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The Top Ranked Running Backs of the 1960s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Jim Brown | 2 |
| 2 | Leroy Kelly | 4 |
| 3 | Jim Taylor | 12 |
| 4 | Abner Haynes | 29 |
| 5 | Clem Daniels | 34 |
| 6 | Bill D. Brown | 41 |
| 7 | Lenny Moore | 45 |
| 8 | Gale Sayers | 59 |
| 9 | Paul Lowe | 62 |
| 10 | Tom Matte | 63 |
| 11 | Cookie Gilchrist | 72 |
| 12 | Timmy Brown | 89 |
| 13 | Joe Morrison | 94 |
| 14 | John David Crow | 99 |
| 15 | Ken Willard | 103 |
| 16 | Billy Cannon | 115 |
| 17 | Mike Garrett | 122 |
| 18 | John Henry Johnson | 123 |
| 19 | Tommy Mason | 127 |
| 20 | J.D. Smith (1932) | 156 |
| 21 | Don Perkins | 163 |
| 22 | Dick Bass | 167 |
| 23 | Matt Snell | 168 |
| 24 | Keith Lincoln | 169 |
| 25 | Jim Nance | 174 |
| 26 | Curtis McClinton | 184 |
| 27 | Ernie Green | 192 |
| 28 | Larry Garron | 209 |
| 29 | Hoyle Granger | 211 |
| 30 | Hewritt Dixon | 215 |
| 31 | Nick Pietrosante | 220 |
| 32 | Paul Hornung | 232 |
| 33 | Wray Carlton | 237 |
| 34 | Tom Woodeshick | 240 |
| 35 | Charley Tolar | 241 |
| 36 | Bill Mathis | 244 |
| 37 | Earl Gros | 264 |
| 38 | Dick Hoak | 272 |
| 39 | Amos Marsh | 296 |
| 40 | Clarence Peaks | 298 |
| 41 | Tom Moore | 303 |
| 42 | Dickie Post | 325 |
| 43 | Dan Lewis | 326 |
| 44 | Alex Webster | 332 |
| 45 | Alan Miller | 333 |
| 46 | Alex Hawkins | 334 |
| 47 | Jon Arnett | 337 |
| 48 | Johnny Roland | 338 |
| 49 | Bo Roberson | 344 |
| 50 | Dan Reeves | 346 |
| 51 | Emerson Boozer | 353 |
| 52 | Dick James | 355 |
| 53 | Ron Burton | 370 |
| 54 | Billy Ray Barnes | 378 |
| 55 | Joe Marconi | 398 |
| 56 | Dick Christy | 409 |
| 57 | Jim Kiick | 411 |
| 58 | Joe Childress | 415 |
| 59 | Dave Smith | 433 |
| 60 | Bill Triplett | 434 |
| 61 | Calvin Hill | 439 |
| 62 | Tony Teresa | 440 |
| 63 | Les Josephson | 442 |
| 64 | Rick Casares | 444 |
| 65 | Prentice Gautt | 454 |
| 66 | Tony Lorick | 457 |
| 67 | Elijah Pitts | 466 |
| 68 | Robert Holmes | 478 |
| 69 | Ollie Matson | 489 |
| 70 | Phil King | 507 |
| 71 | Dave Osborn | 515 |
| 72 | Ronnie Bull | 518 |
| 73 | Donny Anderson | 549 |
| 74 | Howie Ferguson | 557 |
| 75 | Wendell Hayes | 568 |
| 76 | Don Bosseler | 575 |
| 77 | Bo Dickinson | 576 |
| 78 | Hugh McElhenny | 593 |
| 79 | Jerry Hill | 595 |
| 80 | Larry Brown Jr. | 601 |
| 81 | Billy Joe | 604 |
| 82 | Donnie Stone | 614 |
| 83 | Carl Garrett | 621 |
| 84 | Charlie H. Smith | 625 |
| 85 | Willis Crenshaw | 627 |
| 86 | Paul Robinson | 631 |
| 87 | Ben Wilson | 633 |
| 88 | Floyd Little | 635 |
| 89 | Willie Galimore | 639 |
| 90 | Jack Spikes | 640 |
| 91 | Jetstream Smith | 642 |
| 92 | Mack Lee Hill | 647 |
| 93 | Tom Watkins | 654 |
| 94 | Billy Lott | 661 |
| 95 | Dave Rolle | 666 |
| 96 | Gary Lewis | 671 |
| 97 | Junior Coffey | 681 |
| 98 | O.J. Simpson | 691 |
| 99 | Jim Crawford | 693 |
| 100 | Jack Larscheid | 712 |
| 101 | Joe Perry | 719 |
| 102 | Ted Dean | 724 |
| 103 | Tom Tracy | 742 |
| 104 | Dewey Bohling | 743 |
| 105 | Ernie Koy | 746 |
| 106 | Mark Smolinski | 770 |
| 107 | Woody Campbell | 773 |
| 108 | Willmer Fowler | 780 |
| 109 | Gene Foster | 785 |
| 110 | Ode Burrell | 787 |
| 111 | Sid Blanks | 801 |
| 112 | Larry Csonka | 804 |
| 113 | Gene Mingo | 823 |
| 114 | Jim Grabowski | 829 |
| 115 | Cannonball Butler | 830 |
| 116 | Ernie Wheelwright | 833 |
| 117 | Bert Coan | 846 |
| 118 | J.W. Lockett | 850 |
| 119 | Mel Triplett | 855 |
| 120 | Ted Wegert | 857 |
| 121 | Bobby D. Jackson | 881 |
| 122 | Charley Mitchell | 896 |
| 123 | Charlie Flowers | 902 |
| 124 | Billy Wells | 903 |
| 125 | Tony Baker | 904 |
| 126 | Fred Ford | 928 |
| 127 | Tom Nowatzke | 935 |
| 128 | Larry Smith | 955 |
| 129 | Nyle McFarlane | 956 |
| 130 | Henry Bell | 979 |
| 131 | Warren McVea | 991 |
| 132 | Pete Banaszak | 992 |
| 133 | Andy Livingston | 998 |
| 134 | Mel Farr | 1000 |
| 135 | Gerry Allen | 1007 |
| 136 | Alan Ameche | 1008 |
| 137 | Bobby Duhon | 1010 |
| 138 | Carl Smith | 1012 |
| 139 | Ron A. Johnson | 1036 |
| 140 | Roger Hagberg | 1042 |
| 141 | Tucker Frederickson | 1043 |
| 142 | Joe Auer | 1044 |
| 143 | Brad Hubbert | 1053 |
| 144 | A.D. Whitfield | 1065 |
| 145 | Izzy Lang | 1070 |
| 146 | Leon Burton | 1083 |
| 147 | Joe Don Looney | 1086 |
| 148 | Dave Kopay | 1098 |
| 149 | Walt Garrison | 1100 |
| 150 | Joe Kulbacki | 1104 |
| 151 | Walt Kowalczyk | 1105 |
| 152 | Mal Hammack | 1114 |
| 153 | Bobby Burnett | 1121 |
| 154 | Dave Hampton | 1127 |
| 155 | Pete Hart | 1129 |
| 156 | Ken Webb | 1130 |
| 157 | Frank Mestnik | 1139 |
| 158 | Joe Womack | 1149 |
| 159 | Charlie Scales | 1155 |
| 160 | Hopalong Cassady | 1160 |
| 161 | Charlie Bivins | 1170 |
| 162 | C.R. Roberts | 1174 |
| 163 | Art Baker | 1176 |
| 164 | Don Herndon | 1177 |
| 165 | Jim Podoley | 1179 |
| 166 | Jimmy Thomas | 1180 |
| 167 | Theron Sapp | 1196 |
| 168 | Mike Lind | 1202 |
| 169 | Brian Piccolo | 1213 |
| 170 | J.W. Brodnax | 1214 |
| 171 | L.G. Dupre | 1244 |
| 172 | Don Allen | 1250 |
| 173 | Tommy Wilson | 1260 |
| 174 | Steve Thurlow | 1268 |
| 175 | Perry Lee Dunn | 1269 |
| 176 | Johnny Olszewski | 1273 |
| 177 | Bill Tobin | 1276 |
| 178 | Blanche Martin | 1277 |
| 179 | Charlie Harraway | 1289 |
| 180 | Al Carmichael | 1300 |
| 181 | Bob Stransky | 1303 |
| 182 | Jim Stiger | 1317 |
| 183 | Stan Mitchell | 1321 |
| 184 | Amos Bullocks | 1324 |
| 185 | Jim Swink | 1336 |
| 186 | Lew Carpenter | 1344 |
| 187 | Russ C. Smith | 1357 |
| 188 | Billy Reynolds | 1363 |
| 189 | Sam Horner | 1372 |
| 190 | Willie Asbury | 1382 |
| 191 | Travis Williams | 1388 |
| 192 | Doug Cunningham | 1414 |
| 193 | Fred Bukaty | 1425 |
| 194 | Leroy Keyes | 1430 |
| 195 | Ed Sutton | 1462 |
| 196 | Jim Lindsey | 1478 |
| 197 | Bob Gaiters | 1484 |
| 198 | Jess Phillips | 1486 |
| 199 | Ed Vereb | 1493 |
| 200 | Jack Harper | 1495 |
| 201 | Ray Hayes | 1498 |
| 202 | Bobby L. Smith | 1505 |
| 203 | Cid Edwards | 1508 |
| 204 | Ken Hall | 1509 |
| 205 | Willie Ellison | 1515 |
| 206 | Don Shy | 1523 |
| 207 | Terry Cole | 1536 |
| 208 | Roy Shivers | 1549 |
| 209 | Don McCall | 1553 |
| 210 | Jim Cunningham | 1555 |
| 211 | Wayne Patrick | 1572 |
| 212 | Harmon Wages | 1578 |
| 213 | Larry Krutko | 1590 |
| 214 | Bill Shockley | 1605 |
| 215 | Charley Fuller | 1618 |
| 216 | Larry Todd | 1636 |
| 217 | Bo Hickey | 1638 |
| 218 | Doug Mayberry | 1641 |
| 219 | Harry Crump | 1642 |
| 220 | J.D. Garrett | 1656 |
| 221 | Art Perkins | 1658 |
| 222 | Don McIlhenny | 1662 |
| 223 | Mel West | 1671 |
| 224 | Les Shy | 1685 |
| 225 | Bill Tucker | 1686 |
| 226 | Bill Thornton | 1710 |
| 227 | Max Anderson | 1719 |
| 228 | Bob Cappadona | 1737 |
| 229 | Roy Hopkins | 1741 |
| 230 | Don Lisbon | 1747 |
| 231 | Ralph Kurek | 1768 |
| 232 | Clint Jones | 1774 |
| 233 | Ed Kovac | 1781 |
| 234 | Bill Enyart | 1806 |
| 235 | Brendan McCarthy | 1807 |
| 236 | Tom Barnett | 1813 |
| 237 | Billy Pricer | 1822 |
| 238 | Larry Hickman | 1835 |
| 239 | Craig Baynham | 1843 |
| 240 | Ray D. McDonald | 1863 |
| 241 | Rex Johnston | 1864 |
| 242 | Gene Thomas | 1870 |
| 243 | Jamie Caleb | 1875 |
| 244 | Jim Allison | 1877 |
| 245 | Fran Lynch | 1897 |
| 246 | Claude King | 1942 |
| 247 | Merrill Douglas | 1951 |
| 248 | George Hughley | 1959 |
| 249 | Cyril Pinder | 1968 |
| 250 | Bob Paremore | 1975 |
| 251 | Gary McDermott | 1979 |
| 252 | Joel Wells | 1982 |
| 253 | Tom Neumann | 2015 |
| 254 | Pete Larson | 2017 |
| 255 | Tommie Smiley | 2021 |
| 256 | Jim Vollenweider | 2031 |
| 257 | Tom Barrington | 2058 |
| 258 | Leroy Jackson | 2063 |
| 259 | Randy Schultz | 2065 |
| 260 | Glenn Shaw | 2069 |
| 261 | James Stinnette | 2080 |
| 262 | Gerry McDougall | 2087 |
| 263 | Chuck Mercein | 2105 |
| 264 | Paul Dudley | 2110 |
| 265 | Bobby Felts | 2133 |
| 266 | Altie Taylor | 2144 |
| 267 | Nick Ryder | 2163 |
| 268 | Reece Morrison | 2169 |
| 269 | Sammy Price | 2183 |
| 270 | R.C. Gamble | 2210 |
| 271 | Bobby Reed | 2223 |
| 272 | Joe Bellino | 2240 |
| 273 | Paul Gipson | 2257 |
| 274 | Allen Jacobs | 2262 |
