most rushing yds per game in first 9 seasons of career by a rb

Lionel Vital averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in his first 9 seasons, with 115.3 per game.

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Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	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	100.6	137	13,778	2,719	5.1	95	2,632	315		8.4	19.2	10
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	98.7	126	12,439	2,783	4.5	88	1,994	261		7.6	15.8	5
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	97.5	78	7,607	1,655	4.6	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	97.3	120	11,675	2,381	4.9	97	1,937	238	327	8.1	16.1	5
7	O.J. Simpson	90.9	112	10,183	2,123	4.8	57	1,924	175		11.0	17.2	12
8	Edgerrin James E. James	90.7	128	11,607	2,849	4.1	77	3,260	418	563	7.8	25.5	11
9	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	89.9	91	8,185	1,691	4.8	77	1,647	204	265	8.1	18.1	7
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	89.8	140	12,566	2,914	4.3	125	2,609	415		6.3	18.6	9
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	89.4	130	11,625	2,666	4.4	78	3,088	328		9.4	23.8	9
12	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	88.6	141	12,490	2,880	4.3	138	3,955	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
13	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.8	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
15	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	84.9	112	9,513	2,062	4.6	56	2,205	261	306	8.4	19.7	8
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	84.0	136	11,423	2,355	4.9	106	1,651	174	224	9.5	12.1	5
17	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.7	3	251	53	4.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
18	Curtis Martin C. Martin	83.4	140	11,669	2,927	4.0	73	2,966	419	330	7.1	21.2	8
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	82.1	132	10,832	2,441	4.4	66	2,988	338		8.8	22.6	11
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
21	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.6	80	6,527	1,476	4.4	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
22	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	81.0	131	10,607	2,542	4.2	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
23	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	80.0	136	10,876	2,686	4.0	53	1,220	170	57	7.2	9.0	3
24	Domanick Williams D. Williams	79.9	40	3,195	770	4.1	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
25	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	79.6	58	4,614	936	4.9	29	1,941	223	293	8.7	33.5	10

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