commanders running back best yards per game in a season

Lionel Vital has averaged the most rushing yards per game for the Washington Redskins by a running back in his rookie season in 1987, with 115.3 per game.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lionel Vital L. Vital	115.3	1987	WAS	3	346	80	4.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Larry Brown L. Brown	101.3	1972	WAS	12	1,216	285	4.3	8	473	32		14.8	39.4	4
3	Alfred Morris A. Morris	100.8	2012	WAS	16	1,613	335	4.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
4	Stephen Davis S. Davis	100.4	1999	WAS	14	1,405	290	4.8	17	111	23	28	4.8	7.9	0
5	Clinton Portis C. Portis	94.8	2005	WAS	16	1,516	352	4.3	11	216	30	41	7.2	13.5	0
6	Clinton Portis C. Portis	92.9	2008	WAS	16	1,487	342	4.3	9	218	28	36	7.8	13.6	0
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	89.8	1983	WAS	15	1,347	375	3.6	24	29	5		5.8	1.9	0
8	Stephen Davis S. Davis	89.5	2001	WAS	16	1,432	356	4.0	5	205	28	37	7.3	12.8	0
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	88.5	1984	WAS	14	1,239	327	3.8	14	43	7		6.1	3.1	0
10	Stephen Davis S. Davis	87.9	2000	WAS	15	1,318	332	4.0	11	313	33	49	9.5	20.9	0
11	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.7	2004	WAS	15	1,315	343	3.8	5	235	40	57	5.9	15.7	2
12	Cliff Battles C. Battles	87.4	1937	WAS	10	874	216	4.0	5	81	9		9.0	8.1	1
13	Larry Brown L. Brown	86.5	1970	WAS	13	1,125	237	4.7	5	341	37		9.2	26.2	2
14	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	84.7	1976	WAS	13	1,101	254	4.3	5	290	28		10.4	22.3	4
15	Terry Allen T. Allen	84.6	1996	WAS	16	1,353	347	3.9	21	194	32		6.1	12.1	0
16	Terry Allen T. Allen	81.8	1995	WAS	16	1,309	338	3.9	10	232	31		7.5	14.5	1
17	George Rogers G. Rogers	80.2	1986	WAS	15	1,203	303	4.0	18	24	3		8.0	1.6	0
18	Frank Akins F. Akins	79.7	1945	WAS	10	797	147	5.4	6	57	8		7.1	5.7	0
19	Alfred Morris A. Morris	79.7	2013	WAS	16	1,275	276	4.6	7	78	9	12	8.7	4.9	0
20	Rob Goode R. Goode	79.3	1951	WAS	12	951	208	4.6	9	45	3		15.0	3.8	0
21	Clinton Portis C. Portis	78.9	2007	WAS	16	1,262	325	3.9	11	389	47	58	8.3	24.3	0
22	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	77.5	1972	WAS	2	155	33	4.7	1	66	4		16.5	33.0	0
23	Earnest Byner E. Byner	76.2	1990	WAS	16	1,219	297	4.1	6	279	31		9.0	17.4	1
24	Ryan Torain R. Torain	74.2	2010	WAS	10	742	164	4.5	4	125	18	27	6.9	12.5	2
25	Larry Brown L. Brown	72.9	1971	WAS	13	948	253	3.7	4	176	16		11.0	13.5	2

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