highest career scrimmage yards per game by a running back 1994 to 2023 minimum 80 games played

Between the 1994 and 2023 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most scrimmage yards per game by a running back when playing 80+ games, with 123.8 per game.

NAME YDS/G GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
123.8
80
8,480
1,630
5.2
106.0
44
1,422
186
7.6
17.8
5
2 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
115.4
91
6,185
1,297
4.8
68.0
52
4,320
509
630
8.5
47.5
29
3 Arian Foster
A. Foster
110.9
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
81.6
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
4 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
108.8
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
108.6
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
105.7
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
7 Edgerrin James
E. James
105.5
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
8 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
104.2
117
8,680
2,208
3.9
74.2
59
3,517
393
176
8.9
30.1
10
9 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
103.8
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
102.5
96
6,554
1,595
4.1
68.3
42
3,289
399
502
8.2
34.3
9
11 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
101.5
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
12 Ray Rice
R. Rice
100.2
92
6,180
1,430
4.3
67.2
37
3,034
369
487
8.2
33.0
6
13 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
99.5
101
5,829
1,315
4.4
57.7
54
4,219
505
639
8.4
41.8
23
14 Matt Forte
M. Forte
99.1
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
15 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
98.5
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
16 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
96.3
120
8,904
2,065
4.3
74.2
71
2,649
356
468
7.4
22.1
14
17 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
95.3
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
18 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
94.7
88
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
67
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
19 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
94.5
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
20 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
94.5
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
21 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
94.3
99
7,174
1,604
4.5
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
22 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
92.1
119
9,502
2,030
4.7
79.8
90
1,458
155
202
9.4
12.3
3
23 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
92.0
153
11,695
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
24 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
91.8
88
6,207
1,349
4.6
70.5
47
1,872
236
307
7.9
21.3
5
25 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
91.6
130
9,651
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9

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Team Rankings

PPG

33.2

1st

OPP PPG

20.1

7th

RUSH YDS/G

146.4

6th

PASS YDS/G

277.5

2nd

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
Packers Packers
11
6
0
.647
Bears Bears
5
12
0
.294
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
DET DET
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Sun
9/14
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

0 - 1 - 0

31

Final

45

WAS Commanders

2 - 0 - 0

Sat 18 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM