which player has the highest rushing yards per game in a season and 8 games played since 1970

Since 1970, O.J. Simpson has averaged the most rushing yards per game with 8+ games played in a season, with 143.1 per game in 1973.

Interpreted as:
Which player has the highest rushing yards per game in a season and 8 or more games played since 1970?
NAMERUSH YDS/GGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
143.1
14
1973
BUF BUF
2,003
332
6.0
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
132.3
14
1977
CHI CHI
1,852
339
5.5
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
131.6
16
1984
RAM RAM
2,105
379
5.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
131.1
16
2012
MIN MIN
2,097
348
6.0
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
5O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
129.8
14
1975
BUF BUF
1,817
329
5.5
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
6Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
129.1
16
2003
BAL BAL
2,066
387
5.3
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
128.9
15
1980
HOU HOU
1,934
373
5.2
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
128.3
16
1997
DET DET
2,053
335
6.1
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
126.7
16
2020
TEN TEN
2,027
378
5.4
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
10Terrell Davis
T. Davis
125.5
16
1998
DEN DEN
2,008
392
5.1
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
11Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
125.4
16
2009
TEN TEN
2,006
358
5.6
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
12Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
125.3
16
2024
PHI PHI
2,005
345
5.8
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
13Clinton Portis
C. Portis
122.4
13
2003
DEN DEN
1,591
290
5.5
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
14Ahman Green
A. Green
117.7
16
2003
GB GB
1,883
355
5.3
15
367
50
60
7.3
22.9
5
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
117.7
16
1994
DET DET
1,883
331
5.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
117.5
16
2005
SEA SEA
1,880
370
5.1
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
17Derrick Henry
D. Henry
117.1
8
2021
TEN TEN
937
219
4.3
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
116.7
15
1997
DEN DEN
1,750
369
4.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
19Tiki Barber
T. Barber
116.3
16
2005
NYG NYG
1,860
357
5.2
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
20Ricky Williams
R. Williams
115.8
16
2002
MIA MIA
1,853
383
4.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
21Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
115.4
16
1998
ATL ATL
1,846
410
4.5
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
22Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
115.4
14
2002
KC KC
1,615
313
5.2
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
23DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
115.3
16
2014
DAL DAL
1,845
392
4.7
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
24Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
113.8
16
1986
RAM RAM
1,821
404
4.5
11
205
26
7.9
12.8
0
25LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
113.4
16
2006
SD SD
1,815
348
5.2
28
508
56
80
9.1
31.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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