1956 NFL Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

Frank Gifford led the whole NFL in yards from scrimmage in 1956 with 1,422, 93 ahead of Rick Casares (1,329).

Led the whole NFL in 1956 Frank Gifford NYG

1,422 Yards from Scrimmage 93 clear of Rick Casares

Showing Yards from Scrimmage and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	YScm	G	REC	YDS	TD
1	Frank Gifford	NYG	1,422	12	51	603	4
2	Rick Casares	CHI	1,329	12	23	203	2
3	Billy Howton	GB	1,188	12	55	1,188	12
4	Harlon Hill	CHI	1,152	12	47	1,128	11
5	Ollie Matson	CHC	1,123	12	15	199	2
6	Hugh McElhenny	SF	1,109	12	16	193	0
7	Alan Ameche	BAC	1,047	12	26	189	0
8	Alex Webster	NYG	891	12	21	197	3
9	Billy Wilson	SF	889	12	60	889	5
10	Preston Carpenter	CLE	880	12	16	124	0
11	TY Tank Younger	LAN	786	12	18	268	0
12	Johnny Olszewski	CHC	780	11	17	182	0
13	Lenny Moore	BAC	751	12	11	102	1
14	Jim Mutscheller	BAC	715	12	44	715	6
15	Leon Clarke	LAN	650	12	36	650	4
16	LE Leo Elter	WAS	643	12	11	99	0
17	Joe Perry	SF	624	11	18	104	0
18	GG Gene Gedman	DET	621	12	15	142	1
19	RW Ron Waller	LAN	619	9	9	76	0
20	DM Dave Middleton	DET	615	12	39	606	5
21	Dorne Dibble	DET	605	12	32	597	2
22	Elroy Hirsch	LAN	603	12	35	603	6
23	Raymond Berry	BAC	601	12	37	601	2
24	Bobby Walston	PHI	590	12	39	590	3
25	HF Howie Ferguson	GB	581	11	22	214	0
26	Bob Boyd	LAN	579	12	30	586	7
27	Fran Rogel	PIT	564	12	23	88	0
28	MT Mel Triplett	NYG	563	12	6	48	1
29	Tommy Wilson	LAN	556	12	6	86	0
30	Ray Mathews	PIT	529	12	31	540	5
31	JC John Carson	WAS	504	12	39	504	3
32	Howard Cassady	DET	496	12	9	83	0
33	Ken Keller	PHI	469	11	7	36	0
34	Leon Hart	DET	464	11	14	116	1
35	EM Ed Modzelewski	CLE	458	8	10	27	0
36	Jim Doran	DET	448	11	25	448	0
37	DM Don McIlhenny	DET	442	9	8	70	2
38	DS Don Schaefer	PHI	437	12	13	117	0
39	SW Sid Watson	PIT	436	12	12	138	0
40	Fred Cone	GB	429	12	12	218	2
41	GK Gary Knafelc	GB	418	12	30	418	6
42	Pete Brewster	CLE	417	12	28	417	1
43	Kyle Rote	NYG	410	12	28	405	4
44	Dick James	WAS	407	10	7	127	2
45	Tobin Rote	GB	398	12	0	0	0
46	L.G. Dupre	BAC	398	11	16	216	2
47	Steve Meilinger	WAS	395	12	24	395	5
48	BV Billy Vessels	BAC	392	12	11	177	1
49	John Johnson	SF	391	12	8	90	0
50	TR Tommy Runnels	WAS	390	11	6	56	1

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