most rushing avg yards career

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

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
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
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
89.2
92
8,208
1,699
4.8
77
1,671
208
270
8.0
18.2
7
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
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
84.8
161
13,650
2,820
4.8
130
1,876
201
259
9.3
11.7
6
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83.9
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
12Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
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
22Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
79.5
59
4,690
955
4.9
29
1,941
223
294
8.7
32.9
10
23George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
24Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
77.7
56
4,353
832
5.2
47
1,734
215
272
8.1
31.0
12
25Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
77.1
112
8,630
1,882
4.6
57
2,692
365
499
7.4
24.0
16

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5
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1
.643
3
5
0
.375
2
4
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6
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.250
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5
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1
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.857
4
4
0
.500
4
4
0
.500
3
5
0
.375
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6
1
0
.857
5
3
0
.625
2
6
0
.250
1
6
0
.143
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6
2
0
.750
5
2
0
.714
5
3
0
.625
4
4
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
5
2
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.714
2
5
0
.286
2
6
0
.250
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7
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2
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.714
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4
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