most rushing yards per game 1975 to 1989

Between the 1975 and 1989 seasons, Lionel Vital averaged the most rushing yards per game, with 115.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game by a player 1975 to 1989
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
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
106.9
105
11,226
2,450
4.6
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.0
15
1,470
280
5.3
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
5Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
85.0
58
4,930
1,026
4.8
28
1,041
94
11.1
17.9
10
7Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
9George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
10Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
11Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
74.4
28
2,084
390
5.3
11
284
34
8.4
10.1
2
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
73.6
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
13Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
72.6
36
2,613
632
4.1
18
232
34
6.8
6.4
0
14Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
72.5
103
7,465
1,788
4.2
52
1,451
193
7.5
14.1
0
15Dwight Beverly
D. Beverly
72.3
3
217
62
3.5
2
8
1
8.0
2.7
0
16Curt Warner
C. Warner
72.1
93
6,705
1,649
4.1
55
1,467
193
7.6
15.8
7
17Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
71.9
16
1,151
294
3.9
7
156
22
7.1
9.8
1
18Vincent Alexander
V. Alexander
71.0
1
71
21
3.4
1
15
2
7.5
15.0
0
19Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
69.4
103
7,146
1,605
4.5
30
2,521
256
9.8
24.5
12
20Franco Harris
F. Harris
69.3
135
9,361
2,365
4.0
73
1,838
253
7.3
13.6
7
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
69.3
105
7,275
1,781
4.1
63
3,661
388
9.4
34.9
16
22William Andrews
W. Andrews
68.8
87
5,986
1,315
4.6
30
2,647
277
9.6
30.4
11
23Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
68.5
31
2,125
505
4.2
8
877
78
11.2
28.3
6
24Herschel Walker
H. Walker
67.6
60
4,057
971
4.2
31
2,480
229
10.8
41.3
7
25John Stephens
J. Stephens
66.7
30
2,001
541
3.7
11
305
35
8.7
10.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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