most rushing yards per game by a rb before 2000

Before 2000, Lionel Vital had the most rushing yards per game by a running back, with 115.3 per game.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
104.3
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
101.9
65
6,624
1,410
4.7
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Edgerrin James
E. James
97.1
16
1,553
369
4.2
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
6Olandis Gary
O. Gary
96.6
12
1,159
276
4.2
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
90.1
155
13,963
3,243
4.3
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
10Curtis Martin
C. Martin
86.2
76
6,550
1,694
3.9
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
11Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
12Eddie George
E. George
83.8
64
5,365
1,360
3.9
28
994
114
64
8.7
15.5
6
13Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
14O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
83.2
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
78.2
25
1,955
423
4.6
20
504
54
15
9.3
20.2
3
17George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
77.6
109
8,463
2,106
4.0
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
19Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
75.2
46
3,459
758
4.6
19
727
86
49
8.5
15.8
2
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
73.8
123
9,083
2,272
4.0
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
73.7
12
884
253
3.5
2
172
28
40
6.1
14.3
0
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
73.6
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
24Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
73.2
38
2,782
515
5.4
16
352
40
8.8
9.3
2
25Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
72.9
68
4,956
991
5.0
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
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