Lionel Vital has averaged the most career rushing yards per game by a running back, with 115.3 per game.
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most rushing yards per game by a player by running back NFL history| NAME | RUSH YDS/G | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Vital | 115.3 | 3 | 346 | 80 | 4.3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | J. Brown | 104.3 | 118 | 12,312 | 2,359 | 5.2 | 106 | 2,499 | 262 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 20 | |
| 3 |  | B. Sanders | 99.8 | 153 | 15,269 | 3,062 | 5.0 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 4 | | T. Davis | 97.5 | 78 | 7,607 | 1,655 | 4.6 | 60 | 1,280 | 169 | 26 | 7.6 | 16.4 | 5 |
| 5 |  | J. Taylor | 92.1 | 80 | 7,369 | 1,475 | 5.0 | 67 | 1,395 | 176 | 224 | 7.9 | 17.4 | 7 |
| 6 |  | E. Dickerson | 90.8 | 146 | 13,259 | 2,996 | 4.4 | 90 | 2,137 | 281 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 6 | |
| 7 |  | W. Payton | 88.0 | 190 | 16,726 | 3,838 | 4.4 | 110 | 4,538 | 492 | 9.2 | 23.9 | 15 | |
| 8 | | C. Portis | 87.8 | 113 | 9,923 | 2,230 | 4.4 | 75 | 2,018 | 247 | 338 | 8.2 | 17.9 | 5 |
| 9 | | B. Sims | 85.1 | 60 | 5,106 | 1,131 | 4.5 | 42 | 2,072 | 186 | 11.1 | 34.5 | 5 | |
| 10 |  | C. Martin | 83.9 | 168 | 14,101 | 3,518 | 4.0 | 90 | 3,329 | 484 | 409 | 6.9 | 19.8 | 10 |
| 11 | | K. Willhite | 83.7 | 3 | 251 | 53 | 4.7 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | D. Henry | 83.5 | 149 | 12,448 | 2,577 | 4.8 | 116 | 1,801 | 189 | 244 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 5 |
| 13 |  | O.J. Simpson | 83.2 | 135 | 11,236 | 2,404 | 4.7 | 61 | 2,142 | 203 | 10.6 | 15.9 | 14 | |
| 14 |  | E. James | 82.7 | 148 | 12,246 | 3,028 | 4.0 | 80 | 3,364 | 433 | 584 | 7.8 | 22.7 | 11 |
| 15 | | E. Campbell | 81.8 | 115 | 9,407 | 2,187 | 4.3 | 74 | 806 | 121 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | A. Foster | 81.6 | 80 | 6,527 | 1,476 | 4.4 | 54 | 2,346 | 255 | 355 | 9.2 | 29.3 | 14 |
| 17 |  | E. Smith | 81.2 | 226 | 18,355 | 4,409 | 4.2 | 164 | 3,224 | 515 | 130 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 11 |
| 18 |  | A. Peterson | 81.1 | 184 | 14,918 | 3,230 | 4.6 | 120 | 2,474 | 305 | 423 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 6 |
| 19 | | J. Lewis | 81.0 | 131 | 10,607 | 2,542 | 4.2 | 58 | 1,879 | 221 | 298 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 20 |  | L. Tomlinson | 80.5 | 170 | 13,684 | 3,174 | 4.3 | 145 | 4,772 | 624 | 868 | 7.6 | 28.1 | 17 |
| 21 | | D. Williams | 79.9 | 40 | 3,195 | 770 | 4.1 | 23 | 1,276 | 154 | 200 | 8.3 | 31.9 | 5 |
| 22 |  | S. Barkley | 78.0 | 102 | 7,956 | 1,744 | 4.6 | 52 | 2,637 | 356 | 482 | 7.4 | 25.9 | 16 |
| 23 | | G. Rogers | 78.0 | 92 | 7,176 | 1,692 | 4.2 | 54 | 368 | 55 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Dudek | 77.0 | 2 | 154 | 35 | 4.4 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 5.9 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| 25 | | S. Alexander | 76.9 | 123 | 9,453 | 2,187 | 4.3 | 100 | 1,520 | 215 | 316 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 12 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.
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