highest scrimmage yards per game average career nfl running backs with a minimum of 113 games

Jim Brown averaged the most yards from scrimmage per game by a running back when playing 113+ games, with 125.5 per game.

NAMEYDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
125.5
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
118.9
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
111.9
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
108.8
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
108.6
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
105.7
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
7Edgerrin James
E. James
105.5
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
105.5
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
103.8
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10Ricky Watters
R. Watters
103.4
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
11Tiki Barber
T. Barber
101.5
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
12O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
99.1
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
13Matt Forte
M. Forte
99.1
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
14Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
98.5
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
96.9
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
16Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
96.8
126
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
95.5
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
18Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
95.3
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
19Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
94.5
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
20Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
94.5
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
21Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
94.2
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
92.0
153
11,695
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
23Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
91.6
130
9,651
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
24Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
90.8
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
25Eddie George
E. George
89.8
141
10,441
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
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