most yards per game nfl rushing season

The Detroit Lions rushed for 2,885 yards in 1936.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game NFL rushing season
TEAMRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GSEASONGPATTYPCRUSH TD
1Lions
Lions
2,885
240.4
1936
12
591
4.9
22
2Bills
Bills
3,088
220.6
1973
14
605
5.1
20
3Bears
Bears
2,847
219.0
1934
13
567
5.0
20
4Eagles
Eagles
2,607
217.3
1949
12
632
4.1
25
5Cardinals
Cardinals
2,560
213.3
1948
12
531
4.8
25
6Bills
Bills
2,974
212.4
1975
14
588
5.1
26
7Steelers
Steelers
2,971
212.2
1976
14
653
4.5
33
8Dolphins
Dolphins
2,960
211.4
1972
14
613
4.8
26
9Lions
Lions
2,740
210.8
1934
13
632
4.3
27
10Patriots
Patriots
2,948
210.6
1976
14
591
5.0
24
11Browns
Browns
2,526
210.5
1958
12
475
5.3
24
12Rams
Rams
2,925
208.9
1973
14
659
4.4
18
1349ers
49ers
2,498
208.2
1954
12
442
5.7
28
14Ravens
Ravens
3,296
206.0
2019
16
596
5.5
21
15Bears
Bears
2,468
205.7
1956
12
536
4.6
22
16Bears
Bears
2,452
204.3
1948
12
557
4.4
25
17Bears
Bears
2,811
200.8
1977
14
599
4.7
18
18Bears
Bears
2,408
200.7
1951
12
539
4.5
24
19Bears
Bears
2,388
199.0
1955
12
487
4.9
19
20Eagles
Eagles
2,378
198.2
1948
12
528
4.5
21
21Patriots
Patriots
3,165
197.8
1978
16
671
4.7
30
2249ers
49ers
2,366
197.2
1951
12
523
4.5
18
23Cardinals
Cardinals
2,356
196.3
1960
12
484
4.9
13
24Bears
Bears
2,156
196.0
1941
11
495
4.4
30
25Giants
Giants
2,336
194.7
1950
12
515
4.5
21
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,233

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,143

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,262

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

4th

OPP PPG

24.8

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

119.9

16th

PASS YDS/G

264.8

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
Lions Lions
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

8 - 8

10

Final

23

MIN Vikings

8 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM