most yards per game running back in 2017

Ezekiel Elliott averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 2017, with 98.3 per game.

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most rushing yards per game running back in 2017

	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	98.3	2017	DAL	10	983	242	4.1	7	269	26	38	10.3	26.9	2
2	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	88.5	2017	MIN	4	354	74	4.8	2	90	11	16	8.2	22.5	0
3	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	87.0	2017	LAR	15	1,305	279	4.7	13	788	64	87	12.3	52.5	6
4	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	86.1	2017	PIT	15	1,291	321	4.0	9	655	85	106	7.7	43.7	2
5	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	82.9	2017	KC	16	1,327	272	4.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
6	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	80.0	2017	JAX	13	1,040	268	3.9	9	302	36	48	8.4	23.2	1
7	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	71.1	2017	BUF	16	1,138	287	4.0	6	448	59	77	7.6	28.0	2
8	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	70.3	2017	NO	16	1,124	230	4.9	12	416	58	71	7.2	26.0	0
9	Jordan Howard J. Howard	70.1	2017	CHI	16	1,122	276	4.1	9	125	23	32	5.4	7.8	0
10	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	69.1	2017	LAC	16	1,105	284	3.9	8	476	58	83	8.2	29.8	4
11	Alex Collins A. Collins	64.9	2017	BAL	15	973	212	4.6	6	187	23	36	8.1	12.5	0
12	C.J. Anderson	62.9	2017	DEN	16	1,007	245	4.1	3	224	28	40	8.0	14.0	1
13	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	62.4	2017	TOT	14	873	208	4.2	1	158	24	34	6.6	11.3	1
14	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	61.8	2017	ATL	14	865	196	4.4	7	317	36	47	8.8	22.6	1
15	Frank Gore F. Gore	60.1	2017	IND	16	961	261	3.7	3	245	29	38	8.4	15.3	1
16	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	59.4	2017	OAK	15	891	207	4.3	7	151	20	31	7.6	10.1	0
17	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	58.6	2017	SF	16	938	240	3.9	8	350	59	88	5.9	21.9	0
18	Dion Lewis D. Lewis	56.0	2017	NE	16	896	180	5.0	6	214	32	35	6.7	13.4	3
19	Lamar Miller L. Miller	55.5	2017	HOU	16	888	238	3.7	3	327	36	45	9.1	20.4	3
20	Stevan Ridley S. Ridley	54.0	2017	PIT	2	108	26	4.2	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Isaiah Crowell I. Crowell	53.3	2017	CLE	16	853	206	4.1	2	182	28	42	6.5	11.4	0
22	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	52.9	2017	TOT	10	529	156	3.4	2	70	11	19	6.4	7.0	0
23	Latavius Murray L. Murray	52.6	2017	MIN	16	842	216	3.9	8	103	15	17	6.9	6.4	0
24	Chris Carson C. Carson	52.0	2017	SEA	4	208	49	4.2	0	59	7	8	8.4	14.8	1
25	Bilal Powell B. Powell	51.5	2017	NYJ	15	772	178	4.3	5	170	23	33	7.4	11.3	0

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