highest yds per game by nfl player in nfl history

Shane Swanson has averaged the most career yards per game, with 151.0 per game.

	NAME	YDS/G	GP	YDS	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Shane Swanson S. Swanson	151.0	3	453	1	0	0.0	0	87	29.0	1	234	78.0	0	132	44.0	0
2	Kolbe Katsis K. Katsis	146.0	1	146	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	107	107.0	0	39	39.0	0
3	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	138.8	68	9,435	56	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	19.2	9	2,781	40.9	6	391	5.8	2
4	Chimere Dike C. Dike	136.6	24	3,278	6	18	0.8	0	476	19.8	4	2,257	94.0	0	527	22.0	2
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	131.0	118	15,459	126	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	21.2	20	648	5.5	0	0	0.0	0
6	Lionel Vital L. Vital	130.0	3	390	2	346	115.3	2	13	4.3	0	31	10.3	0	0	0.0	0
7	Mack Herron M. Herron	129.6	39	5,054	16	1,298	33.3	9	789	20.2	6	1,985	50.9	1	982	25.2	0
8	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	129.5	17	2,202	4	0	0.0	0	80	4.7	1	2,054	120.8	3	68	4.0	0
9	Dante Hall D. Hall	128.4	112	14,386	21	242	2.2	0	1,747	15.6	9	10,136	90.5	6	2,261	20.2	6
10	Dohnte Meyers D. Meyers	127.3	6	764	0	10	1.7	0	141	23.5	0	541	90.2	0	72	12.0	0
11	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	123.5	81	10,001	36	3,498	43.2	24	2,457	30.3	9	3,087	38.1	2	936	11.6	1
12	DeAndra Cobb D. Cobb	122.3	3	367	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	359	119.7	0	8	2.7	0
13	Samuel Giguere S. Giguere	122.0	1	122	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	122	122.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	MarTay Jenkins M. Jenkins	121.5	40	4,859	6	6	0.2	0	987	24.7	4	3,865	96.6	2	1	0.0	0
15	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	121.1	75	9,080	32	927	12.4	5	4,026	53.7	22	4,127	55.0	5	0	0.0	0
16	Rick Calhoun R. Calhoun	120.7	3	362	1	36	12.0	0	17	5.7	0	217	72.3	0	92	30.7	1
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	119.7	153	18,308	109	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	19.1	10	118	0.8	0	0	0.0	0
18	Lowell Perry L. Perry	119.5	6	717	2	37	6.2	0	334	55.7	2	219	36.5	0	127	21.2	0
19	Billy Sims B. Sims	119.4	60	7,161	47	5,106	85.1	42	2,072	34.5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Myles Price M. Price	118.5	22	2,607	1	2	0.1	0	26	1.2	0	2,031	92.3	0	548	24.9	1
21	Al Williams A. Williams	118.0	3	354	1	11	3.7	0	247	82.3	1	0	0.0	0	96	32.0	0
22	Timmy Brown T. Brown	117.4	108	12,684	64	3,862	35.8	31	3,399	31.5	26	4,781	44.3	5	639	5.9	1
23	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	116.3	119	13,839	106	7,978	67.0	70	5,641	47.4	36	58	0.5	0	162	1.4	0
24	Bruce Harper B. Harper	115.4	99	11,429	21	1,829	18.5	8	2,409	24.3	12	5,407	54.6	0	1,784	18.0	1
25	Walter Payton W. Payton	114.8	190	21,803	125	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	23.9	15	539	2.8	0	0	0.0	0

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PASS

1,049

Nix

RUSH

270

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REC

228

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Team Rankings

PPG

19.0

27th

OPP PPG

20.8

10th

RUSH YDS/G

84.2

27th

PASS YDS/G

174.8

30th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	5	0	1.000
Broncos	4	2	.667
Raiders	3	3	.500
Chargers	0	6	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	LV	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Fri 11/27	DEN	@	PIT	3:00 PM
Sun 12/6	MIA	@	DEN	4:05 PM

Last Game

Seahawks

3 - 3

Final

Broncos

4 - 2

Thu 15 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,794

Stafford

1,784

Maye

1,749

Purdy

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

665

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

717

Smith-Njigba

636

Olave

616

London

Pass TD Leaders

15

Purdy

15

Burrow

14

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

8

Taylor

8

Allen

8

McCaffrey

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

Likely

QB Rating Leaders

111.3

Goff

110.4

Burrow

109.6

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

28.1

28.0

27.2

27.0

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

16.6

17.3

19.7

19.9

20.3

Total Yards Rankings

414.0

401.3

393.8

390.7

387.7

381.3

Rush Yards Rankings

159.8

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

301.2

297.0

293.2

285.7

280.7

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

20.0

19.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

124

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

115.9

Smith-Njigba

89.8

Watson

83.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

70.6

Kittle

70.3

Likely

54.2

Bowers

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-1

5-2

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-5

2-5

1-3-1

2-4

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	2	1	.583
Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	2	4	0	.333
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	3	0	.500
Cardinals	2	4	0	.333
Rams	2	4	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Texans	2	4	0	.333
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	0	0	1.000
Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	3	0	.500
Chargers	0	6	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/25	LAR	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	KC	@	SEA	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM

Shane Swanson has averaged the most career yards per game, with 151.0 per game.

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NFL Fantasy 2026

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