retired player with most rushing yards per game

Lionel Vital has averaged the most career rushing yards per game by an inactive or retired player, with 115.3 per game.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
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
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
104.3
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
97.5
78
7,607
1,655
4.6
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
87.8
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
8Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83.9
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
83.2
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
12Edgerrin James
E. James
82.7
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
14Arian Foster
A. Foster
81.6
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
81.2
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
16Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
81.1
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
17Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
81.0
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
80.5
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
19Domanick Williams
D. Williams
79.9
40
3,195
770
4.1
23
1,276
154
200
8.3
31.9
5
20George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
21Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
22Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
76.9
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
23Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
76.4
153
11,695
2,534
4.6
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
24Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
74.9
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
25Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
74.2
130
9,651
2,163
4.5
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
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4
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5
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5
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7
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