highest rushing yards per game from 1989 to 2000

Between the 1989 and 2000 seasons, Edgerrin James had the most rushing yards per game, with 101.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest rushing yards per game by a player from 1989 to 2000
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
101.9
32
3,262
756
4.3
26
1,180
125
174
9.4
36.9
9
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
98.7
70
6,906
1,488
4.6
60
1,211
157
5
7.7
17.3
5
4Olandis Gary
O. Gary
95.3
13
1,239
289
4.3
7
169
24
33
7.0
13.0
0
5Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
92.9
16
1,487
297
5.0
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
88.7
171
15,166
3,537
4.3
145
2,807
453
46
6.2
16.4
11
7Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
88.3
38
3,354
715
4.7
32
744
90
68
8.3
19.6
5
8Eddie George
E. George
85.9
80
6,874
1,763
3.9
42
1,447
164
129
8.8
18.1
8
9Ricky Williams
R. Williams
85.6
22
1,884
501
3.8
10
581
72
95
8.1
26.4
1
10Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
85.3
16
1,364
309
4.4
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
84.3
92
7,754
2,010
3.9
54
2,022
275
158
7.4
22.0
8
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
78.9
62
4,894
1,073
4.6
26
885
104
75
8.5
14.3
2
13Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
78.5
21
1,648
298
5.5
9
137
15
9.1
6.5
0
14Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
78.4
125
9,804
2,461
4.0
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
75.3
107
8,060
1,895
4.3
67
4,682
465
216
10.1
43.8
22
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
74.3
139
10,325
2,550
4.0
77
4,141
456
154
9.1
29.8
13
17Robert Edwards
R. Edwards
69.7
16
1,115
291
3.8
9
331
35
9.5
20.7
3
18Robert Smith
R. Smith
69.6
98
6,818
1,411
4.8
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
67.0
167
11,193
2,670
4.2
63
4,250
454
29
9.4
25.4
23
20Terry Allen
T. Allen
66.9
119
7,956
1,984
4.0
70
1,533
187
20
8.2
12.9
6
21Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
66.3
104
6,897
1,824
3.8
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
22Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
65.9
75
4,939
1,166
4.2
14
1,170
113
10.4
15.6
6
23Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
64.9
58
3,764
984
3.8
34
74
10
7.4
1.3
0
24Barry Foster
B. Foster
63.6
62
3,943
915
4.3
26
804
93
8.6
13.0
2
25Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
60.5
85
5,146
1,274
4.0
33
1,534
153
60
10.0
18.0
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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