who has the most average yards per game rushing

Lionel Vital gained an average of 4.3 yards per rush in his career.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most average rushing yards per game rushing?
NAMEYPCRUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
4.3
115.3
3
346
80
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
104.3
118
12,312
2,359
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.6
97.5
78
7,607
1,655
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
90.5
84
7,598
1,551
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4.4
87.8
113
9,923
2,230
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
4.5
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
85.1
153
13,018
2,662
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.0
83.9
168
14,101
3,518
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
12Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
4.7
83.7
3
251
53
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
83.2
135
11,236
2,404
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
14Edgerrin James
E. James
4.0
82.7
148
12,246
3,028
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4.3
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
16Arian Foster
A. Foster
4.4
81.6
80
6,527
1,476
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
81.2
226
18,355
4,409
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
81.1
184
14,918
3,230
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
19Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4.2
81.0
131
10,607
2,542
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
20LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
80.5
170
13,684
3,174
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
21Domanick Williams
D. Williams
4.1
79.9
40
3,195
770
23
1,276
154
200
8.3
31.9
5
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
78.8
106
8,356
1,826
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
23George Rogers
G. Rogers
4.2
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
24Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
4.4
77.0
2
154
35
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
4.3
76.9
123
9,453
2,187
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt and rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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