nfl running backs with most yards per game 1994

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 1994, with 117.7 per game.

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Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	117.7	1994	DET	16	1,883	331	5.7	7	283	44	6.4	17.7	1
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	98.9	1994	DAL	15	1,484	368	4.0	21	341	50	6.8	22.7	1
3	Chris Warren C. Warren	96.6	1994	SEA	16	1,545	333	4.6	9	323	41	7.9	20.2	2
4	Natrone Means N. Means	84.4	1994	SD	16	1,350	343	3.9	12	235	39	6.0	14.7	0
5	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	80.1	1994	IND	16	1,282	314	4.1	11	522	52	10.0	32.6	1
6	Barry Foster B. Foster	77.4	1994	PIT	11	851	216	3.9	5	124	20	6.2	11.3	0
7	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	76.8	1994	NYG	14	1,075	327	3.3	6	103	14	7.4	7.4	0
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	72.9	1994	BUF	15	1,093	287	3.8	7	349	50	7.0	23.3	2
9	Terry Allen T. Allen	64.4	1994	MIN	16	1,031	255	4.0	8	148	17	8.7	9.3	0
10	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	64.1	1994	RAM	16	1,025	319	3.2	3	293	31	9.5	18.3	1
11	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	63.2	1994	TB	16	1,011	284	3.6	7	119	22	5.4	7.4	0
12	Harvey Williams H. Williams	61.4	1994	RAI	16	983	282	3.5	4	391	47	8.3	24.4	3
13	Terry Kirby T. Kirby	58.3	1994	MIA	4	233	60	3.9	2	154	14	11.0	38.5	0
14	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	58.2	1994	NYJ	16	931	240	3.9	3	303	42	7.2	18.9	2
15	Bernie Parmalee B. Parmalee	57.9	1994	MIA	15	868	216	4.0	6	249	34	7.3	16.6	1
16	Lewis Tillman L. Tillman	56.2	1994	CHI	16	899	275	3.3	7	222	27	8.2	13.9	0
17	Bam Morris B. Morris	55.7	1994	PIT	15	836	198	4.2	7	204	22	9.3	13.6	0
18	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	55.6	1994	CLE	16	890	209	4.3	5	445	45	9.9	27.8	4
19	Ricky Watters R. Watters	54.8	1994	SF	16	877	239	3.7	6	719	66	10.9	44.9	5
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	54.5	1994	KC	13	709	189	3.8	7	349	42	8.3	26.8	0
21	Gary Brown G. Brown	54.0	1994	HOU	12	648	169	3.8	4	194	18	10.8	16.2	1
22	Mario Bates M. Bates	52.6	1994	NO	11	579	151	3.8	6	62	8	7.8	5.6	0
23	Lorenzo White L. White	50.5	1994	HOU	15	757	191	4.0	3	188	21	9.0	12.5	1
24	Ronald Moore R. Moore	48.8	1994	ARI	16	780	232	3.4	4	52	8	6.5	3.3	1
25	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	48.7	1994	ATL	16	779	183	4.3	7	335	32	10.5	20.9	1

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