| 275 | George Fleming | 2274 |
| 276 | Frank Quayle | 2308 |
| 277 | Tom Michel | 2312 |
| 278 | Oscar Reed | 2317 |
| 279 | Nick Eddy | 2319 |
| 280 | Garrett Ford | 2324 |
| 281 | Keith Kinderman | 2325 |
| 282 | Larry Watkins | 2326 |
| 283 | Preston Pearson | 2330 |
| 284 | Henry Dyer | 2331 |
| 285 | Billy Martin | 2332 |
| 286 | Essex Johnson | 2335 |
| 287 | Bill McWatters | 2337 |
| 288 | Curley Johnson | 2340 |
| 289 | Bob Ferguson | 2347 |
| 290 | Charlie Killett | 2355 |
| 291 | Warren Bankston | 2358 |
| 292 | Jim Tiller | 2370 |
| 293 | Kern Carson | 2371 |
| 294 | Ronnie Blye | 2379 |
| 295 | Johnny Counts | 2386 |
| 296 | Darrell Lester | 2394 |
| 297 | Hezekiah Braxton | 2401 |
| 298 | Willie Ross | 2410 |
| 299 | MacArthur Lane | 2412 |
| 300 | Ron Rector | 2419 |
| 301 | Allen Smith | 2423 |
| 302 | Bob Brooks | 2424 |
| 303 | Mercury Morris | 2427 |
| 304 | Smith Reed | 2428 |
| 305 | Estes Banks | 2433 |
| 306 | Rudy Johnson | 2434 |
| 307 | Charlie Bryant | 2436 |
| 308 | Hal Lewis | 2439 |
| 309 | Jimmy Saxton | 2450 |
| 310 | Preston Powell | 2451 |
| 311 | Roger Kochman | 2453 |
| 312 | Mike Hull | 2454 |
| 313 | Randy Minniear | 2457 |
| 314 | Larry Conjar | 2484 |
| 315 | Fred Brown (RB) | 2490 |
| 316 | Willie Simpson | 2495 |
| 317 | Bo Scott | 2503 |
| 318 | Dave Ames | 2514 |
| 319 | Mike Dennis (RB) | 2522 |
| 320 | Willie D. Jones | 2525 |
| 321 | Larry Ferguson | 2529 |
| 322 | Ron Lamb | 2537 |
| 323 | Bob Clemens | 2539 |
| 324 | Ellis E. Johnson | 2540 |
| 325 | Marv Hubbard | 2542 |
| 326 | George Chesser | 2555 |
| 327 | Gerhard Schwedes | 2557 |
| 328 | Charlie Leigh | 2571 |
| 329 | Bruce McLenna | 2583 |
| 330 | Mike Sommer | 2584 |
| 331 | Wandy Williams | 2586 |
| 332 | Rich Johnson | 2593 |
| 333 | Clem Turner | 2601 |
| 334 | Rocky Bleier | 2603 |
| 335 | Dalton Hoffman | 2607 |
| 336 | Perry A. Williams | 2608 |
| 337 | Harry Jones | 2612 |
| 338 | Ray Norton | 2618 |
| 339 | Sam Havrilak | 2619 |
| 340 | Terry Erwin | 2620 |
| 341 | Bob Briggs | 2627 |
| 342 | Frenchy Fuqua | 2634 |
| 343 | Preston Ridlehuber | 2636 |
| 344 | Lee White | 2650 |
| 345 | Billy Harris | 2653 |
| 346 | Mike Kellogg | 2670 |
| 347 | Ross Montgomery | 2672 |
| 348 | Jim Mankins | 2677 |
| 349 | Jim Todd | 2678 |
| 350 | Gary Tucker | 2706 |
| 351 | Ron Sayers | 2707 |
| 352 | Earl Denny | 2714 |
| 353 | Mike W. Richardson | 2717 |
| 354 | Dwight Lee | 2736 |
| 355 | Vilnis Ezerins | 2740 |
| 356 | Bob Brunet | 2747 |
| 357 | Jimmy Sidle | 2751 |
| 358 | Ben Gregory | 2756 |
| 359 | Barry Pryor | 2814 |
| 360 | Gene Moore (RB) | 2853 |
| 361 | Claxton Welch | 2858 |
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