most rushing yards per game since 1970 minimum 200 games played

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has averaged the most rushing yards per game when playing 200+ games, with 81.2 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	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	81.2	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	66.4	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	55.1	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
4	Earnest Byner E. Byner	39.2	211	8,261	2,095	3.9	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
5	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	27.2	205	5,568	1,042	5.3	31	21	5	5	4.2	0.1	1
6	John Elway J. Elway	14.6	234	3,407	774	4.4	33	61	3		20.3	0.3	1
7	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	13.6	268	3,646	769	4.7	36	-20	4	4	-5.0	-0.1	0
8	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	8.8	223	1,967	388	5.1	12	2,336	255	74	9.2	10.5	4
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	8.3	208	1,736	543	3.2	22	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	7.4	234	1,727	429	4.0	15	1,543	210	271	7.3	6.6	9
11	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	7.1	233	1,661	430	3.9	15	6	3	0	2.0	0.0	0
12	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	6.6	234	1,539	514	3.0	13	5	1	1	5.0	0.0	1
13	Brett Favre B. Favre	6.1	302	1,844	602	3.1	14	-7	2	1	-3.5	0.0	0
14	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	5.9	213	1,261	417	3.0	13	10	3		3.3	0.0	0
15	Matt Hasselbeck M. Hasselbeck	5.9	209	1,231	365	3.4	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5.7	243	1,378	481	2.9	15	-3	2	3	-1.5	0.0	0
17	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	5.5	249	1,373	514	2.7	20	-12	2	2	-6.0	0.0	0
18	Mack Strong M. Strong	4.5	201	909	230	4.0	5	1,456	218	241	6.7	7.2	10
19	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	4.4	210	925	407	2.3	17	32	2	2	16.0	0.2	0
20	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	3.4	239	807	226	3.6	6	1,086	199	205	5.5	4.5	12
21	Tom Brady T. Brady	3.4	335	1,123	693	1.6	28	65	3	4	21.7	0.2	0
22	Dwight Stone D. Stone	2.8	216	596	103	5.8	1	2,478	154	6	16.1	11.5	12
23	Drew Brees D. Brees	2.6	287	752	498	1.5	25	74	8	9	9.3	0.3	1
24	Peyton Manning P. Manning	2.5	266	667	431	1.5	18	-2	1	1	-2.0	0.0	0
25	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	2.4	247	600	385	1.6	3	-9	0	1		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,065

Prescott

RUSH

231

Williams

REC

498

Lamb

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

2nd

OPP PPG

28.0

29th

RUSH YDS/G

89.5

26th

PASS YDS/G

266.3

7th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	3	1	.750
Eagles	2	2	.500
Cowboys	2	2	.500
Commanders	1	3	.250

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

Cowboys

2 - 2

Final

Texans

0 - 4

Sun 4 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,189

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

421

Cook

374

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

481

Smith-Njigba

401

Higgins

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Young

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

173.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

305.7

303.5

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

83.8

Henry

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

36.6

Kelce

36.2

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

47

McPherson

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000