most rushing yards per game from 2009 to 2018

From 2009 through 2018, Ezekiel Elliott averaged the most rushing yards per game, with 101.2 per game.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	101.2	40	4,048	868	4.7	28	1,199	135	173	8.9	30.0	6
2	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	86.1	62	5,336	1,229	4.3	35	2,660	312	397	8.5	42.9	7
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	85.9	119	10,217	2,224	4.6	84	1,830	232	311	7.9	15.4	5
4	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	81.7	16	1,307	261	5.0	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
5	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.6	80	6,527	1,476	4.4	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
6	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	79.7	27	2,151	453	4.7	15	833	79	98	10.5	30.9	10
7	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	78.4	58	4,547	1,042	4.4	46	1,883	187	252	10.1	32.5	10
8	Chris Carson C. Carson	75.5	18	1,359	296	4.6	9	222	27	32	8.2	12.3	1
9	Cedric Benson C. Benson	75.0	49	3,677	966	3.8	20	468	74	98	6.3	9.6	1
10	Michael Turner M. Turner	74.3	59	4,382	1,035	4.2	43	416	53	83	7.8	7.1	1
11	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	73.2	115	8,423	1,912	4.4	46	1,995	264	362	7.6	17.3	8
12	Ray Rice R. Rice	72.5	79	5,726	1,323	4.3	37	2,761	336	444	8.2	34.9	6
13	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	72.5	99	7,174	1,604	4.5	49	2,165	307	376	7.1	21.9	6
14	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	72.1	147	10,606	2,346	4.5	69	3,616	475	612	7.6	24.6	15
15	Jordan Howard J. Howard	71.7	47	3,370	778	4.3	24	568	72	109	7.9	12.1	1
16	Sony Michel S. Michel	71.6	13	931	209	4.5	6	50	7	11	7.1	3.8	0
17	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	71.3	79	5,634	1,317	4.3	34	1,536	198	272	7.8	19.4	7
18	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	70.4	21	1,479	401	3.7	14	487	58	74	8.4	23.2	2
19	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	70.0	103	7,206	1,340	5.4	44	2,321	283	401	8.2	22.5	19
20	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	69.1	15	1,037	192	5.4	9	241	35	47	6.9	16.1	1
21	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	68.6	120	8,228	1,911	4.3	69	1,730	222	298	7.8	14.4	8
22	Frank Gore F. Gore	68.3	151	10,307	2,443	4.2	55	2,371	283	418	8.4	15.7	14
23	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	67.5	91	6,147	1,540	4.0	32	1,718	231	324	7.4	18.9	2
24	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	66.0	55	3,628	897	4.0	28	1,577	182	243	8.7	28.7	10
25	Matt Forte M. Forte	65.8	130	8,558	2,040	4.2	46	4,195	491	648	8.5	32.3	17

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