nfl running backs with most yards per game 1989

Christian Okoye averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 1989, with 98.7 per game.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
98.7
1989
15
1,480
370
4.0
12
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
98.0
1989
15
1,470
280
5.3
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
87.4
1989
15
1,311
314
4.2
7
211
30
7.0
14.1
1
4Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
86.4
1989
11
950
173
5.5
4
69
9
7.7
6.3
0
5Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
79.7
1989
16
1,275
274
4.7
11
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
6Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
78.9
1989
16
1,262
344
3.7
13
514
52
9.9
32.1
5
7Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
77.8
1989
16
1,244
298
4.2
6
669
60
11.2
41.8
6
8James Brooks
J. Brooks
77.4
1989
16
1,239
221
5.6
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
9Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
71.9
1989
16
1,151
294
3.9
7
156
22
7.1
9.8
1
10Greg Bell
G. Bell
71.1
1989
16
1,137
272
4.2
15
85
19
4.5
5.3
0
11Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
69.5
1989
12
834
201
4.1
4
67
7
9.6
5.6
0
12Roger Craig
R. Craig
65.9
1989
16
1,054
271
3.9
6
473
49
9.7
29.6
1
13Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
63.9
1989
16
1,023
325
3.1
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
14John Stephens
J. Stephens
59.5
1989
14
833
244
3.4
7
207
21
9.9
14.8
0
15Herschel Walker
H. Walker
57.2
1989
TOT
16
915
250
3.7
7
423
40
10.6
26.4
2
16Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
55.0
1989
3
165
43
3.8
0
10
1
10.0
3.3
0
17Brent Fullwood
B. Fullwood
54.7
1989
15
821
204
4.0
5
214
19
11.3
14.3
0
18Tim Worley
T. Worley
51.3
1989
15
770
195
3.9
5
113
15
7.5
7.5
0
19Sammie Smith
S. Smith
50.7
1989
13
659
200
3.3
6
81
7
11.6
6.2
0
20Ickey Woods
I. Woods
47.0
1989
2
94
29
3.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Johnny Hector
J. Hector
46.8
1989
15
702
177
4.0
3
330
38
8.7
22.0
2
22John Settle
J. Settle
45.9
1989
15
689
179
3.8
3
316
39
8.1
21.1
2
23Marion Butts
M. Butts
45.5
1989
15
683
170
4.0
9
21
7
3.0
1.4
0
24Anthony Toney
A. Toney
41.6
1989
14
582
172
3.4
3
124
19
6.5
8.9
0
25Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
39.6
1989
16
633
187
3.4
6
397
54
7.4
24.8
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