most career rushing yards per game by player nfl history

Lionel Vital has the most career rushing yards per game, with 115.3 per game.

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most career rushing yards per game by a player by player NFL history
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
104.3
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
97.5
78
7,607
1,655
4.6
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
91.5
75
6,863
1,371
5.0
63
1,297
166
211
7.8
17.3
7
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
87.8
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
10Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83.9
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
11Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
83.4
143
11,933
2,464
4.8
112
1,695
179
233
9.5
11.9
5
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
83.2
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
14Edgerrin James
E. James
82.7
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
16Arian Foster
A. Foster
81.6
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
81.2
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
81.1
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
19Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
81.0
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
20LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
80.5
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
21Domanick Williams
D. Williams
79.9
40
3,195
770
4.1
23
1,276
154
200
8.3
31.9
5
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
78.9
98
7,735
1,673
4.6
52
2,537
345
467
7.4
25.9
16
23George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
24Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
77.9
92
7,164
1,420
5.0
53
1,096
138
188
7.9
11.9
5
25Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
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PPG

25.7

11th

OPP PPG

24.3

21st

RUSH YDS/G

148.9

2nd

PASS YDS/G

208.1

25th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
Commanders Commanders
3
4
0
.429
Giants Giants
2
6
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Sun
11/30
DEN DEN
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 4 - 0

22

Final

44

DAL Cowboys

3 - 3 - 1

Sun 19 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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)
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM