most rushing yard per game including playoffs 1920 to 2021

Between the 1920 and 2021 seasons, Lionel Vital had the most rushing yards per game in the regular-season and playoffs, with 115.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yard per game by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2021
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
102.9
122
12,553
2,425
5.2
107
2,598
270
9.6
21.3
20
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
101.7
86
8,747
1,859
4.7
72
1,411
188
26
7.5
16.4
5
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.5
159
15,655
3,153
5.0
100
3,032
373
8.1
19.1
10
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
92.7
33
3,058
585
5.2
30
665
78
94
8.5
20.2
3
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
91.4
153
13,983
3,144
4.4
93
2,228
300
7.4
14.6
7
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
87.2
199
17,358
4,018
4.3
112
4,716
514
9.2
23.7
15
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
86.6
117
10,137
2,300
4.4
76
2,062
255
351
8.1
17.6
5
9Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
85.0
58
4,932
1,055
4.7
41
1,543
191
244
8.1
26.6
3
10Billy Sims
B. Sims
84.5
62
5,239
1,157
4.5
44
2,166
196
11.1
34.9
5
11Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
84.0
92
7,726
1,730
4.5
58
2,293
296
395
7.7
24.9
12
12Arian Foster
A. Foster
83.8
84
7,042
1,581
4.5
59
2,494
278
380
9.0
29.7
15
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83.7
178
14,896
3,700
4.0
98
3,634
521
431
7.0
20.4
10
14Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
83.0
136
11,285
2,419
4.7
61
2,179
206
10.6
16.0
15
16Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
82.7
60
4,961
939
5.3
36
824
98
130
8.4
13.7
4
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
82.1
243
19,941
4,758
4.2
183
3,566
561
132
6.4
14.7
13
18Edgerrin James
E. James
81.4
161
13,098
3,246
4.0
86
3,648
468
637
7.8
22.7
11
19Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.2
121
9,827
2,322
4.2
78
851
126
6.8
7.0
0
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
81.1
189
15,330
3,346
4.6
125
2,528
311
433
8.1
13.4
6
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
81.0
93
7,529
1,557
4.8
69
934
107
139
8.7
10.0
3
22Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
80.9
14
1,132
262
4.3
6
194
26
29
7.5
13.9
1
23Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
80.5
137
11,033
2,672
4.1
62
1,947
231
313
8.4
14.2
4
24Domanick Williams
D. Williams
79.9
40
3,195
770
4.1
23
1,276
154
200
8.3
31.9
5
25LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
78.6
180
14,152
3,305
4.3
151
4,948
649
904
7.6
27.5
18
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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