highest rushing yards per game in a cfb season

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards per game in a season, with 238.9 per game in 1988.

Interpreted as:
highest rushing yards per game by a player in a cfb season
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
238.9
1988
OKST OKST
11
2,628
344
7.6
37
106
19
5.6
9.6
0
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
212.9
1981
USC USC
11
2,342
403
5.8
22
217
29
7.5
19.7
1
3Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
209.0
1971
COR COR
9
1,881
356
5.3
24
51
6
8.5
5.7
0
4Marty Johnson
M. Johnson
202.5
2002
UTAH UTAH
2
405
58
7.0
3
28
2
14.0
14.0
1
5Troy Davis
T. Davis
198.6
1996
ISU ISU
11
2,185
402
5.4
21
64
13
4.9
5.8
0
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
196.2
2000
TCU TCU
11
2,158
369
5.8
22
40
10
4.0
3.6
0
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
193.1
1998
TEX TEX
11
2,124
361
5.9
27
262
24
10.9
23.8
1
8Carl Monroe
C. Monroe
188.4
1982
UTAH UTAH
8
1,507
309
4.9
4
108
16
6.8
13.5
1
9Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
186.8
1994
COLO COLO
11
2,055
298
6.9
24
294
24
12.3
26.7
0
10Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
185.8
2024
BSU BSU
14
2,601
374
7.0
29
138
23
35
6.0
9.9
1
11Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
185.0
2005
NIU NIU
10
1,850
284
6.5
18
222
20
11.1
22.2
1
12Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
184.8
2014
WIS WIS
14
2,587
343
7.5
29
153
19
27
8.1
10.9
3
13D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
184.4
2016
TEX TEX
11
2,028
323
6.3
15
75
7
9
10.7
6.8
0
14Kevin Smith
K. Smith
183.4
2007
UCF UCF
14
2,567
450
5.7
29
242
24
10.1
17.3
1
15Troy Davis
T. Davis
182.7
1995
ISU ISU
11
2,010
345
5.8
15
159
14
11.4
14.5
1
16Byron Hanspard
B. Hanspard
181.8
1996
TTU TTU
11
2,000
311
6.4
13
192
17
11.3
17.5
1
17Jamario Thomas
J. Thomas
180.1
2004
UNT UNT
10
1,801
285
6.3
17
14
3
4.7
1.4
0
18LeShon Johnson
L. Johnson
179.6
1993
NIU NIU
11
1,976
327
6.0
12
106
16
6.6
9.6
0
19Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
179.0
1983
NEB NEB
12
2,148
275
7.8
29
106
10
10.6
8.8
0
20Jaret Patterson
J. Patterson
178.7
2020
BUFF BUFF
6
1,072
141
7.6
19
21DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
178.5
2005
MEM MEM
11
1,964
310
6.3
18
78
12
6.5
7.1
1
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
177.3
2007
TULN TULN
12
2,127
361
5.9
23
282
32
8.8
23.5
0
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
177.1
1976
PITT PITT
11
1,948
338
5.8
21
73
7
10.4
6.6
1
24Damien Anderson
D. Anderson
174.0
2000
NW NW
11
1,914
293
6.5
22
120
15
8.0
10.9
0
25Lorenzo White
L. White
173.5
1985
MSU MSU
11
1,908
386
4.9
17
28
6
4.7
2.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1956 season.

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