most rushing yard per game by running back in 2001

Edgerrin James had the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 2001, with 110.3 per game.

NAME RUSH YDS/G SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Edgerrin James
E. James
110.3
2001
IND IND
6
662
151
4.4
3
193
24
29
8.0
32.2
0
2 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
98.7
2001
STL STL
14
1,382
260
5.3
12
765
83
104
9.2
54.6
9
3 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
97.5
2001
PIT PIT
11
1,072
225
4.8
4
48
8
10
6.0
4.4
0
4 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
97.2
2001
KC KC
16
1,555
327
4.8
8
614
62
75
9.9
38.4
2
5 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
94.6
2001
NYJ NYJ
16
1,513
333
4.5
10
320
53
63
6.0
20.0
0
6 Stephen Davis
S. Davis
89.5
2001
WAS WAS
16
1,432
356
4.0
5
205
28
37
7.3
12.8
0
7 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
87.6
2001
DEN DEN
8
701
167
4.2
0
69
12
21
5.8
8.6
0
8 Ahman Green
A. Green
86.7
2001
GB GB
16
1,387
304
4.6
9
594
62
82
9.6
37.1
2
9 Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
84.5
2001
CHI CHI
14
1,183
278
4.3
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
10 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
82.4
2001
SEA SEA
16
1,318
309
4.3
14
343
44
59
7.8
21.4
2
11 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82.2
2001
CIN CIN
16
1,315
340
3.9
10
228
34
61
6.7
14.3
3
12 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
77.8
2001
NO NO
16
1,245
313
4.0
6
511
60
88
8.5
31.9
1
13 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
77.3
2001
SD SD
16
1,236
339
3.6
10
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
14 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
75.4
2001
SF SF
16
1,206
252
4.8
4
347
41
55
8.5
21.7
1
15 Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
73.6
2001
IND IND
15
1,104
233
4.7
9
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
16 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
72.9
2001
DAL DAL
14
1,021
261
3.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
17 Antowain Smith
A. Smith
72.3
2001
NE NE
16
1,157
287
4.0
12
192
19
28
10.1
12.0
1
18 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
63.6
2001
SEA SEA
5
318
72
4.4
1
107
11
22
9.7
21.4
0
19 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
63.3
2001
ATL ATL
3
190
55
3.5
1
111
3
4
37.0
37.0
1
20 James Stewart
J. Stewart
62.3
2001
DET DET
11
685
143
4.8
1
242
23
26
10.5
22.0
1
21 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
61.8
2001
NYG NYG
14
865
166
5.2
4
577
72
98
8.0
41.2
0
22 Lamar Smith
L. Smith
60.5
2001
MIA MIA
16
968
313
3.1
6
234
30
35
7.8
14.6
2
23 Terry Allen
T. Allen
59.8
2001
BAL BAL
11
658
168
3.9
3
68
17
20
4.0
6.2
0
24 Eddie George
E. George
58.7
2001
TEN TEN
16
939
315
3.0
5
279
37
50
7.5
17.4
0
25 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
58.0
2001
JAX JAX
2
116
30
3.9
0
13
2
3
6.5
6.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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13
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14
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