most yards per game in first 4 years

Gale Sayers averaged the most yards per game by a player in his first 4 seasons, with 157.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
most yards per game by a player in first 4 years
NAMEYDS/GGPYDSTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
157.3
50
7,864
48
3,834
76.7
31
1,197
23.9
9
2,442
48.8
6
391
7.8
2
2Shane Swanson
S. Swanson
151.0
3
453
1
0
0.0
0
87
29.0
1
234
78.0
0
132
44.0
0
3Chimere Dike
C. Dike
142.8
17
2,427
6
18
1.1
0
423
24.9
4
1,588
93.4
0
398
23.4
2
4Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
137.8
51
7,026
30
2,699
52.9
20
1,459
28.6
7
2,032
39.8
2
813
15.9
1
5Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
133.1
35
4,657
25
1,806
51.6
12
508
14.5
8
1,002
28.6
1
858
24.5
1
6Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
133.0
51
6,785
5
17
0.3
0
553
10.8
1
4,852
95.1
3
1,363
26.7
1
7Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
132.7
54
7,168
29
683
12.6
4
3,302
61.1
20
3,183
58.9
5
0
0.0
0
8Bruce Harper
B. Harper
132.4
61
8,076
11
909
14.9
2
1,289
21.1
8
4,543
74.5
0
1,335
21.9
1
9Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
131.5
42
5,523
7
87
2.1
0
1,726
41.1
7
2,776
66.1
0
934
22.2
0
10Lionel Vital
L. Vital
130.0
3
390
2
346
115.3
2
13
4.3
0
31
10.3
0
0
0.0
0
11Jim Brown
J. Brown
130.0
48
6,240
53
5,055
105.3
49
587
12.2
4
598
12.5
0
0
0.0
0
12Mack Herron
M. Herron
129.6
39
5,054
16
1,298
33.3
9
789
20.2
6
1,985
50.9
1
982
25.2
0
13Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
129.5
17
2,202
4
0
0.0
0
80
4.7
1
2,054
120.8
3
68
4.0
0
14Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
128.8
47
6,054
31
4,045
86.1
26
2,005
42.7
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Edgerrin James
E. James
127.7
52
6,640
41
4,913
94.5
31
1,727
33.2
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Ollie Matson
O. Matson
127.0
46
5,841
31
2,249
48.9
13
1,234
26.8
10
1,803
39.2
4
470
10.2
3
17Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
126.7
62
7,857
57
6,968
112.4
55
874
14.1
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Floyd Little
F. Little
126.0
47
5,924
17
2,595
55.2
13
721
15.3
2
1,798
38.3
0
788
16.8
2
19LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
125.7
63
7,921
60
5,899
93.6
54
2,022
32.1
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
125.3
56
7,017
48
5,405
96.5
40
1,619
28.9
8
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
125.2
63
7,889
56
3,924
62.3
49
1,782
28.3
5
2,054
32.6
2
129
2.0
0
22Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
124.9
62
7,746
19
887
14.3
6
880
14.2
9
5,212
84.1
2
769
12.4
2
23Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
124.7
47
5,863
16
81
1.7
0
2,196
46.7
10
2,311
49.2
2
1,273
27.1
4
24Wes Welker
W. Welker
124.6
63
7,850
10
39
0.6
0
2,296
36.4
9
4,034
64.0
1
1,481
23.5
0
25Terrell Davis
T. Davis
124.4
61
7,587
61
6,413
105.1
56
1,181
19.4
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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Bears Bears
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6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176