1940 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1940 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Johnny Drake led all running backs in rushing yards in 1940, with 480. Dick Todd led in yards per carry (5.37), receiving yards (402), receiving touchdowns (4) and yards from scrimmage (810). Jimmy Johnston led in receptions (29), yards per reception (12.07) and receiving yards per game (31.8).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Johnny Drake 480
- 2 Tuffy Leemans 474
- 3 Banks McFadden 411
- 4 Dick Todd 408
- 5 Clarke Hinkle 383
- 6 Joe Maniaci 368
- 7 Marshall Goldberg 325
- 8 Gary Famiglietti 320
- 9 Pug Manders 311
- 10 Howie Weiss 298
- 1 Johnny Drake 9
- 2 Pug Manders 5
- 3 Gary Famiglietti 4
- 3 Dick Riffle 4
- 3 Dick Todd 4
- 3 Cecil Isbell 4
- 3 Bob Seymour 4
- 8 Jimmy Johnston 3
- 8 Howie Weiss 3
- 8 Bill Osmanski 3
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Dick Todd 5.37
- 2 Banks McFadden 4.84
- 3 Joe Maniaci 4.38
- 4 Pug Manders 3.89
- 5 Andy Uram 3.80
- 6 Howie Weiss 3.77
- 7 Marshall Goldberg 3.74
- 8 Walt Nielsen 3.68
- 9 Tuffy Leemans 3.59
- 10 Johnny Drake 3.58
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Johnny Drake 134
- 2 Tuffy Leemans 132
- 3 Clarke Hinkle 109
- 4 Cecil Isbell 97
- 5 Gary Famiglietti 93
- 6 Marshall Goldberg 87
- 6 Jimmy Johnston 87
- 8 Banks McFadden 85
- 9 Joe Maniaci 84
- 10 Dick Riffle 81
- 1 Tuffy Leemans 47.4
- 2 Johnny Drake 43.6
- 3 Clarke Hinkle 38.3
- 4 Banks McFadden 37.4
- 5 Dick Todd 37.1
- 6 Joe Maniaci 33.5
- 7 Walt Nielsen 29.9
- 8 Marshall Goldberg 29.5
- 9 Gary Famiglietti 29.1
- 10 Pug Manders 28.3
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Dick Todd 402
- 2 Jimmy Johnston 350
- 3 Lloyd Cardwell 349
- 4 Andy Uram 188
- 5 Ed Justice 170
- 6 Olie Cordill 158
- 7 Lou Tomasetti 129
- 8 Rhoten Shetley 126
- 9 Lee Shaffer 121
- 10 Dante Magnani 119
Receptions
REC- 1 Jimmy Johnston 29
- 2 Dick Todd 20
- 2 Lloyd Cardwell 20
- 4 Lee Shaffer 15
- 4 Ed Justice 15
- 6 Olie Cordill 14
- 7 Dante Magnani 11
- 8 Andy Uram 10
- 9 Banks McFadden 9
- 9 George Cafego 9
- 1 Dick Todd 4
- 2 Jimmy Johnston 3
- 3 Johnny Hall 2
- 3 Banks McFadden 2
- 3 Lee Shaffer 2
- 3 Andy Uram 2
- 3 Olie Cordill 2
- 3 Ed Justice 2
- 9 Frank Emmons 1
- 9 Marshall Goldberg 1
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Dick Todd 810
- 2 Jimmy Johnston 606
- 3 Johnny Drake 561
- 4 Lloyd Cardwell 535
- 5 Banks McFadden 508
- 6 Tuffy Leemans 474
- 7 Andy Uram 458
- 8 Clarke Hinkle 411
- 9 Lou Tomasetti 375
- 10 Joe Maniaci 363