player most nfl rushing yards per game single season

O.J. Simpson has averaged the most rushing yards per game in a season, with 143.1 per game in 1973.

NAME RUSH YDS/G SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
143.1
1973
BUF BUF
14
2,003
332
6.0
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2 Jim Brown
J. Brown
133.1
1963
CLE CLE
14
1,863
291
6.4
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
132.3
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
4 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
131.6
1984
RAM RAM
16
2,105
379
5.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
131.1
2012
MIN MIN
16
2,097
348
6.0
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
6 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
129.8
1975
BUF BUF
14
1,817
329
5.5
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
7 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
129.1
2003
BAL BAL
16
2,066
387
5.3
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
8 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
128.9
1980
HOU HOU
15
1,934
373
5.2
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
9 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
128.3
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
6.1
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
10 Jim Brown
J. Brown
127.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,527
257
5.9
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
11 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
126.7
2020
TEN TEN
16
2,027
378
5.4
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
12 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
125.5
1998
DEN DEN
16
2,008
392
5.1
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
13 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
125.4
2009
TEN TEN
16
2,006
358
5.6
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
14 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
125.3
2024
PHI PHI
16
2,005
345
5.8
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
15 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
122.4
2003
DEN DEN
13
1,591
290
5.5
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
16 Greg Hill
G. Hill
120.0
1998
STL STL
2
240
40
6.0
4
6
1
6.0
3.0
0
17 Ahman Green
A. Green
117.7
2003
GB GB
16
1,883
355
5.3
15
367
50
60
7.3
22.9
5
18 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
117.7
1994
DET DET
16
1,883
331
5.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
19 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
117.5
2005
SEA SEA
16
1,880
370
5.1
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
20 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
117.1
2021
TEN TEN
8
937
219
4.3
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
21 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
116.7
1997
DEN DEN
15
1,750
369
4.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
22 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
116.3
2005
NYG NYG
16
1,860
357
5.2
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
23 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
115.8
2002
MIA MIA
16
1,853
383
4.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
24 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
115.4
1998
ATL ATL
16
1,846
410
4.5
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
25 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
115.4
2002
KC KC
14
1,615
313
5.2
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
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Jets Jets
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3
0
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0
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10/13
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@
ATL ATL
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10/26
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@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
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11/2
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MIA Dolphins

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1
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0
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2
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1.000
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2
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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Sun
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Sun
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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@
ATL ATL
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