nfl defense rushing average leaders

De'Von Achane has the most rushing yards per attempt this season, with 5.8 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
NFL defense rushing average with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game leaders this regular season
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.8
2025
15
1,267
220
84.5
8
459
64
82
7.2
30.6
4
2James Cook III
J. Cook III
5.3
2025
15
1,532
287
102.1
12
288
32
36
9.0
19.2
2
3Blake Corum
B. Corum
5.3
2025
15
669
126
44.6
6
26
7
13
3.7
1.7
0
4Josh Allen
J. Allen
5.3
2025
15
552
105
36.8
12
0
0
0
0.0
0
5TreVeyon Henderson
T. Henderson
5.2
2025
15
776
148
51.7
7
221
35
42
6.3
14.7
1
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.2
2025
15
1,489
288
99.3
17
351
41
47
8.6
23.4
2
7Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.1
2025
16
1,143
224
71.4
13
583
74
89
7.9
36.4
4
8J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
5.0
2025
10
772
153
77.2
4
37
11
14
3.4
3.7
0
9Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
5.0
2025
15
1,250
250
83.3
6
776
71
92
10.9
51.7
3
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.0
2025
15
1,253
251
83.5
12
150
15
20
10.0
10.0
0
11Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
4.9
2025
15
501
102
33.4
4
410
62
72
6.6
27.3
3
12D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
4.9
2025
14
993
204
70.9
7
266
31
43
8.6
19.0
1
13Jacory Croskey-Merritt
J. Croskey-Merritt
4.8
2025
16
776
162
48.5
8
68
9
13
7.6
4.3
0
14Javonte Williams
J. Williams
4.8
2025
16
1,201
252
75.1
11
137
35
51
3.9
8.6
2
15Kyle Monangai
K. Monangai
4.7
2025
15
731
155
48.7
5
140
14
25
10.0
9.3
0
16Kyren Williams
K. Williams
4.7
2025
15
1,100
234
73.3
10
222
30
42
7.4
14.8
3
17Omarion Hampton
O. Hampton
4.7
2025
8
516
110
64.5
3
161
24
27
6.7
20.1
1
18Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
4.6
2025
15
1,007
217
67.1
6
273
34
43
8.0
18.2
1
19Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
4.6
2025
15
879
190
58.6
5
240
25
30
9.6
16.0
0
20Jordan Mason
J. Mason
4.6
2025
15
664
145
44.3
6
51
14
16
3.6
3.4
0
21Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
4.5
2025
15
949
210
63.3
5
179
28
36
6.4
11.9
0
22David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
4.5
2025
16
674
150
42.1
8
179
23
28
7.8
11.2
0
23Jaylen Warren
J. Warren
4.5
2025
14
828
185
59.1
6
300
35
40
8.6
21.4
2
24Rachaad White
R. White
4.4
2025
15
539
123
35.9
4
193
36
41
5.4
12.9
0
25Travis Etienne Jr.
T. Etienne Jr.
4.4
2025
15
999
229
66.6
7
270
33
48
8.2
18.0
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Dolphins Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,660

Tagovailoa

Tua Tagovailoa

RUSH

1,267

Achane

De'Von Achane

REC

910

Waddle

Jaylen Waddle
Team Rankings

PPG

21.1

22nd

OPP PPG

24.6

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

122.4

13th

PASS YDS/G

200.9

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
11
4
0
.733
Dolphins Dolphins
6
9
0
.400
3
12
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

5 - 10

45

Final

21

MIA Dolphins

6 - 9

Sun 21 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
7
8
0
.467
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
10
5
0
.667
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - x
11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
13-44
Sat
9/20
@
15-16
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/27
@
4:30 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM