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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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
101.2
40
4,048
868
4.7
28
1,199
135
173
8.9
30.0
6
2Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
86.1
62
5,336
1,229
4.3
35
2,660
312
397
8.5
42.9
7
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
85.9
119
10,217
2,224
4.6
84
1,830
232
311
7.9
15.4
5
4Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
81.7
16
1,307
261
5.0
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
5Arian Foster
A. Foster
81.6
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
6Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
79.7
27
2,151
453
4.7
15
833
79
98
10.5
30.9
10
7Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
78.4
58
4,547
1,042
4.4
46
1,883
187
252
10.1
32.5
10
8Chris Carson
C. Carson
75.5
18
1,359
296
4.6
9
222
27
32
8.2
12.3
1
9Cedric Benson
C. Benson
75.0
49
3,677
966
3.8
20
468
74
98
6.3
9.6
1
10Michael Turner
M. Turner
74.3
59
4,382
1,035
4.2
43
416
53
83
7.8
7.1
1
11Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
73.2
115
8,423
1,912
4.4
46
1,995
264
362
7.6
17.3
8
12Ray Rice
R. Rice
72.5
79
5,726
1,323
4.3
37
2,761
336
444
8.2
34.9
6
13DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
72.5
99
7,174
1,604
4.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
72.1
147
10,606
2,346
4.5
69
3,616
475
612
7.6
24.6
15
15Jordan Howard
J. Howard
71.7
47
3,370
778
4.3
24
568
72
109
7.9
12.1
1
16Sony Michel
S. Michel
71.6
13
931
209
4.5
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
17Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
71.3
79
5,634
1,317
4.3
34
1,536
198
272
7.8
19.4
7
18Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
70.4
21
1,479
401
3.7
14
487
58
74
8.4
23.2
2
19Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
70.0
103
7,206
1,340
5.4
44
2,321
283
401
8.2
22.5
19
20Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
69.1
15
1,037
192
5.4
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
21Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
68.6
120
8,228
1,911
4.3
69
1,730
222
298
7.8
14.4
8
22Frank Gore
F. Gore
68.3
151
10,307
2,443
4.2
55
2,371
283
418
8.4
15.7
14
23Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
67.5
91
6,147
1,540
4.0
32
1,718
231
324
7.4
18.9
2
24Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
66.0
55
3,628
897
4.0
28
1,577
182
243
8.7
28.7
10
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
65.8
130
8,558
2,040
4.2
46
4,195
491
648
8.5
32.3
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