most yards per game nfl rushing season by a player

O.J. Simpson ran for 2,003 yards in 1973.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game NFL rushing season by a player
NAMERUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,003
143.1
1973
BUF BUF
14
332
6.0
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,863
133.1
1963
CLE CLE
14
291
6.4
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
132.3
1977
CHI CHI
14
339
5.5
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,105
131.6
1984
RAM RAM
16
379
5.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
131.1
2012
MIN MIN
16
348
6.0
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,817
129.8
1975
BUF BUF
14
329
5.5
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
7Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,066
129.1
2003
BAL BAL
16
387
5.3
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,934
128.9
1980
HOU HOU
15
373
5.2
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,053
128.3
1997
DET DET
16
335
6.1
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,527
127.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
257
5.9
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,027
126.7
2020
TEN TEN
16
378
5.4
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
12Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,008
125.5
1998
DEN DEN
16
392
5.1
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
13Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,006
125.4
2009
TEN TEN
16
358
5.6
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
14Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,005
125.3
2024
PHI PHI
16
345
5.8
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,591
122.4
2003
DEN DEN
13
290
5.5
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
16Greg Hill
G. Hill
240
120.0
1998
STL STL
2
40
6.0
4
6
1
6.0
3.0
0
17Ahman Green
A. Green
1,883
117.7
2003
GB GB
16
355
5.3
15
367
50
60
7.3
22.9
5
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,883
117.7
1994
DET DET
16
331
5.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
19Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,880
117.5
2005
SEA SEA
16
370
5.1
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
20Derrick Henry
D. Henry
937
117.1
2021
TEN TEN
8
219
4.3
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
21Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,750
116.7
1997
DEN DEN
15
369
4.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
22Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,860
116.3
2005
NYG NYG
16
357
5.2
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
23Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,853
115.8
2002
MIA MIA
16
383
4.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
24Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,846
115.4
1998
ATL ATL
16
410
4.5
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
25Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,615
115.4
2002
KC KC
14
313
5.2
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
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6
2
0
.750
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2
0
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11/16
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11/30
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
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Bills Bills
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2
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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3
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.571
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1
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3
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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3
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6
2
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.750
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1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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5
1
1
.786
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5
2
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.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
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.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
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2
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.714
Rams Rams
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2
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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Sun
11/2
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11/2
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11/3
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8:15 PM