best rush yards per game season team

The Detroit Lions have the most rushing yards per game by a team in a season, with 240.4 per game in 1936.

TEAM RUSH YDS/G SEASON GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Lions
Lions
240.4
1936
12
2,885
591
4.9
22
2 Bills
Bills
220.6
1973
14
3,088
605
5.1
20
3 Bears
Bears
219.0
1934
13
2,847
567
5.0
20
4 Eagles
Eagles
217.3
1949
12
2,607
632
4.1
25
5 Cardinals
Cardinals
213.3
1948
12
2,560
531
4.8
25
6 Bills
Bills
212.4
1975
14
2,974
588
5.1
26
7 Steelers
Steelers
212.2
1976
14
2,971
653
4.5
33
8 Dolphins
Dolphins
211.4
1972
14
2,960
613
4.8
26
9 Lions
Lions
210.8
1934
13
2,740
632
4.3
27
10 Patriots
Patriots
210.6
1976
14
2,948
591
5.0
24
11 Browns
Browns
210.5
1958
12
2,526
475
5.3
24
12 Rams
Rams
208.9
1973
14
2,925
659
4.4
18
13 49ers
49ers
208.2
1954
12
2,498
442
5.7
28
14 Ravens
Ravens
206.0
2019
16
3,296
596
5.5
21
15 Bears
Bears
205.7
1956
12
2,468
536
4.6
22
16 Bears
Bears
204.3
1948
12
2,452
557
4.4
25
17 Bears
Bears
200.8
1977
14
2,811
599
4.7
18
18 Bears
Bears
200.7
1951
12
2,408
539
4.5
24
19 Bears
Bears
199.0
1955
12
2,388
487
4.9
19
20 Eagles
Eagles
198.2
1948
12
2,378
528
4.5
21
21 Patriots
Patriots
197.8
1978
16
3,165
671
4.7
30
22 49ers
49ers
197.2
1951
12
2,366
523
4.5
18
23 Cardinals
Cardinals
196.3
1960
12
2,356
484
4.9
13
24 Bears
Bears
196.0
1941
11
2,156
495
4.4
30
25 Giants
Giants
194.7
1950
12
2,336
515
4.5
21
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

2nd

OPP PPG

23.7

20th

RUSH YDS/G

128.7

8th

PASS YDS/G

232.2

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Bears Bears
4
2
0
.667
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
3
3
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
KC Chiefs

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

17

DET Lions

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC West W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
4
3
0
.571
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM