most rushing yards per game by a player minimum 222 games

Emmitt Smith averaged the most rushing yards per game when playing 222+ games, with 81.2 per game.

NAME RUSH YDS/G GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
81.2
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Frank Gore
F. Gore
66.4
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
55.1
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
14.9
246
3,674
675
5.4
32
-12
0
0.0
0
5 John Elway
J. Elway
14.6
234
3,407
774
4.4
33
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
14.4
248
3,573
741
4.8
35
-11
3
3
-3.7
0.0
0
7 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
8.8
223
1,967
388
5.1
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
8 Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
7.4
234
1,727
429
4.0
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
9 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
7.1
233
1,661
430
3.9
15
6
3
0
2.0
0.0
0
10 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
6.6
234
1,539
514
3.0
13
5
1
1
5.0
0.0
1
11 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
6.1
222
1,356
441
3.1
15
-3
2
3
-1.5
0.0
0
12 Brett Favre
B. Favre
6.1
302
1,844
602
3.1
14
-7
2
1
-3.5
0.0
0
13 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5.5
249
1,373
514
2.7
20
-12
2
2
-6.0
0.0
0
14 John Hadl
J. Hadl
5.0
224
1,112
351
3.2
16
-9
3
-3.0
0.0
0
15 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
3.4
255
878
235
3.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
16 Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
3.4
239
807
226
3.6
6
1,086
199
205
5.5
4.5
12
17 Tom Brady
T. Brady
3.4
335
1,123
693
1.6
28
65
3
4
21.7
0.2
0
18 Drew Brees
D. Brees
2.6
287
752
498
1.5
25
74
8
9
9.3
0.3
1
19 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
2.5
266
667
431
1.5
18
-2
1
1
-2.0
0.0
0
20 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
2.5
244
601
383
1.6
3
-9
0
1
0.0
0
21 Eli Manning
E. Manning
2.4
236
567
315
1.8
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Andre Reed
A. Reed
2.1
234
500
75
6.7
1
13,198
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
23 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
2.1
303
645
87
7.4
10
22,895
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
24 Art Monk
A. Monk
1.5
224
332
63
5.3
0
12,721
940
13.5
56.8
68
25 James Lofton
J. Lofton
1.1
233
246
32
7.7
1
14,004
764
18.3
60.1
75
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