most total yards per game in a single season

Herb Mul-Key has the most yards per game in his rookie season in 1972, with 215.0 per game.

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	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	215.0	1972	WAS	2	430	1	155	77.5	1	66	33.0	0	209	104.5	0	0	0.0	0
2	Roell Preston R. Preston	211.0	1997	GB	1	211	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	211	211.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	189.4	1975	STL	13	2,462	13	816	62.8	9	378	29.1	2	960	73.8	1	285	21.9	1
4	B.J. Sams	177.0	2007	BAL	1	177	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	140	140.0	0	37	37.0	0
5	Mack Herron M. Herron	174.6	1974	NE	14	2,444	12	824	58.9	7	474	33.9	5	629	44.9	0	517	36.9	0
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	174.3	1966	CHI	14	2,440	12	1,231	87.9	8	447	31.9	2	718	51.3	2	44	3.1	0
7	Avery Williams A. Williams	174.0	2025	NYJ	1	174	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	133	133.0	0	41	41.0	0
8	Bruce Perry B. Perry	173.5	2005	PHI	2	347	0	74	37.0	0	0	0.0	0	273	136.5	0	0	0.0	0
9	Timmy Brown T. Brown	173.4	1963	PHI	14	2,428	11	841	60.1	6	487	34.8	4	945	67.5	1	152	10.9	0
10	Derek Stanley D. Stanley	171.3	2007	STL	3	514	0	5	1.7	0	0	0.0	0	509	169.7	0	0	0.0	0
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	168.5	2011	NO	16	2,696	10	603	37.7	2	710	44.4	7	1,089	68.1	0	294	18.4	1
12	Derrick Mason D. Mason	168.1	2000	TEN	16	2,690	6	1	0.1	0	895	55.9	5	1,132	70.8	0	662	41.4	1
13	Ollie Matson O. Matson	166.6	1954	CHC	10	1,666	9	506	50.6	4	611	61.1	3	449	44.9	1	100	10.0	1
14	Floyd Little F. Little	165.9	1968	DEN	11	1,825	5	584	53.1	3	331	30.1	1	649	59.0	0	261	23.7	1
15	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	165.4	2002	NO	16	2,647	3	15	0.9	0	200	12.5	0	1,807	112.9	2	625	39.1	1
16	Timmy Brown T. Brown	164.7	1962	PHI	14	2,306	13	545	38.9	5	849	60.6	6	831	59.4	1	81	5.8	0
17	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	164.4	2009	STL	14	2,302	1	-2	-0.1	0	326	23.3	1	1,618	115.6	0	360	25.7	0
18	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	163.4	2002	KC	14	2,287	24	1,615	115.4	21	672	48.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.6	1968	CHI	9	1,463	2	856	95.1	2	117	13.0	0	461	51.2	0	29	3.2	0
20	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.3	1965	CHI	14	2,272	22	867	61.9	14	507	36.2	6	660	47.1	1	238	17.0	1
21	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	161.5	1954	SF	6	969	6	515	85.8	6	162	27.0	0	210	35.0	0	78	13.0	0
22	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	161.0	2022	BUF	1	161	0	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	157	157.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	O.J. Simpson	160.2	1975	BUF	14	2,243	23	1,817	129.8	16	426	30.4	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bobby Leo B. Leo	159.0	1967	BOS	2	318	1	7	3.5	0	25	12.5	1	232	116.0	0	54	27.0	0
25	Lionel James L. James	158.4	1985	SD	16	2,535	8	516	32.3	2	1,027	64.2	6	779	48.7	0	213	13.3	0

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