most yards per game played rb 2021

Derrick Henry averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 2021, with 117.1 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game by a player played rb 2021
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
117.1
2021
8
937
219
4.3
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
106.5
2021
17
1,811
332
5.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
3Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
89.9
2021
14
1,259
228
5.5
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
4Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
89.2
2021
13
1,159
249
4.7
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
5Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
87.5
2021
11
963
207
4.7
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
6Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
75.3
2021
16
1,205
292
4.1
13
314
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
7Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
74.9
2021
10
749
119
6.3
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
8Najee Harris
N. Harris
70.6
2021
17
1,200
307
3.9
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
9Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
69.1
2021
13
898
240
3.7
4
439
47
67
9.3
33.8
5
10Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
66.0
2021
5
330
71
4.6
3
41
4
5
10.3
8.2
0
11David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
65.3
2021
13
849
225
3.8
7
301
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
12Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
64.8
2021
16
1,037
258
4.0
7
294
42
52
7.0
18.4
3
13Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
63.1
2021
7
442
99
4.5
1
343
37
41
9.3
49.0
1
14D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
62.9
2021
9
566
133
4.3
3
123
9
11
13.7
13.7
0
15Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
62.8
2021
12
754
137
5.5
0
158
26
34
6.1
13.2
0
16Damien Harris
D. Harris
61.9
2021
15
929
203
4.6
15
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
17Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
58.9
2021
17
1,002
237
4.2
10
287
47
65
6.1
16.9
2
18Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
58.1
2021
15
872
217
4.0
9
348
54
64
6.4
23.2
0
19Jordan Howard
J. Howard
58.0
2021
7
406
86
4.7
3
19
2
5
9.5
2.7
0
20Chris Carson
C. Carson
58.0
2021
4
232
54
4.3
3
29
6
6
4.8
7.3
0
21Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
58.0
2021
14
812
180
4.5
8
454
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
22Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
57.4
2021
16
918
203
4.5
8
213
28
38
7.6
13.3
2
23Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
57.3
2021
12
688
149
4.6
5
176
29
40
6.1
14.7
3
24Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
56.9
2021
16
911
206
4.4
12
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
25James Robinson
J. Robinson
54.8
2021
14
767
164
4.7
8
222
31
46
7.2
15.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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10
7
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9
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.441
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
1
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9
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.471
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9
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9
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11
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3
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12
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