most yards per game running back in 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 2016, with 108.7 per game in his rookie season.

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most rushing yards per game running back in 2016

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	108.7	2016	DAL	15	1,631	322	5.1	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	105.7	2016	PIT	12	1,268	261	4.9	7	616	75	94	8.2	51.3	2
3	Jordan Howard J. Howard	87.5	2016	CHI	15	1,313	252	5.2	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
4	Andre Williams A. Williams	87.0	2016	SD	1	87	18	4.8	0	0	0	2		0.0	0
5	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	84.8	2016	MIA	15	1,272	260	4.9	8	151	27	35	5.6	10.1	0
6	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	84.5	2016	BUF	15	1,267	234	5.4	13	356	50	57	7.1	23.7	1
7	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	80.4	2016	TEN	16	1,287	293	4.4	9	377	53	67	7.1	23.6	3
8	David Johnson D. Johnson	77.4	2016	ARI	16	1,239	293	4.2	16	879	80	120	11.0	54.9	4
9	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	76.7	2016	SD	13	997	254	3.9	10	419	41	57	10.2	32.2	2
10	Lamar Miller L. Miller	76.6	2016	HOU	14	1,073	268	4.0	5	188	31	39	6.1	13.4	1
11	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	76.0	2016	SF	13	988	217	4.6	6	163	27	33	6.0	12.5	3
12	LeGarrette Blount L. Blount	72.6	2016	NE	16	1,161	299	3.9	18	38	7	8	5.4	2.4	0
13	Eddie Lacy E. Lacy	72.0	2016	GB	5	360	71	5.1	0	28	4	7	7.0	5.6	0
14	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	67.4	2016	ATL	16	1,079	227	4.8	11	462	54	65	8.6	28.9	2
15	Spencer Ware S. Ware	65.8	2016	KC	14	921	214	4.3	3	447	33	42	13.5	31.9	2
16	Matt Jones M. Jones	65.7	2016	WAS	7	460	99	4.6	3	73	8	8	9.1	10.4	0
17	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	65.2	2016	NO	16	1,043	205	5.1	6	319	46	58	6.9	19.9	4
18	Frank Gore F. Gore	64.1	2016	IND	16	1,025	263	3.9	4	277	38	47	7.3	17.3	4
19	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	63.4	2016	CAR	13	824	218	3.8	9	60	8	21	7.5	4.6	0
20	C.J. Anderson	62.4	2016	DEN	7	437	110	4.0	4	128	16	24	8.0	18.3	1
21	Isaiah Crowell I. Crowell	59.5	2016	CLE	16	952	198	4.8	7	319	40	53	8.0	19.9	0
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	58.1	2016	NYJ	14	813	218	3.7	7	263	30	43	8.8	18.8	1
23	Danny Woodhead D. Woodhead	58.0	2016	SD	2	116	19	6.1	0	35	6	8	5.8	17.5	1
24	Latavius Murray L. Murray	56.3	2016	OAK	14	788	195	4.0	12	264	33	43	8.0	18.9	0
25	Jacquizz Rodgers J. Rodgers	56.0	2016	TB	10	560	129	4.3	2	98	13	16	7.5	9.8	0

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