most rushing yards per game between 1970 to 2023

Between the 1970 and 2023 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 between 1970 to 2023

	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	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99.8	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
3	Terrell Davis T. Davis	97.5	78	7,607	1,655	4.6	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90.8	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	88.0	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
6	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.8	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
7	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	86.5	53	4,582	925	5.0	40	955	123	153	7.8	18.0	4
8	O.J. Simpson	86.4	122	10,539	2,223	4.7	59	1,799	173		10.4	14.7	11
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
10	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	84.6	77	6,511	1,238	5.3	48	1,011	123	162	8.2	13.1	4
11	Curtis Martin C. Martin	83.9	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
12	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.7	3	251	53	4.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
13	Edgerrin James E. James	82.7	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
14	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
15	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.6	80	6,527	1,476	4.4	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	81.2	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
17	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	81.1	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
18	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	81.0	131	10,607	2,542	4.2	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
19	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	80.5	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
20	Domanick Williams D. Williams	79.9	40	3,195	770	4.1	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	79.8	119	9,502	2,030	4.7	90	1,458	155	202	9.4	12.3	3
22	George Rogers G. Rogers	78.0	92	7,176	1,692	4.2	54	368	55		6.7	4.0	0
23	Joe Dudek J. Dudek	77.0	2	154	35	4.4	2	41	7		5.9	20.5	0
24	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	76.9	123	9,453	2,187	4.3	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
25	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	76.4	153	11,695	2,534	4.6	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8

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