1958 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1958 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Jim Brown led all running backs in rushing yards in 1958, with 1,527. Joe Childress led in receiving yards (406), receptions (35), receiving touchdowns (4), yards per reception (11.60) and receiving yards per game (40.6). Jim Brown also led in rushing touchdowns (17), rushing yards per game (127.3) and yards from scrimmage (1,665).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Jim Brown 1,527
- 2 Alan Ameche 791
- 3 Joe Perry 758
- 4 Rick Casares 651
- 5 Johnny Olszewski 505
- 6 Tommy Wilson 475
- 6 Don Bosseler 475
- 8 Mel Triplett 466
- 9 Joe Marconi 428
- 10 Clarence Peaks 386
- 1 Jim Brown 17
- 2 Tommy Wilson 9
- 3 Alan Ameche 8
- 4 Joe Perry 4
- 4 Don Bosseler 4
- 6 Tank Younger 3
- 6 Clarence Peaks 3
- 8 Rick Casares 2
- 8 Paul Hornung 2
- 8 Johnny Olszewski 2
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Joe Perry 6.06
- 2 Jim Brown 5.94
- 3 Johnny Olszewski 5.15
- 4 Joe Marconi 4.81
- 5 Alan Ameche 4.63
- 6 Don Bosseler 4.36
- 7 Mel Triplett 3.95
- 8 Tank Younger 3.91
- 9 Rick Casares 3.70
- 10 Clarence Peaks 3.36
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Jim Brown 257
- 2 Rick Casares 176
- 3 Alan Ameche 171
- 4 Joe Perry 125
- 5 Mel Triplett 118
- 6 Clarence Peaks 115
- 7 Don Bosseler 109
- 8 Johnny Olszewski 98
- 9 Joe Marconi 89
- 10 Tank Younger 88
- 1 Jim Brown 127.3
- 2 Alan Ameche 65.9
- 3 Joe Perry 63.2
- 4 Rick Casares 54.3
- 5 Johnny Olszewski 50.5
- 6 Don Bosseler 47.5
- 7 Mel Triplett 38.8
- 8 Joe Marconi 35.7
- 9 Clarence Peaks 35.1
- 10 Tank Younger 28.7
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Joe Childress 406
- 2 Rick Casares 290
- 3 Clarence Peaks 248
- 4 Joe Perry 218
- 5 Tank Younger 188
- 6 Jim Brown 138
- 7 Paul Hornung 137
- 8 Howie Ferguson 121
- 9 Mel Triplett 110
- 10 Johnny Olszewski 102
Receptions
REC- 1 Joe Childress 35
- 2 Rick Casares 32
- 3 Clarence Peaks 29
- 4 Joe Perry 23
- 5 Jim Brown 16
- 5 Tank Younger 16
- 7 Paul Hornung 15
- 8 Don Bosseler 14
- 9 Alan Ameche 13
- 10 Howie Ferguson 12
- 1 Joe Childress 4
- 2 Clarence Peaks 2
- 3 Alan Ameche 1
- 3 Jim Brown 1
- 3 Rick Casares 1
- 3 Joe Perry 1
- 3 Jim Taylor 1
- 3 Tommy Wilson 1
- 1 Joe Childress 11.60
- 2 Joe Perry 9.48
- 3 Rick Casares 9.06
- 4 Clarence Peaks 8.55
- 1 Joe Childress 40.6
- 2 Rick Casares 24.2
- 3 Clarence Peaks 22.5
- 4 Joe Perry 18.2
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Jim Brown 1,665
- 2 Joe Perry 976
- 3 Rick Casares 941
- 4 Alan Ameche 872
- 5 Clarence Peaks 634
- 6 Johnny Olszewski 607
- 7 Mel Triplett 576
- 7 Tommy Wilson 576
- 7 Don Bosseler 576
- 7 Joe Childress 576