who has the highest average career rushing yards per game minimum 70 games played

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 70.0+ rushing yards per game, with 226 games.

Interpreted as:
Who has the highest average career rushing yards per game minimum 70 regular-season games played?
NAMEGPRUSH YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
226
81.2
18,355
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
192
71.2
13,662
3,479
3.9
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
190
88.0
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
184
81.1
14,918
3,230
4.6
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
173
73.6
12,739
2,936
4.3
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
173
70.1
12,120
2,949
4.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
170
80.5
13,684
3,174
4.3
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
83.9
14,101
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
9Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
160
71.5
11,438
2,764
4.1
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
10Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
153
76.4
11,695
2,534
4.6
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
99.8
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
150
74.9
11,241
2,618
4.3
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
13Edgerrin James
E. James
148
82.7
12,246
3,028
4.0
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
146
90.8
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
144
83.7
12,052
2,483
4.9
112
1,697
180
234
9.4
11.8
5
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
144
73.9
10,643
2,622
4.1
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
17Eddie George
E. George
141
74.0
10,441
2,865
3.6
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
135
83.2
11,236
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
19Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
131
81.0
10,607
2,542
4.2
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
20Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
130
74.2
9,651
2,163
4.5
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
21Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
123
76.9
9,453
2,187
4.3
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
115
81.8
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
23Clinton Portis
C. Portis
113
87.8
9,923
2,230
4.4
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
24Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
113
72.3
8,172
1,780
4.6
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
25Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
109
72.5
7,898
1,769
4.5
76
1,613
212
7.6
14.8
7
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