most rushing yards per game from 1987 to 1990

Between the 1987 and 1990 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 from 1987 to 1990
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
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
91.4
54
4,935
1,151
4.3
31
851
102
8.3
15.8
2
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
89.5
31
2,774
535
5.2
27
762
60
12.7
24.6
3
4Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
5Chuck Banks
C. Banks
81.7
3
245
50
4.9
0
50
9
5.6
16.7
0
6Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
7Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
75.9
31
2,353
582
4.0
14
308
46
6.7
9.9
1
8Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
73.2
38
2,782
515
5.4
16
352
40
8.8
9.3
2
9Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
72.8
47
3,422
776
4.4
19
1,409
127
11.1
30.0
8
10Dwight Beverly
D. Beverly
72.3
3
217
62
3.5
2
8
1
8.0
2.7
0
11Vincent Alexander
V. Alexander
71.0
1
71
21
3.4
1
15
2
7.5
15.0
0
12Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
69.7
58
4,045
912
4.4
36
1,756
178
9.9
30.3
10
13Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
68.4
50
3,418
877
3.9
25
255
38
6.7
5.1
0
14Herschel Walker
H. Walker
68.2
60
4,090
1,004
4.1
24
1,958
188
10.4
32.6
9
15Roger Craig
R. Craig
66.8
57
3,810
937
4.1
19
1,700
216
7.9
29.8
3
16Ronald Scott
R. Scott
66.3
3
199
47
4.2
3
7
2
3.5
2.3
0
17Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
66.1
14
926
234
4.0
5
241
25
9.6
17.2
0
18Marion Butts
M. Butts
65.8
29
1,908
435
4.4
17
138
23
6.0
4.8
0
19Tony Cherry
T. Cherry
65.0
1
65
13
5.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Joe Morris
J. Morris
64.5
27
1,741
500
3.5
8
280
33
8.5
10.4
0
21Nathan Poole
N. Poole
63.0
2
126
28
4.5
1
9
1
9.0
4.5
0
22Charles White
C. White
62.9
27
1,697
412
4.1
11
157
29
5.4
5.8
0
23Alvin Blount
A. Blount
62.5
2
125
46
2.7
3
5
1
5.0
2.5
0
24Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
62.1
43
2,672
640
4.2
13
497
61
8.1
11.6
0
25Greg Bell
G. Bell
61.9
42
2,599
629
4.1
32
312
53
5.9
7.4
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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