most rushing yards per game as a rookie more than 8 games played

Eric Dickerson has the most rushing yards per game by a rookie with more than 8 games played, with 113.0 per game in 1983.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
113.0
16
1983
1,808
390
4.6
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
108.7
15
2016
1,631
322
5.1
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
3George Rogers
G. Rogers
104.6
16
1981
1,674
378
4.4
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
4Alfred Morris
A. Morris
100.8
16
2012
1,613
335
4.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
100.3
16
1979
1,605
331
4.8
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.0
15
1989
1,470
280
5.3
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
7Edgerrin James
E. James
97.1
16
1999
1,553
369
4.2
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
8Don Woods
D. Woods
96.8
12
1974
1,162
227
5.1
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
96.7
15
1978
1,450
302
4.8
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
10Olandis Gary
O. Gary
96.6
12
1999
1,159
276
4.2
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
95.8
14
2007
1,341
238
5.6
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
12Clinton Portis
C. Portis
94.3
16
2002
1,508
273
5.5
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
13Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
92.9
16
2000
1,487
297
5.0
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
92.9
16
1995
1,487
368
4.0
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
15Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
91.3
11
1934
1,004
119
8.4
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
16Doug Martin
D. Martin
90.9
16
2012
1,454
319
4.6
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
17Curt Warner
C. Warner
90.6
16
1983
1,449
335
4.3
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
89.3
16
1993
1,429
294
4.9
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
19Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
88.5
13
2019
1,150
242
4.8
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
20Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
87.5
11
2021
963
207
4.7
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
21Jordan Howard
J. Howard
87.5
15
2016
1,313
252
5.2
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
22Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85.8
13
2007
1,115
280
4.0
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
23Eddie George
E. George
85.5
16
1996
1,368
335
4.1
8
182
23
7.9
11.4
0
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
85.3
16
2000
1,364
309
4.4
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
25Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
85.1
13
2015
1,106
229
4.8
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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