which running back has the most career rush yards per game

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

	NAME	RUSH YDS/G	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lionel Vital L. Vital	115.3	3	346	80	4.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	104.3	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99.8	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Terrell Davis T. Davis	97.5	78	7,607	1,655	4.6	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
5	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	91.5	82	7,502	1,516	4.9	68	1,442	182	231	7.9	17.6	7
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90.8	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	88.0	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
8	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.8	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	83.9	151	12,676	2,606	4.9	118	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.9	5
11	Curtis Martin C. Martin	83.9	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
12	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.7	3	251	53	4.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
13	O.J. Simpson	83.2	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
14	Edgerrin James E. James	82.7	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
16	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.6	80	6,527	1,476	4.4	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	81.2	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
18	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	81.1	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
19	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	81.0	131	10,607	2,542	4.2	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
20	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	80.5	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
21	Domanick Williams D. Williams	79.9	40	3,195	770	4.1	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
22	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	78.9	105	8,288	1,807	4.6	55	2,651	358	489	7.4	25.2	16
23	George Rogers G. Rogers	78.0	92	7,176	1,692	4.2	54	368	55		6.7	4.0	0
24	Jawhar Jordan J. Jordan	77.0	2	154	30	5.1	0	34	7	7	4.9	17.0	0
25	Joe Dudek J. Dudek	77.0	2	154	35	4.4	2	41	7		5.9	20.5	0

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