most rushing yards per game by a running back in a season who played exactly 3 games

Lionel Vital has the most rushing yards per game by a running back with exactly 3 games played in a season, with 115.3 per game in his rookie season in 1987.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
3
1987
WAS WAS
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Matt Snell
M. Snell
93.7
3
1970
NYJ NYJ
281
64
4.4
1
26
2
13.0
8.7
0
3Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
1987
GB GB
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
4Chuck Banks
C. Banks
81.7
3
1987
IND IND
245
50
4.9
0
50
9
5.6
16.7
0
5Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
75.0
3
2020
CAR CAR
225
59
3.8
5
149
17
19
8.8
49.7
1
6James Stewart
J. Stewart
72.3
3
1998
JAX JAX
217
53
4.1
2
42
6
7.0
14.0
1
7Dwight Beverly
D. Beverly
72.3
3
1987
NO NO
217
62
3.5
2
8
1
8.0
2.7
0
8Larry Mason
L. Mason
69.0
3
1987
CLE CLE
207
56
3.7
2
26
5
5.2
8.7
1
9Marc Logan
M. Logan
67.7
3
1987
CIN CIN
203
37
5.5
1
14
3
4.7
4.7
0
10Ronald Scott
R. Scott
66.3
3
1987
MIA MIA
199
47
4.2
3
7
2
3.5
2.3
0
11Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
63.3
3
2001
ATL ATL
190
55
3.5
1
111
3
4
37.0
37.0
1
12Ahmad Bradshaw
A. Bradshaw
62.0
3
2013
IND IND
186
41
4.5
2
42
7
8
6.0
14.0
0
13Gary Brown
G. Brown
59.0
3
1999
NYG NYG
177
55
3.2
0
2
2
2
1.0
0.7
0
14Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
57.3
3
2010
IND IND
172
37
4.6
0
4
1
4
4.0
1.3
0
15Edwin Baker
E. Baker
57.0
3
2013
CLE CLE
171
43
4.0
2
57
8
9
7.1
19.0
0
16Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
55.0
3
1989
PHX PHX
165
43
3.8
0
10
1
10.0
3.3
0
17Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
55.0
3
1932
SI SI
165
46
3.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Robert Parker
R. Parker
50.0
3
1987
KC KC
150
47
3.2
1
44
7
6.3
14.7
0
19Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
49.7
3
1944
GB GB
149
31
4.8
0
12
1
12.0
4.0
0
20Knowshon Moreno
K. Moreno
49.3
3
2014
MIA MIA
148
31
4.8
1
8
1
1
8.0
2.7
0
21Cameron Artis-Payne
C. Artis-Payne
48.0
3
2016
CAR CAR
144
36
4.0
2
11
1
1
11.0
3.7
0
22Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
48.0
3
1987
HOU HOU
144
34
4.2
0
17
3
5.7
5.7
0
23Gerald Willhite
G. Willhite
47.0
3
1987
DEN DEN
141
26
5.4
0
25
9
2.8
8.3
0
24Peter Rajkovich
P. Rajkovich
46.7
3
1934
PIT PIT
140
39
3.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Craig Ellis
C. Ellis
46.0
3
1987
RAI RAI
138
33
4.2
2
39
5
7.8
13.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

21.5

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OPP PPG

26.9

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RUSH YDS/G

138.5

5th

PASS YDS/G

204.5

25th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
8
0
.273
Giants Giants
2
10
0
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WAS WAS
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MIN MIN
1:00 PM
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12/14
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NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
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5
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.545
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4
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NFC EastWLTPCT
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8
3
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.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
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.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
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.545
Panthers Panthers
6
6
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.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
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.818
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3
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.727

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
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ATL ATL
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DAL DAL
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JAX JAX
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TEN TEN
1:00 PM