1957 NFL Rushing

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League Champion: Detroit Lions

AP MVP: Jim Brown

AP Rookie of the Year: Jim Brown

Passing Leader: Johnny Unitas, 2550 Yds

Rushing Leader: Jim Brown, 942 Yds

Receiving Leader: Raymond Berry, 800 Yds

Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing Table
					Games		Rushing
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
1	Rick Casares*	CHI	26	FB	12	12	204	700	6	25	3.4	58.3	2
2	Jim Brown*+	CLE	21	FB	12	12	202	942	9	69	4.7	78.5	7
3	Don Bosseler	WAS	21	FB	12	10	167	673	7	28	4.0	56.1	3
4	Billy Wells	2TM	26	HB-RH	11	8	154	532	0	51	3.5	48.4	8
5	Alan Ameche*	BAL	24	FB	12	12	144	493	5	49	3.4	41.1	3
6	Billy Ray Barnes*	PHI	22	LH	12	12	143	529	1	41	3.7	44.1	8
7	Frank Gifford*+	NYG	27	LH	12	12	136	528	5	41	3.9	44.0	9
8	Alex Webster	NYG	26	RH	11	10	135	478	5	34	3.5	43.5	5
9	Ollie Matson*+	CRD	27	LH	12	11	134	577	6	56	4.3	48.1	6
10	John Henry Johnson	DET	28	FB	12	10	129	621	5	62	4.8	51.8	9
11	Willie Galimore	CHI	22	LH	12	12	127	538	5	67	4.2	44.8	6
12	Tommy Wilson*	RAM	25	LH	11	7	127	616	3	46	4.9	56.0	6
13	Chet Hanulak	CLE	24	LH	12	8	125	375	3	64	3.0	31.3	1
14	Clarence Peaks	PHI	22	FB	12	12	125	495	1	35	4.0	41.3	5
15	Jim Podoley*	WAS	24	RH	12	12	114	442	2	33	3.9	36.8	5
16	Ed Sutton	WAS	22	LH	12	8	108	407	5	31	3.8	33.9	6
17	Joe Marconi	RAM	23	FB	10	3	104	481	3	31	4.6	48.1	1
18	Gene Babb	SFO	23	FB	12	9	102	330	3	19	3.2	27.5	4
19	Hugh McElhenny*	SFO	29	LH	12	10	102	478	1	61	4.7	39.8	8
20	L.G. Dupre	BAL	25	LH	12	11	101	375	2	22	3.7	31.3	1
21	Don McIlhenny	GNB	23	LH	12	7	100	384	1	40	3.8	32.0	4
22	Lenny Moore	BAL	24	RH	12	12	98	488	3	55	5.0	40.7	6
23	Joe Perry	SFO	30	FB	10	5	97	454	3	34	4.7	45.4	3
24	Tank Younger	RAM	29	FB	12	9	96	401	3	29	4.2	33.4	2
25	Jon Arnett*	RAM	22	LH	12	9	86	347	2	68	4.0	28.9	5
26	Lew Carpenter	CLE	25	LH	10	4	83	315	4	55	3.8	31.5	3
27	Johnny Olszewski	CRD	27	FB	11	11	83	271	2	38	3.3	24.6	5
28	Howard Cassady	DET	23	RH	12	6	73	250	3	57	3.4	20.8	3
29	Tobin Rote	DET	29	QB	12	5	70	366	1	23	5.2	30.5	6
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
30	Fran Rogel	PIT	30	FB	12	10	68	232	1	23	3.4	19.3	1
31	Gene Gedman	DET	25	LH	10	10	67	278	3	59	4.1	27.8	1
32	Bobby Epps	NYG	25	FB	12	9	63	286	0	55	4.5	23.8	1
33	Mel Triplett	NYG	26	FB	10	3	61	216	0	16	3.5	21.6	1
34	Paul Hornung	GNB	22	FB	12	7	60	319	3	72	5.3	26.6	2
35	Howie Ferguson	GNB	27	FB	12	5	59	216	1	40	3.7	18.0	2
36	Ken Keller	PHI	23	HB	12	1	57	195	0	15	3.4	16.3	3
37	Bobby Watkins	CHI	25	HB	12	2	57	212	1	19	3.7	17.7	2
38	Dick Young	PIT	27	HB	11	3	56	153	2	14	2.7	13.9	1
39	Fred Cone	GNB	31	FB	12	3	53	135	2	26	2.5	11.3	2
40	Ron Waller	RAM	24	HB	11	3	48	292	0	76	6.1	26.5	4
41	Leo Elter	WAS	28	FB	12	5	45	211	2	22	4.7	17.6	2
42	Johnny Unitas*	BAL	24	QB	12	12	42	171	1	24	4.1	14.3	7
43	Neil Worden	PHI	26	FB	12	2	42	133	0	17	3.2	11.1	0
44	Joe Childress	CRD	24	FB	12	1	41	168	1	39	4.1	14.0	3
45	Earl Morrall*	PIT	23	QB	12	11	41	81	2	35	2.0	6.8	12
46	Y.A. Tittle*+	SFO	31	QB	12	11	40	220	6	45	5.5	18.3	0
47	Al Carmichael	GNB	29	HB	12	4	37	118	1	10	3.2	9.8	3
48	Jack Call	BAL	22	HB	12	1	33	145	0	24	4.4	12.1	0
49	Ed Brown	CHI	29	QB	12	8	31	129	1	31	4.2	10.8	5
50	Bart Starr	GNB	23	QB	12	11	31	98	3	16	3.2	8.2	4
51	Mal Hammack	CRD	24	FB	12	1	30	158	0	17	5.3	13.2	1
52	Billy Reynolds	CLE	26	HB	12	0	29	57	1	8	2.0	4.8	2
53	Bill Bowman	PIT	26	FB	5	1	28	76	0	13	2.7	15.2	2
54	Milt Plum	CLE	22	QB	9	3	26	118	0	30	4.5	13.1	1
55	Lamar McHan	CRD	25	QB	12	12	25	82	2	18	3.3	6.8	1
56	Leon Hart	DET	29	FB	11	0	24	99	0	15	4.1	9.0	1
57	Bobby Layne	DET	31	QB	11	7	24	99	0	21	4.1	9.0	3
58	Babe Parilli	GNB	27	QB	12	1	24	83	2	20	3.5	6.9	3
59	Gene Filipski	NYG	26	HB	12	1	22	89	0	11	4.0	7.4	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
60	Dave Mann	CRD	25	RH	12	8	22	92	0	25	4.2	7.7	1
61	Larry Barnes	SFO	26	FB	12	1	20	78	0	16	3.9	6.5	2
62	Eddie LeBaron*	WAS	27	QB	12	12	20	-12	0	11	-0.6	-1.0	7
63	Tommy Runnels	WAS	23	HB	10	3	20	52	0	16	2.6	5.2	3
64	Dean Derby	PIT	22	DB	11	4	18	49	1	7	2.7	4.5	3
65	Al Dorow	PHI	28	QB	6	0	17	52	2	14	3.1	8.7	1
66	Jimmy Sears	CRD	26	HB	12	3	17	68	1	49	4.0	5.7	2
67	Tom Tracy	DET	23	FB	9	4	16	46	0	17	2.9	5.1	1
68	Charlie Conerly	NYG	36	QB	12	8	15	24	1	13	1.6	2.0	11
69	Bobby Thomason	PHI	29	QB	12	8	15	62	3	19	4.1	5.2	1
70	Tommy O'Connell*	CLE	27	QB	11	9	14	-5	1	7	-0.4	-0.5	0
71	Zeke Bratkowski	CHI	26	QB	12	4	12	83	0	24	6.9	6.9	3
72	Tommy McDonald	PHI	23	WR	12	3	12	36	0	22	3.0	3.0	5
73	Sid Watson	PIT	25	HB	11	0	12	21	0	12	1.8	1.9	2
74	Perry Jeter	CHI	26	HB	9	0	10	11	0	7	1.1	1.2	2
75	Sonny Jurgensen	PHI	23	QB	10	4	10	-3	2	8	-0.3	-0.3	0
76	Ed Modzelewski	CLE	28	FB	12	0	10	21	0	5	2.1	1.8	0
77	Norm Van Brocklin	RAM	31	QB	12	12	10	-4	4	3	-0.4	-0.3	4
78	Dicky Moegle	SFO	23	FS	12	10	9	48	1	18	5.3	4.0	0
79	Joe Scudero	WAS	27	FS/LDH	10	10	9	60	0	43	6.7	6.0	0
80	Rudy Bukich	WAS	27	QB	7	0	8	-2	0	16	-0.3	-0.3	1
81	Paul Larson	CRD	25	QB	5	0	8	12	0	8	1.5	2.4	0
82	Milt Campbell	CLE	24	HB	9	0	7	23	0	14	3.3	2.6	0
83	Dick James	WAS	23	DB	11	5	7	19	0	8	2.7	1.7	1
84	Royce Womble	BAL	26	E	10	1	7	18	0	7	2.6	1.8	0
85	Joe Arenas	SFO	32	HB	12	1	5	14	1	7	2.8	1.2	3
86	George Blanda	CHI	30	QB	12	0	5	-5	1	1	-1.0	-0.4	0
87	Ron Drzewiecki	CHI	24	HB	8	0	5	11	0	6	2.2	1.4	0
