highest scrimmage yards per game average career nfl player since 1967

Since 1967, Lionel Vital has averaged the most scrimmage yards per game, with 119.7 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	Lionel Vital L. Vital	119.7	3	346	80	4.3	115.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Billy Sims B. Sims	119.6	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	118.9	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	114.6	118	7,939	1,735	4.6	67.3	69	5,580	654	813	8.5	47.3	36
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	113.9	78	7,607	1,655	4.6	97.5	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
6	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	112.9	57	4,551	916	5.0	79.8	29	1,882	218	288	8.6	33.0	10
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	111.9	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
8	Domanick Williams D. Williams	111.8	40	3,195	770	4.1	79.9	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	108.0	90	8,090	1,673	4.8	89.9	76	1,632	202	262	8.1	18.1	7
13	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	107.0	54	4,084	780	5.2	75.6	46	1,692	208	262	8.1	31.3	12
14	Jim Brim J. Brim	106.0	3	36	2	18.0	12.0	1	282	18		15.7	94.0	2
15	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
16	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
17	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	105.5	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
18	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
19	Ricky Watters R. Watters	103.4	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
20	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
21	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	101.8	110	8,538	1,862	4.6	77.6	55	2,659	362	496	7.3	24.2	16
22	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
23	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	101.2	48	251	36	7.0	5.2	3	4,608	350	484	13.2	96.0	20
24	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
25	William Andrews W. Andrews	99.2	87	5,986	1,315	4.6	68.8	30	2,647	277		9.6	30.4	11

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