most yards per game running back in 2017

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

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per game running back in 2017
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
98.3
2017
10
983
242
4.1
7
269
26
38
10.3
26.9
2
2Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
88.5
2017
4
354
74
4.8
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
3Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
87.0
2017
15
1,305
279
4.7
13
788
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
4Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
86.1
2017
15
1,291
321
4.0
9
655
85
106
7.7
43.7
2
5Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
82.9
2017
16
1,327
272
4.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
6Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
80.0
2017
13
1,040
268
3.9
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
7LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
71.1
2017
16
1,138
287
4.0
6
448
59
77
7.6
28.0
2
8Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
70.3
2017
16
1,124
230
4.9
12
416
58
71
7.2
26.0
0
9Jordan Howard
J. Howard
70.1
2017
16
1,122
276
4.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
10Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
69.1
2017
16
1,105
284
3.9
8
476
58
83
8.2
29.8
4
11Alex Collins
A. Collins
64.9
2017
15
973
212
4.6
6
187
23
36
8.1
12.5
0
12C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
62.9
2017
16
1,007
245
4.1
3
224
28
40
8.0
14.0
1
13Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
62.4
2017
TOT
14
873
208
4.2
1
158
24
34
6.6
11.3
1
14Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
61.8
2017
14
865
196
4.4
7
317
36
47
8.8
22.6
1
15Frank Gore
F. Gore
60.1
2017
16
961
261
3.7
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
16Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
59.4
2017
15
891
207
4.3
7
151
20
31
7.6
10.1
0
17Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
58.6
2017
16
938
240
3.9
8
350
59
88
5.9
21.9
0
18Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
56.0
2017
16
896
180
5.0
6
214
32
35
6.7
13.4
3
19Lamar Miller
L. Miller
55.5
2017
16
888
238
3.7
3
327
36
45
9.1
20.4
3
20Stevan Ridley
S. Ridley
54.0
2017
2
108
26
4.2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
53.3
2017
16
853
206
4.1
2
182
28
42
6.5
11.4
0
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
52.9
2017
TOT
10
529
156
3.4
2
70
11
19
6.4
7.0
0
23Latavius Murray
L. Murray
52.6
2017
16
842
216
3.9
8
103
15
17
6.9
6.4
0
24Chris Carson
C. Carson
52.0
2017
4
208
49
4.2
0
59
7
8
8.4
14.8
1
25Bilal Powell
B. Powell
51.5
2017
15
772
178
4.3
5
170
23
33
7.4
11.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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