Before 2000, Lionel Vital averaged the most rushing yards per game, with 115.3 per game.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lionel Vital L. Vital	115.3	3	346	80	4.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	104.3	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
3	Terrell Davis T. Davis	101.9	65	6,624	1,410	4.7	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99.8	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Edgerrin James E. James	97.1	16	1,553	369	4.2	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
6	Olandis Gary O. Gary	96.6	12	1,159	276	4.2	7	159	21	29	7.6	13.3	0
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90.8	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	90.1	155	13,963	3,243	4.3	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	88.0	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	86.2	76	6,550	1,694	3.9	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
11	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
12	Eddie George E. George	83.8	64	5,365	1,360	3.9	28	994	114	64	8.7	15.5	6
13	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.7	3	251	53	4.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
14	O.J. Simpson	83.2	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	78.2	25	1,955	423	4.6	20	504	54	15	9.3	20.2	3
17	George Rogers G. Rogers	78.0	92	7,176	1,692	4.2	54	368	55		6.7	4.0	0
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	77.6	109	8,463	2,106	4.0	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
19	Joe Dudek J. Dudek	77.0	2	154	35	4.4	2	41	7		5.9	20.5	0
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	75.2	46	3,459	758	4.6	19	727	86	49	8.5	15.8	2
21	Ricky Watters R. Watters	73.8	123	9,083	2,272	4.0	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	73.7	12	884	253	3.5	2	172	28	40	6.1	14.3	0
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	73.6	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
24	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	73.2	38	2,782	515	5.4	16	352	40		8.8	9.3	2
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	72.9	68	4,956	991	5.0	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9

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