most rushing yards per game in the 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott averaged the most rushing yards per game, with 96.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards per game by a player in the 2010s

	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	96.5	56	5,405	1,169	4.6	40	1,619	189	244	8.6	28.9	8
2	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	88.5	13	1,150	242	4.8	7	166	20	27	8.3	12.8	0
3	Arian Foster A. Foster	84.7	74	6,270	1,422	4.4	51	2,253	247	346	9.1	30.4	14
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	82.5	118	9,732	2,121	4.6	71	1,536	206	277	7.5	13.0	5
5	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	79.7	29	2,310	478	4.8	17	1,159	143	194	8.1	40.0	6
6	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	79.5	77	6,125	1,474	4.2	38	3,121	378	475	8.3	40.5	8
7	Chris Carson C. Carson	78.5	33	2,589	574	4.5	16	488	64	79	7.6	14.8	3
8	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	77.8	32	2,490	490	5.1	16	427	56	78	7.6	13.3	2
9	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	74.0	73	5,404	1,265	4.3	58	2,090	218	301	9.6	28.6	12
10	Michael Turner M. Turner	73.1	48	3,511	857	4.1	33	381	48	76	7.9	7.9	1
11	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	73.1	36	2,631	666	4.0	17	1,009	134	174	7.5	28.0	2
12	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	72.6	29	2,104	457	4.6	17	914	104	128	8.8	31.5	2
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	72.5	144	10,434	2,292	4.6	69	3,489	463	591	7.5	24.2	16
15	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	72.3	108	7,812	1,803	4.3	68	1,551	194	261	8.0	14.4	8
16	Ray Rice R. Rice	69.6	63	4,387	1,069	4.1	30	2,059	258	343	8.0	32.7	5
17	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	69.2	88	6,086	1,150	5.3	37	2,024	243	345	8.3	23.0	18
18	Jordan Howard J. Howard	68.3	57	3,895	897	4.3	30	637	82	123	7.8	11.2	2
19	Cedric Benson C. Benson	67.4	36	2,426	665	3.6	14	357	57	74	6.3	9.9	1
20	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	67.3	63	4,243	1,005	4.2	19	1,162	145	201	8.0	18.4	6
21	Matt Forte M. Forte	66.9	114	7,629	1,782	4.3	42	3,724	434	576	8.6	32.7	17
22	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	66.6	44	2,931	693	4.2	17	870	108	134	8.1	19.8	4
23	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	66.6	35	2,330	496	4.7	17	1,118	116	142	9.6	31.9	11
24	Phillip Lindsay P. Lindsay	66.1	31	2,048	416	4.9	16	437	70	95	6.2	14.1	1
25	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	64.8	99	6,417	1,554	4.1	32	1,492	214	291	7.0	15.1	6

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