highest career rushing yards per game by a player 1990 to 2000 minimum 75 games played

Between the 1990 and 2000 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards per game when playing 75+ games, with 100.0 per game.

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	100.0	138	13,799	2,782	5.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	88.7	171	15,166	3,537	4.3	145	2,807	453	46	6.2	16.4	11
3	Eddie George E. George	85.9	80	6,874	1,763	3.9	42	1,447	164	129	8.8	18.1	8
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	84.3	92	7,754	2,010	3.9	54	2,022	275	158	7.4	22.0	8
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	78.4	125	9,804	2,461	4.0	49	1,172	162	47	7.2	9.4	3
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	75.3	107	8,060	1,895	4.3	67	4,682	465	216	10.1	43.8	22
7	Ricky Watters R. Watters	74.3	139	10,325	2,550	4.0	77	4,141	456	154	9.1	29.8	13
8	Robert Smith R. Smith	69.6	98	6,818	1,411	4.8	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
9	Terry Allen T. Allen	66.9	119	7,956	1,984	4.0	70	1,533	187	20	8.2	12.9	6
10	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	66.3	104	6,897	1,824	3.8	49	1,309	174		7.5	12.6	2
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	65.9	151	9,949	2,372	4.2	57	3,581	394	29	9.1	23.7	17
12	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	65.9	75	4,939	1,166	4.2	14	1,170	113		10.4	15.6	6
13	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	60.5	85	5,146	1,274	4.0	33	1,534	153	60	10.0	18.0	6
14	Natrone Means N. Means	59.3	88	5,215	1,409	3.7	45	631	103	13	6.1	7.2	2
15	James Stewart J. Stewart	54.4	76	4,135	1,104	3.7	43	1,140	151	75	7.5	15.0	6
16	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	52.7	91	4,792	978	4.9	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
17	Marion Butts M. Butts	50.6	89	4,502	1,175	3.8	34	450	61		7.4	5.1	1
18	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	48.2	86	4,143	1,174	3.5	29	552	89	51	6.2	6.4	3
19	Chris Warren C. Warren	47.5	162	7,696	1,791	4.3	52	1,935	273	89	7.1	11.9	5
20	Charlie Garner C. Garner	47.3	98	4,632	994	4.7	28	1,744	199	170	8.8	17.8	5
21	Lorenzo White L. White	47.2	80	3,778	927	4.1	25	1,701	186		9.1	21.3	6
22	Leonard Russell L. Russell	46.7	85	3,973	1,164	3.4	29	846	122		6.9	10.0	0
23	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	43.4	76	3,302	860	3.8	30	1,219	150	53	8.1	16.0	9
24	Gary Brown G. Brown	43.4	99	4,300	1,032	4.2	21	631	84	2	7.5	6.4	3
25	Dorsey Levens D. Levens	43.4	87	3,772	962	3.9	28	1,920	247	113	7.8	22.1	15

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