Lionel Vital has averaged the most career rushing yards per game by a running back, with 115.3 per game.

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Vital Brown Sanders Davis Dickerson Payton Portis Taylor Sims Chubb Martin Willhite Simpson James Campbell Foster Smith Peterson Lewis Tomlinson Williams Henry Rogers Dudek Alexander Taylor Jacobs 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 115.3 104.3 99.8 97.5 90.8 88.0 87.8 86.5 85.1 84.6 83.9 83.7 83.2 82.7 81.8 81.6 81.2 81.1 81.0 80.5 79.9 79.8 78.0 77.0 76.9 76.4 76.0
NAME RUSH YDS/G GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Lionel Vital Lionel Vital 115.3 3 346 80 4.3 2 13 1 13.0 4.3 0
Jim Brown Jim Brown 104.3 118 12,312 2,359 5.2 106 2,499 262 9.5 21.2 20
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 99.8 153 15,269 3,062 5.0 99 2,921 352 8.3 19.1 10
Terrell Davis Terrell Davis 97.5 78 7,607 1,655 4.6 60 1,280 169 26 7.6 16.4 5
Eric Dickerson Eric Dickerson 90.8 146 13,259 2,996 4.4 90 2,137 281 7.6 14.6 6
Walter Payton Walter Payton 88.0 190 16,726 3,838 4.4 110 4,538 492 9.2 23.9 15
Clinton Portis Clinton Portis 87.8 113 9,923 2,230 4.4 75 2,018 247 338 8.2 17.9 5
Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Taylor 86.5 53 4,582 925 5.0 40 955 123 153 7.8 18.0 4
Billy Sims Billy Sims 85.1 60 5,106 1,131 4.5 42 2,072 186 11.1 34.5 5
Nick Chubb Nick Chubb 84.6 77 6,511 1,238 5.3 48 1,011 123 162 8.2 13.1 4
Curtis Martin Curtis Martin 83.9 168 14,101 3,518 4.0 90 3,329 484 409 6.9 19.8 10
Kevin Willhite Kevin Willhite 83.7 3 251 53 4.7 0 37 6 6.2 12.3 0
O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 83.2 135 11,236 2,404 4.7 61 2,142 203 10.6 15.9 14
Edgerrin James Edgerrin James 82.7 148 12,246 3,028 4.0 80 3,364 433 584 7.8 22.7 11
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 81.8 115 9,407 2,187 4.3 74 806 121 6.7 7.0 0
Arian Foster Arian Foster 81.6 80 6,527 1,476 4.4 54 2,346 255 355 9.2 29.3 14
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 81.2 226 18,355 4,409 4.2 164 3,224 515 130 6.3 14.3 11
Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 81.1 184 14,918 3,230 4.6 120 2,474 305 423 8.1 13.4 6
Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis 81.0 131 10,607 2,542 4.2 58 1,879 221 298 8.5 14.3 4
LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tomlinson 80.5 170 13,684 3,174 4.3 145 4,772 624 868 7.6 28.1 17
Domanick Williams Domanick Williams 79.9 40 3,195 770 4.1 23 1,276 154 200 8.3 31.9 5
Derrick Henry Derrick Henry 79.8 119 9,502 2,030 4.7 90 1,458 155 202 9.4 12.3 3
George Rogers George Rogers 78.0 92 7,176 1,692 4.2 54 368 55 6.7 4.0 0
Joe Dudek Joe Dudek 77.0 2 154 35 4.4 2 41 7 5.9 20.5 0
Shaun Alexander Shaun Alexander 76.9 123 9,453 2,187 4.3 100 1,520 215 316 7.1 12.4 12
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