clark 63.6
- 3 Harry Newman 48.3
- 4 Bronko Nagurski 45.1
- 5 Ernie Caddel 44.0
- 5 Warren Heller 44.0
- 7 Cliff Battles 40.0
- 8 Ace Gutowsky 39.8
- 9 Doug Russell 37.0
- 10 Ken Strong 33.2
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Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Ralph Kercheval 166
- 1 Dale Burnett 166
- 3 Joe Laws 165
- 4 Ernie Caddel 127
- 5 Roger Grove 125
- 6 Red Kirkman 114
- 7 Clarke Hinkle 113
- 8 Hank Bruder 104
- 9 Warren Heller 96
- 10 Cliff Battles 95
Receptions
REC- 1 Clarke Hinkle 11
- 2 Dale Burnett 10
- 3 Joe Laws 9
- 3 Ernie Caddel 9
- 5 Ralph Kercheval 8
- 5 Red Kirkman 8
- 7 Hank Bruder 7
- 7 Ken Strong 7
- 9 Dutch Clark 6
- 9 Warren Heller 6
- 1 Ralph Kercheval 3
- 1 Roger Grove 3
- 3 Dale Burnett 2
- 4 Hank Bruder 1
- 4 Joe Laws 1
- 4 Cliff Battles 1
- 4 Ernie Caddel 1
- 4 Clarke Hinkle 1
- 4 Ed Matesic 1
- 4 Red Kirkman 1
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Dutch Clark 835
- 2 Swede Hanson 827
- 3 Ernie Caddel 655
- 4 Warren Heller 624
- 5 Bronko Nagurski 618
- 6 Cliff Battles 575
- 7 Harry Newman 538
- 8 Ace Gutowsky 517
- 9 Ken Strong 483
- 10 Clarke Hinkle 472