most ypg by a rb in their first 5 seasons

Lionel Vital averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 115.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
most rushing ypg by a rb in their first 5 seasons
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
111.6
74
8,256
1,748
4.7
61
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
104.2
62
6,463
1,269
5.1
57
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
101.9
65
6,624
1,410
4.7
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
5Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
98.5
71
6,995
1,561
4.5
57
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
6Edgerrin James
E. James
95.0
65
6,172
1,494
4.1
42
2,019
261
354
7.7
31.1
10
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
94.9
68
6,453
1,385
4.7
52
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
94.9
73
6,926
1,548
4.5
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
93.3
77
7,183
1,630
4.4
71
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
93.2
79
7,361
1,702
4.3
72
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
93.0
73
6,789
1,432
4.7
55
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
92.5
73
6,752
1,406
4.8
64
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
13Ricky Williams
R. Williams
90.8
70
6,354
1,589
4.0
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
14Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
89.9
71
6,384
1,413
4.5
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
15Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
89.7
67
6,013
1,228
4.9
51
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
88.9
75
6,669
1,508
4.4
36
1,250
142
190
8.8
16.7
2
17Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
87.2
79
6,888
1,463
4.7
44
1,658
230
318
7.2
21.0
4
18Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
87.2
71
6,190
1,401
4.4
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
86.2
76
6,550
1,694
3.9
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
20Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
86.1
56
4,820
1,018
4.7
39
1,499
182
231
8.2
26.8
3
21Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
86.1
62
5,336
1,229
4.3
35
2,660
312
397
8.5
42.9
7
22Eddie George
E. George
85.9
80
6,874
1,763
3.9
42
1,447
164
129
8.8
18.1
8
23Arian Foster
A. Foster
85.8
59
5,063
1,131
4.5
45
1,714
189
258
9.1
29.1
7
24Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
85.4
56
4,784
1,032
4.6
40
1,165
141
128
8.3
20.8
5
25Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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