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The Top Ranked NFL Running Backs by 1920s Season
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | 1920 | Team |
| 1 | Fritz Pollard | Akron Pros |
| 2 | Rip King | Akron Pros |
| 3 | Harry Harris | Akron Pros |
| 4 | Harry Curran | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Guil Falcon | Chicago Tigers |
| 6 | Pard Pearce | Decatur Staleys |
| 7 | Dutch Sternaman | Decatur Staleys |
| 8 | Pete Calac | Canton Bulldogs |
| 9 | Frank McCormick | Akron Pros |
| 10 | Frank Bacon | Dayton Triangles |
| 11 | Lou Partlow | Dayton Triangles |
| 12 | Al Mahrt | Dayton Triangles |
| 13 | Norb Sacksteder | Dayton Triangles |
| 14 | Joe Guyon | Canton Bulldogs |
| 15 | Jake Lanum | Decatur Staleys |
| 16 | Milt Ghee | Chicago Tigers |
| 17 | Ockie Anderson | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 18 | Bob Koehler | Decatur Staleys |
| 19 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals |
| 20 | Pat Smith | Buffalo All-Americans |
| Rnk | 1921 | Team |
| 1 | Fritz Pollard | Akron Pros |
| 2 | Ockie Anderson | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 3 | Frank Bacon | Dayton Triangles |
| 4 | Jim Laird | Rochester Jeffersons |
| 5 | Carl Cramer | Akron Pros |
| 6 | Johnny Scott | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 7 | Pete Stinchcomb | Chicago Staleys |
| 8 | Pete Calac | Cleveland Indians |
| 9 | Benny Boynton | Rochester Jeffersons |
| 10 | Joe Guyon | Cleveland Indians |
| 11 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals |
| 12 | Tommy Hughitt | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 13 | Dutch Sternaman | Chicago Staleys |
| 14 | Rip King | Akron Pros |
| 15 | Ken Huffine | Chicago Staleys |
| 16 | Guil Falcon | Canton Bulldogs |
| 17 | Lou Smyth | Canton Bulldogs |
| 18 | Art Schmaehl | Green Bay Packers |
| 19 | Curly Lambeau | Green Bay Packers |
| 20 | Menz Lindsey | Evansville Crimson Giants |
| Rnk | 1922 | Team |
| 1 | Jimmy Conzelman | Rock Island Independents |
| 2 | Carl Cramer | Akron Pros |
| 3 | Buck Gavin | Rock Island Independents |
| 4 | Joey Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Hank Gillo | Racine Legion |
| 6 | Joe Guyon | Oorang Indians |
| 7 | Dutch Lauer | Rock Island Independents |
| 8 | Dunc Annan | Toledo Maroons |
| 9 | Arnie Horween | Chicago Cardinals |
| 10 | Jim Laird | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 11 | Curly Lambeau | Green Bay Packers |
| 12 | Norb Sacksteder | Canton Bulldogs |
| 13 | Pete Stinchcomb | Chicago Bears |
| 14 | Dutch Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 15 | Bob Foster | Racine Legion |
| 16 | Harry Robb | Canton Bulldogs |
| 17 | Ken Huffine | Dayton Triangles |
| 18 | Fritz Pollard | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 19 | Jim Thorpe | Oorang Indians |
| 20 | Waddy Kuehl | Buffalo All-Americans |
| Rnk | 1923 | Team |
| 1 | Jim Thorpe | Oorang Indians |
| 2 | Lou Smyth | Canton Bulldogs |
| 3 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals |
| 4 | Ben F.H. Jones | Canton Bulldogs |
| 5 | Doc Elliott | Canton Bulldogs |
| 6 | Dutch Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 7 | Bob Rapp | Columbus Tigers |
| 8 | Johnny Bryan | Chicago Bears |
| 9 | Bill Giaver | Rock Island Independents |
| 10 | Jimmy Conzelman | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 11 | Tex Grigg | Canton Bulldogs |
| 12 | Waddy Kuehl | Rock Island Independents |
| 13 | Jack Crangle | Chicago Cardinals |
| 14 | Cowboy Hill | Toledo Maroons |
| 15 | Sonny Winters | Columbus Tigers |
| 16 | Curly Lambeau | Green Bay Packers |
| 17 | Stan Mills | Green Bay Packers |
| 18 | Ralph Horween | Chicago Cardinals |
| 19 | Wilmer Isabel | Columbus Tigers |
| 20 | Hank Gillo | Racine Legion |
| Rnk | 1924 | Team |
| 1 | Tex Hamer | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 2 | Jack Storer | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 3 | Buck Gavin | Rock Island Independents |
| 4 | Doc Elliott | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 5 | Dave Noble | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 6 | Joey Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 7 | Benny Boynton | Buffalo Bisons |
| 8 | George Sullivan | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 9 | Bob Rapp | Columbus Tigers |
| 10 | Dinger Doane | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 11 | Charlie Way | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 12 | Les Haws | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 13 | Ben F.H. Jones | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 14 | Wooky Roberts | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 15 | Dutch Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 16 | Dutch Hendrian | Green Bay Packers |
| 17 | Hank Gillo | Racine Legion |
| 18 | Wayne Brenkert | Akron Pros |
| 19 | John Hurlburt | Chicago Cardinals |
| 20 | Johnny Bryan | Chicago Bears |
| Rnk | 1925 | Team |
| 1 | Tony Latone | Pottsville Maroons |
| 2 | Tex Hamer | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 3 | Hoot Flanagan | Pottsville Maroons |
| 4 | Hal Erickson | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Joey Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 6 | Myrt Basing | Green Bay Packers |
| 7 | Marty Norton | Green Bay Packers |
| 8 | Barney Wentz | Pottsville Maroons |
| 9 | Dinger Doane | Detroit Panthers |
| 10 | Walter French | Pottsville Maroons |
| 11 | Phil White | Kansas City Cowboys |
| 12 | John Armstrong | Rock Island Independents |
| 13 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals |
| 14 | Bob Koehler | Chicago Cardinals |
| 15 | Dutch Marion | Detroit Panthers |
| 16 | Ben F.H. Jones | Canton Bulldogs |
| 17 | Charley Hill | Kansas City Cowboys |
| 18 | Roddy Lamb | Rock Island Independents |
| 19 | Art Folz | Chicago Cardinals |
| 20 | Al Hadden | Detroit Panthers |
| Rnk | 1926 | Team |
| 1 | Barney Wentz | Pottsville Maroons |
| 2 | Curly Oden | Providence Steam Roller |
| 3 | Ben F.H. Jones | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 4 | Ernie Nevers | Duluth Eskimos |
| 5 | Bill Senn | Chicago Bears |
| 6 | Verne Lewellen | Green Bay Packers |
| 7 | Hinkey Haines | New York Giants |
| 8 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Bears |
| 9 | Jack McBride | New York Giants |
| 10 | Hap Moran | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 11 | Cully Lidberg | Green Bay Packers |
| 12 | Tony Latone | Pottsville Maroons |
| 13 | Milt Romney | Chicago Bears |
| 14 | Tut Imlay | Los Angeles Buccaneers |
| 15 | Rex Thomas | Brooklyn Lions |
| 16 | Johnny Heimsch | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 17 | Al Bloodgood | Kansas City Cowboys |
| 18 | Jim Manning | Hartford Blues |
| 19 | Doc Bruder | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 20 | Dinger Doane | Detroit Panthers |
| Rnk | 1927 | Team |
| 1 | Jack McBride | New York Giants |
| 2 | Bill Senn | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Al Bloodgood | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 4 | Mule Wilson | New York Giants |
| 5 | Eddie Tryon | New York Yankees |
| 6 | Hinkey Haines | New York Giants |
| 7 | Verne Lewellen | Green Bay Packers |
| 8 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Bears |
| 9 | Jim Simmons | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 10 | Wildcat Wilson | Providence Steam Roller |
| 11 | Ernie Nevers | Duluth Eskimos |
| 12 | Wes Fry | New York Yankees |
| 13 | Rex Enright | Green Bay Packers |
| 14 | Jimmy Conzelman | Providence Steam Roller |
| 15 | Ken Mercer | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 16 | Wild Bill Kelly | New York Yankees |
| 17 | Phil White | New York Giants |
| 18 | Charley Rogers | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 19 | Frank Kelley | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 20 | Doug Wycoff | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1928 | Team |
| 1 | Verne Lewellen | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Gibby Welch | New York Yankees |
| 3 | Tiny Feather | Detroit Wolverines |
| 4 | Benny Friedman | Detroit Wolverines |
| 5 | Ken Mercer | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 6 | Bill Senn | Chicago Bears |
| 7 | Wildcat Wilson | Providence Steam Roller |
| 8 | Hinkey Haines | New York Giants |
| 9 | Wally Diehl | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 10 | Joey Sternaman | Chicago Bears |
| 11 | Hust Stockton | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 12 | Pop Williams | Providence Steam Roller |
| 13 | Curly Oden | Providence Steam Roller |
| 14 | Buck White | Chicago Bears |
| 15 | Tony Latone | Pottsville Maroons |
| 16 | Red Smith | New York Yankees |
| 17 | Jack Cronin | Providence Steam Roller |
| 18 | Eddie Kotal | Green Bay Packers |
| 19 | Charley Rogers | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 20 | Johnny McNally | Pottsville Maroons |
| Rnk | 1929 | Team |
| 1 | Ernie Nevers | Chicago Cardinals |
| 2 | Tony Latone | Boston Bulldogs |
| 3 | Tony Plansky | New York Giants |
| 4 | Verne Lewellen | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Pop Williams | Providence Steam Roller |
| 6 | Wally Diehl | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 7 | Ed Halicki | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 8 | Gibby Welch | Providence Steam Roller |
| 9 | Ken Strong | Staten Island Stapletons |
| 10 | Johnny McNally | Green Bay Packers |
| 11 | Hap Moran | New York Giants |
| 12 | Bill Senn | Chicago Bears |
| 13 | Herdis McCrary | Green Bay Packers |
| 14 | Bo Molenda | Green Bay Packers |
| 15 | Laurie Walquist | Chicago Bears |
| 16 | Snitz Snyder | New York Giants |
| 17 | Cobb Rooney | Chicago Cardinals |
| 18 | Tiny Feather | New York Giants |
| 19 | Swede Hagberg | Buffalo Bisons |
| 20 | Eddie Kotal | Green Bay Packers |
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