most rushing yards per game in the first 10 years by a running back

Lionel Vital averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in his first 10 seasons, with 115.3 per game.

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lionel Vital L. Vital	115.3	3	346	80	4.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	104.3	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99.8	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Terrell Davis T. Davis	97.5	78	7,607	1,655	4.6	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	95.5	123	11,747	2,418	4.9	97	1,945	241	333	8.1	15.8	5
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	92.7	142	13,168	2,970	4.4	90	2,079	275		7.6	14.6	6
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	91.2	146	13,309	3,047	4.4	89	3,456	373		9.3	23.7	9
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	90.5	84	7,598	1,551	4.9	69	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	90.1	155	13,963	3,243	4.3	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
10	O.J. Simpson	88.3	122	10,776	2,284	4.7	58	2,096	196		10.7	17.2	14
11	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.8	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
12	Edgerrin James E. James	86.0	141	12,121	2,982	4.1	80	3,345	430	581	7.8	23.7	11
13	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	85.9	156	13,404	3,099	4.3	144	4,323	582	807	7.4	27.7	15
14	Curtis Martin C. Martin	85.7	156	13,366	3,298	4.1	85	3,211	460	379	7.0	20.6	10
15	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	85.1	153	13,018	2,662	4.9	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	84.4	127	10,715	2,285	4.7	61	2,263	270	320	8.4	17.8	8
18	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.7	3	251	53	4.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
19	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
20	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.6	80	6,527	1,476	4.4	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
21	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	81.0	131	10,607	2,542	4.2	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
22	Domanick Williams D. Williams	79.9	40	3,195	770	4.1	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	79.9	145	11,580	2,625	4.4	71	3,255	363		9.0	22.4	12
24	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	78.8	106	8,356	1,826	4.6	55	2,651	358	489	7.4	25.0	16
25	George Rogers G. Rogers	78.0	92	7,176	1,692	4.2	54	368	55		6.7	4.0	0

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