most rush yds per game all-time

Ed Marinaro has the most career rushing yards per game, with 174.6 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rush yds per game by a player aLL-TIME
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
174.6
27
4,715
918
5.1
50
232
23
10.1
8.6
2
2Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
159.8
34
5,434
849
6.4
54
588
58
10.1
17.3
5
3Herschel Walker
H. Walker
159.4
33
5,259
994
5.3
49
243
26
9.3
7.4
3
4O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
156.2
20
3,124
621
5.0
33
235
28
8.4
11.8
0
5LeShon Johnson
L. Johnson
150.6
22
3,314
592
5.6
18
110
19
5.8
5.0
0
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
150.6
41
6,174
926
6.7
50
407
42
67
9.7
9.9
5
7Cecil Collins
C. Collins
149.0
4
596
72
8.3
3
11
1
11.0
2.8
0
8Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
148.8
43
6,397
1,115
5.7
63
304
31
9.8
7.1
0
9George Jones
G. Jones
147.9
19
2,810
486
5.8
34
238
34
7.0
12.5
0
10Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
141.4
11
1,555
271
5.7
22
273
15
18.2
24.8
1
11Troy Davis
T. Davis
141.4
31
4,382
782
5.6
36
258
33
7.8
8.3
1
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
138.2
44
6,082
1,074
5.7
55
404
38
10.6
9.2
4
13LaMichael James
L. James
137.4
37
5,082
771
6.6
53
586
51
11.5
15.8
4
14DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
137.0
44
6,026
969
6.2
55
723
70
10.3
16.4
5
15Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
136.6
35
4,780
668
7.2
49
216
20
10.8
6.2
2
16Ricky Williams
R. Williams
136.5
46
6,279
1,011
6.2
72
927
85
10.9
20.2
3
17Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
136.2
20
2,723
509
5.3
25
389
51
7.6
19.5
4
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
131.1
35
4,589
766
6.0
57
973
82
11.9
27.8
5
19Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
130.6
12
1,567
324
4.8
13
70
9
7.8
5.8
0
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
130.5
31
4,045
747
5.4
41
198
24
8.3
6.4
1
21Amos Zereoue
A. Zereoue
130.2
30
3,907
726
5.4
38
310
48
6.5
10.3
1
22Kevin Smith
K. Smith
130.0
36
4,679
905
5.2
45
444
55
8.1
12.3
1
23Ryan Benjamin
R. Benjamin
130.0
24
3,119
473
6.6
26
1,064
100
10.6
44.3
3
24Ray Rice
R. Rice
129.6
38
4,926
910
5.4
49
334
37
9.0
8.8
1
25Alex Smith
A. Smith
129.3
27
3,492
723
4.8
21
249
37
6.7
9.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1956 season.

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