highest single season rushing yards per game of any team ever

The Detroit Lions have the most rushing yards per game by a team in a season, with 240.4 per game in 1936.

TEAMRUSH YDS/GSEASONGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Lions
Lions
240.4
1936
12
2,885
591
4.9
22
2Bills
Bills
220.6
1973
14
3,088
605
5.1
20
3Bears
Bears
219.0
1934
13
2,847
567
5.0
20
4Eagles
Eagles
217.3
1949
12
2,607
632
4.1
25
5Cardinals
Cardinals
213.3
1948
12
2,560
531
4.8
25
6Bills
Bills
212.4
1975
14
2,974
588
5.1
26
7Steelers
Steelers
212.2
1976
14
2,971
653
4.5
33
8Dolphins
Dolphins
211.4
1972
14
2,960
613
4.8
26
9Lions
Lions
210.8
1934
13
2,740
632
4.3
27
10Patriots
Patriots
210.6
1976
14
2,948
591
5.0
24
11Browns
Browns
210.5
1958
12
2,526
475
5.3
24
12Rams
Rams
208.9
1973
14
2,925
659
4.4
18
1349ers
49ers
208.2
1954
12
2,498
442
5.7
28
14Ravens
Ravens
206.0
2019
16
3,296
596
5.5
21
15Bears
Bears
205.7
1956
12
2,468
536
4.6
22
16Bears
Bears
204.3
1948
12
2,452
557
4.4
25
17Bears
Bears
200.8
1977
14
2,811
599
4.7
18
18Bears
Bears
200.7
1951
12
2,408
539
4.5
24
19Bears
Bears
199.0
1955
12
2,388
487
4.9
19
20Eagles
Eagles
198.2
1948
12
2,378
528
4.5
21
21Patriots
Patriots
197.8
1978
16
3,165
671
4.7
30
2249ers
49ers
197.2
1951
12
2,366
523
4.5
18
23Cardinals
Cardinals
196.3
1960
12
2,356
484
4.9
13
24Bears
Bears
196.0
1941
11
2,156
495
4.4
30
25Giants
Giants
194.7
1950
12
2,336
515
4.5
21
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

More Lions Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

30.3

1st

OPP PPG

23.4

17th

RUSH YDS/G

135.8

5th

PASS YDS/G

256.7

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
4
8
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

6 - 6 - 1

30

Final

44

DET Lions

8 - 5

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
8
4
0
.667
Colts Colts
8
4
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
10
2
0
.833
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM