1960 NFL Running Back Leaders
Every 1960 board running backs are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Jim Brown led all running backs in rushing yards in 1960, with 1,257. Bobby Mitchell led in receiving yards (612), receiving touchdowns (6) and receiving yards per game (51.0). John Crow led in yards per reception (18.48) and yards from scrimmage (1,533).
Rushing Every NFL rushing board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 6.25 carries per team game.
Rushing Yards
YDS- 1 Jim Brown 1,257
- 2 Jim Taylor 1,101
- 3 John Crow 1,071
- 4 Abner Haynes 875
- 5 Nick Pietrosante 872
- 6 Paul Lowe 855
- 7 J.D. Smith 780
- 8 Tom Tracy 680
- 9 Paul Hornung 671
- 10 Billy Cannon 644
- 1 Paul Hornung 13
- 2 Jim Taylor 11
- 3 Abner Haynes 9
- 3 Jim Brown 9
- 5 Paul Lowe 8
- 5 Nick Pietrosante 8
- 7 Wray Carlton 7
- 8 J.D. Smith 6
- 8 Tony Teresa 6
- 8 John Crow 6
Yards per Carry
Y/A- 1 Paul Lowe 6.29
- 2 John Crow 5.85
- 3 Jim Brown 5.85
- 4 Abner Haynes 5.61
- 5 Nick Pietrosante 5.42
- 6 Clarence Peaks 5.41
- 7 John Johnson 5.26
- 8 Billy Lott 5.25
- 9 Jim Taylor 4.79
- 10 Mel Triplett 4.62
Rushing Attempts
ATT- 1 Jim Taylor 230
- 2 Jim Brown 215
- 3 Tom Tracy 192
- 4 John Crow 183
- 5 J.D. Smith 174
- 6 Nick Pietrosante 161
- 7 Rick Casares 160
- 7 Paul Hornung 160
- 9 Abner Haynes 156
- 10 Dave Smith 154
- 1 Jim Brown 104.8
- 2 Jim Taylor 91.8
- 3 John Crow 89.3
- 4 Nick Pietrosante 72.7
- 5 Clarence Peaks 66.4
- 6 J.D. Smith 65.0
- 7 Abner Haynes 62.5
- 8 Paul Lowe 61.1
- 9 Tom Tracy 56.7
- 10 Paul Hornung 55.9
Receiving Every NFL receiving board →
The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Bobby Mitchell 612
- 2 Abner Haynes 576
- 3 Billy Lott 524
- 4 Wray Carlton 477
- 5 John Crow 462
- 6 Tony Teresa 393
- 7 Paul Lowe 377
- 8 Tom Tracy 349
- 9 Alan Miller 284
- 10 Alex Hawkins 280
Receptions
REC- 1 Abner Haynes 55
- 2 Billy Lott 49
- 3 Bobby Mitchell 45
- 4 J.D. Smith 36
- 5 Tony Teresa 35
- 6 Dewey Bohling 30
- 7 Wray Carlton 29
- 7 Alan Miller 29
- 7 Jon Arnett 29
- 10 Paul Hornung 28
- 1 Bobby Mitchell 6
- 2 Billy Cannon 5
- 3 Dewey Bohling 4
- 3 Wray Carlton 4
- 3 Tony Teresa 4
- 3 Tom Tracy 4
- 7 Abner Haynes 3
- 7 John Crow 3
- 7 Ted Dean 3
- 7 Alex Hawkins 3
- 1 John Crow 18.48
- 2 Wray Carlton 16.45
- 3 Tom Tracy 14.54
- 4 Bobby Mitchell 13.60
- 5 Tony Teresa 11.23
- 6 Alex Hawkins 11.20
- 7 Billy Lott 10.69
- 8 Abner Haynes 10.47
- 9 Alan Miller 9.79
- 10 Paul Hornung 9.18
- 1 Bobby Mitchell 51.0
- 2 Abner Haynes 41.1
- 3 John Crow 38.5
- 4 Billy Lott 37.4
- 5 Wray Carlton 34.1
- 6 Tom Tracy 29.1
- 7 Tony Teresa 28.1
- 8 Alex Hawkins 23.3
- 9 Paul Hornung 21.4
- 10 Alan Miller 20.3
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 John Crow 1,533
- 2 Jim Brown 1,461
- 3 Abner Haynes 1,451
- 4 Paul Lowe 1,232
- 5 Jim Taylor 1,222
- 6 Bobby Mitchell 1,118
- 7 Billy Lott 1,044
- 8 Tom Tracy 1,029
- 9 Wray Carlton 1,010
- 10 Tony Teresa 1,001