88	Max McGee	GNB	25	LE	12	9	5	40	0	24	8.0	3.3	0
89	Frank Purnell	GNB	24	FB	9	0	5	22	0	7	4.4	2.4	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
90	George Shaw	BAL	24	QB	7	0	5	30	1	11	6.0	4.3	0
91	Don Heinrich	NYG	27	QB	4	4	4	10	2	7	2.5	2.5	2
92	Billy Howton*+	GNB	27	RE	12	12	4	20	0	11	5.0	1.7	1
93	Ted Marchibroda	CRD	26	QB	7	0	4	10	0	7	2.5	1.4	0
94	Preston Carpenter	CLE	23	RE	12	12	3	86	1	39	28.7	7.2	2
95	Bob Clatterbuck	NYG	25	QB	1	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	0
96	Len Dawson	PIT	22	QB	3	1	3	31	0	27	10.3	10.3	1
97	Jack Kemp	PIT	22	QB	4	0	3	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.3	1
98	Ray Mathews	PIT	28	RE	12	10	3	-1	0	6	-0.3	-0.1	3
99	Sam Baker	WAS	28	K	12	0	2	23	1	12	11.5	1.9	0
100	John Brodie	SFO	22	QB	5	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0
101	Marv Brown	DET	27	HB	4	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	1.5	0
102	Joe Fortunato	CHI	27	RLB	12	10	2	-9	1	1	-4.5	-0.8	1
103	Jug Girard	PIT	30	LE	12	8	2	-5	0	0	-2.5	-0.4	1
104	Harlon Hill	CHI	25	LE	8	8	2	7	0	8	3.5	0.9	1
105	Dick Hughes	PIT	25	HB	1	0	2	6	0	4	3.0	6.0	1
106	Joe Johnson	GNB	28	HB	12	1	2	6	0	3	3.0	0.5	0
107	Jerry Norton*	PHI	26	SS	12	12	2	73	0	61	36.5	6.1	0
108	Billy Pricer	BAL	23	FB	12	0	2	18	0	14	9.0	1.5	1
109	Jerry Reichow	DET	23	FL	12	6	2	9	0	7	4.5	0.8	0
110	Ray Renfro*	CLE	28	FL	12	12	2	22	0	16	11.0	1.8	0
111	Frank Bernardi	CRD	24	SS	12	8	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0
112	J.C. Caroline	CHI	24	SS	12	12	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
113	Don Chandler	NYG	23	P	12	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0
114	Leon Clarke	RAM	24	RE	9	7	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0
115	Dorne Dibble	DET	28	E	12	3	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0
116	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	34	LE	12	8	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0
117	Yale Lary*	DET	27	FS	12	12	1	32	0	32	32.0	2.7	2
118	Steve Myhra	BAL	23	K	12	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0
119	Dick Nyers	BAL	23	HB	7	0	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.6	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	Fmb
120	Kyle Rote	NYG	29	LE	12	12	1	13	0	13	13.0	1.1	0
121	Ray Gene Smith	CHI	29	RDH	9	9	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.9	1
122	Billy Wade	RAM	27	QB	5	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	1.0	0
123	Bobby Walston	PHI	29	LE	12	12	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.6	1

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