most rushing yards per game by a player 2021

Derrick Henry averaged the most rushing yards per game in 2021, with 117.1 per game.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Derrick Henry D. Henry	117.1	2021	TEN	8	937	219	4.3	10	154	18	20	8.6	19.3	0
2	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	106.5	2021	IND	17	1,811	332	5.5	18	360	40	51	9.0	21.2	2
3	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	89.9	2021	CLE	14	1,259	228	5.5	8	174	20	25	8.7	12.4	1
4	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	89.2	2021	MIN	13	1,159	249	4.7	6	224	34	49	6.6	17.2	0
5	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	87.5	2021	SF	11	963	207	4.7	5	137	19	20	7.2	12.5	1
6	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	75.3	2021	CIN	16	1,205	292	4.1	13	314	42	48	7.5	19.6	3
7	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	74.9	2021	SEA	10	749	119	6.3	6	48	6	8	8.0	4.8	0
8	Najee Harris N. Harris	70.6	2021	PIT	17	1,200	307	3.9	7	467	74	94	6.3	27.5	3
9	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	69.1	2021	NO	13	898	240	3.7	4	439	47	67	9.3	33.8	5
10	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	66.0	2021	MIA	5	330	71	4.6	3	41	4	5	10.3	8.2	0
11	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	65.3	2021	CHI	13	849	225	3.8	7	301	42	51	7.2	23.2	0
12	Antonio Gibson A. Gibson	64.8	2021	WAS	16	1,037	258	4.0	7	294	42	52	7.0	18.4	3
13	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	63.9	2021	BAL	12	767	133	5.8	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	63.1	2021	CAR	7	442	99	4.5	1	343	37	41	9.3	49.0	1
15	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	62.9	2021	TEN	9	566	133	4.3	3	123	9	11	13.7	13.7	0
16	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	62.8	2021	PHI	12	754	137	5.5	0	158	26	34	6.1	13.2	0
17	Damien Harris D. Harris	61.9	2021	NE	15	929	203	4.6	15	132	18	21	7.3	8.8	0
18	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	58.9	2021	DAL	17	1,002	237	4.2	10	287	47	65	6.1	16.9	2
19	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	58.1	2021	LV	15	872	217	4.0	9	348	54	64	6.4	23.2	0
20	Jordan Howard J. Howard	58.0	2021	PHI	7	406	86	4.7	3	19	2	5	9.5	2.7	0
21	Chris Carson C. Carson	58.0	2021	SEA	4	232	54	4.3	3	29	6	6	4.8	7.3	0
22	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	58.0	2021	TB	14	812	180	4.5	8	454	69	84	6.6	32.4	2
23	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	57.4	2021	DEN	16	918	203	4.5	8	213	28	38	7.6	13.3	2
24	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	57.3	2021	LAR	12	688	149	4.6	5	176	29	40	6.1	14.7	3
25	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	56.9	2021	LAC	16	911	206	4.4	12	647	70	94	9.2	40.4	8

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Sun 9/20	PHI	@	TEN	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	TEN	@	NYG	1:00 PM
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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