most receiving yards per game by an rb in 2021

Christian McCaffrey had the most receiving yards per game by a running back in 2021, with 49.0 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	49.0	2021	CAR	7	37	41	343	9.3	1	442	99	4.5	63.1	1
2	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	40.4	2021	LAC	16	70	94	647	9.2	8	911	206	4.4	56.9	12
3	J.D. McKissic	36.1	2021	WAS	11	43	53	397	9.2	2	212	48	4.4	19.3	2
4	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	34.8	2021	DET	13	62	78	452	7.3	2	617	151	4.1	47.5	5
5	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	34.3	2021	ATL	16	52	69	548	10.5	5	618	153	4.0	38.6	6
6	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	33.8	2021	NO	13	47	67	439	9.3	5	898	240	3.7	69.1	4
7	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	32.4	2021	TB	14	69	84	454	6.6	2	812	180	4.5	58.0	8
8	James White J. White	31.3	2021	NE	3	12	14	94	7.8	0	38	10	3.8	12.7	1
9	Najee Harris N. Harris	27.5	2021	PIT	17	74	94	467	6.3	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
10	Darrel Williams D. Williams	26.6	2021	KC	17	47	57	452	9.6	2	558	144	3.9	32.8	6
11	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	26.1	2021	GB	15	52	65	391	7.5	6	799	171	4.7	53.3	4
12	Chase Edmonds C. Edmonds	25.9	2021	ARI	12	43	53	311	7.2	0	592	116	5.1	49.3	2
13	James Conner J. Conner	25.0	2021	ARI	15	37	39	375	10.1	3	752	202	3.7	50.1	15
14	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	24.3	2021	LV	12	30	40	291	9.7	1	254	63	4.0	21.2	2
15	Rodney Smith R. Smith	24.0	2021	CAR	2	5	5	48	9.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Brandon Bolden B. Bolden	23.8	2021	NE	17	41	49	405	9.9	2	226	44	5.1	13.3	1
17	Ty Johnson T. Johnson	23.3	2021	NYJ	16	34	55	372	10.9	2	238	61	3.9	14.9	2
18	Michael Carter M. Carter	23.2	2021	NYJ	14	36	55	325	9.0	0	639	147	4.3	45.6	4
19	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	23.2	2021	LV	15	54	64	348	6.4	0	872	217	4.0	58.1	9
20	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	23.2	2021	CHI	13	42	51	301	7.2	0	849	225	3.8	65.3	7
21	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	22.5	2021	DAL	15	39	46	337	8.6	0	719	130	5.5	47.9	2
22	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	21.8	2021	CLE	8	22	27	174	7.9	0	386	78	4.9	48.3	5
23	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	21.2	2021	IND	17	40	51	360	9.0	2	1,811	332	5.5	106.5	18
24	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	20.2	2021	NYG	13	41	57	263	6.4	2	593	162	3.7	45.6	2
25	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	19.6	2021	CIN	16	42	48	314	7.5	3	1,205	292	4.1	75.3	13

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