who has the most average total yards from scrimmage per season for a career

Herb Mul-Key has the most yards per game played in his rookie season in 1972, with 215.

	NAME	YDS/GP	YDS	GP	SEASON	TM	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	215	430	2	1972	WAS	215.0	1	155	77.5	1	66	33.0	0	209	104.5	0	0	0.0	0
2	Roell Preston R. Preston	211	211	1	1997	GB	211.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	211	211.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	189.38	2,462	13	1975	STL	189.4	13	816	62.8	9	378	29.1	2	960	73.8	1	285	21.9	1
4	B.J. Sams	177	177	1	2007	BAL	177.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	140	140.0	0	37	37.0	0
5	Mack Herron M. Herron	174.57	2,444	14	1974	NE	174.6	12	824	58.9	7	474	33.9	5	629	44.9	0	517	36.9	0
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	174.29	2,440	14	1966	CHI	174.3	12	1,231	87.9	8	447	31.9	2	718	51.3	2	44	3.1	0
7	Avery Williams A. Williams	174	174	1	2025	NYJ	174.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	133	133.0	0	41	41.0	0
8	Bruce Perry B. Perry	173.5	347	2	2005	PHI	173.5	0	74	37.0	0	0	0.0	0	273	136.5	0	0	0.0	0
9	Timmy Brown T. Brown	173.43	2,428	14	1963	PHI	173.4	11	841	60.1	6	487	34.8	4	945	67.5	1	152	10.9	0
10	Derek Stanley D. Stanley	171.33	514	3	2007	STL	171.3	0	5	1.7	0	0	0.0	0	509	169.7	0	0	0.0	0
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	168.5	2,696	16	2011	NO	168.5	10	603	37.7	2	710	44.4	7	1,089	68.1	0	294	18.4	1
12	Derrick Mason D. Mason	168.13	2,690	16	2000	TEN	168.1	6	1	0.1	0	895	55.9	5	1,132	70.8	0	662	41.4	1
13	Ollie Matson O. Matson	166.6	1,666	10	1954	CHC	166.6	9	506	50.6	4	611	61.1	3	449	44.9	1	100	10.0	1
14	Floyd Little F. Little	165.91	1,825	11	1968	DEN	165.9	5	584	53.1	3	331	30.1	1	649	59.0	0	261	23.7	1
15	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	165.44	2,647	16	2002	NO	165.4	3	15	0.9	0	200	12.5	0	1,807	112.9	2	625	39.1	1
16	Timmy Brown T. Brown	164.71	2,306	14	1962	PHI	164.7	13	545	38.9	5	849	60.6	6	831	59.4	1	81	5.8	0
17	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	164.43	2,302	14	2009	STL	164.4	1	-2	-0.1	0	326	23.3	1	1,618	115.6	0	360	25.7	0
18	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	163.36	2,287	14	2002	KC	163.4	24	1,615	115.4	21	672	48.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.56	1,463	9	1968	CHI	162.6	2	856	95.1	2	117	13.0	0	461	51.2	0	29	3.2	0
20	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.29	2,272	14	1965	CHI	162.3	22	867	61.9	14	507	36.2	6	660	47.1	1	238	17.0	1
21	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	161.5	969	6	1954	SF	161.5	6	515	85.8	6	162	27.0	0	210	35.0	0	78	13.0	0
22	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	161	161	1	2022	BUF	161.0	0	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	0	157	157.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Harry Clarke H. Clarke	160.7	1,607	10	1943	CHB		10	556	55.6	2	535	53.5	7	326	32.6	0	158	15.8	0
24	O.J. Simpson	160.21	2,243	14	1975	BUF	160.2	23	1,817	129.8	16	426	30.4	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bobby Leo B. Leo	159	318	2	1967	BOS	159.0	1	7	3.5	0	25	12.5	1	232	116.0	0	54	27.0	0

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