who has the record for most yards per game in a season

Herb Mul-Key has gained the most yards per game in his rookie season in 1972, with 215.0 per game.

Regular season

	NAME	YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	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	215.0	1972	WAS	2	430	1	155	77.5	1	66	33.0	0	209	104.5	0	0	0.0	0
2	Roell Preston R. Preston	211.0	1997	GB	1	211	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	211	211.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Myles Price M. Price	192.0	2026	MIN	1	192	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	179	179.0	0	13	13.0	0
4	Kenneth Walker K. Walker	191.0	2026	KC	1	191	2	173	173.0	1	18	18.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	189.4	1975	STL	13	2,462	13	816	62.8	9	378	29.1	2	960	73.8	1	285	21.9	1
6	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	186.0	2026	DET	1	186	2	156	156.0	2	30	30.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Chris Olave C. Olave	182.0	2026	NO	1	182	0	0	0.0	0	182	182.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	B.J. Sams	177.0	2007	BAL	1	177	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	140	140.0	0	37	37.0	0
9	Mack Herron M. Herron	174.6	1974	NE	14	2,444	12	824	58.9	7	474	33.9	5	629	44.9	0	517	36.9	0
10	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	174.3	1966	CHI	14	2,440	12	1,231	87.9	8	447	31.9	2	718	51.3	2	44	3.1	0
11	Chris Moore C. Moore	174.0	2026	BAL	1	174	0	0	0.0	0	53	53.0	0	121	121.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Avery Williams A. Williams	174.0	2025	NYJ	1	174	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	133	133.0	0	41	41.0	0
13	Bruce Perry B. Perry	173.5	2005	PHI	2	347	0	74	37.0	0	0	0.0	0	273	136.5	0	0	0.0	0
14	Timmy Brown T. Brown	173.4	1963	PHI	14	2,428	11	841	60.1	6	487	34.8	4	945	67.5	1	152	10.9	0
15	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	173.0	2026	ATL	1	173	1	83	83.0	0	90	90.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Derek Stanley D. Stanley	171.3	2007	STL	3	514	0	5	1.7	0	0	0.0	0	509	169.7	0	0	0.0	0
17	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	168.5	2011	NO	16	2,696	10	603	37.7	2	710	44.4	7	1,089	68.1	0	294	18.4	1
18	Derrick Mason D. Mason	168.1	2000	TEN	16	2,690	6	1	0.1	0	895	55.9	5	1,132	70.8	0	662	41.4	1
19	Ollie Matson O. Matson	166.6	1954	CHC	10	1,666	9	506	50.6	4	611	61.1	3	449	44.9	1	100	10.0	1
20	Floyd Little F. Little	165.9	1968	DEN	11	1,825	5	584	53.1	3	331	30.1	1	649	59.0	0	261	23.7	1
21	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	165.4	2002	NO	16	2,647	3	15	0.9	0	200	12.5	0	1,807	112.9	2	625	39.1	1
22	Timmy Brown T. Brown	164.7	1962	PHI	14	2,306	13	545	38.9	5	849	60.6	6	831	59.4	1	81	5.8	0
23	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	164.4	2009	STL	14	2,302	1	-2	-0.1	0	326	23.3	1	1,618	115.6	0	360	25.7	0
24	Seth McGowan S. McGowan	164.0	2026	IND	1	164	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	164	164.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	163.4	2002	KC	14	2,287	24	1,615	115.4	21	672	48.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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