yards per game rushing leaders in a season

O.J. Simpson ran for 2,003 yards in 1973.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	O.J. Simpson	2,003	143.1	1973	BUF	14	332	6.0	12	70	6		11.7	5.0	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,863	133.1	1963	CLE	14	291	6.4	12	268	24		11.2	19.1	3
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	132.3	1977	CHI	14	339	5.5	14	269	27		10.0	19.2	2
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,105	131.6	1984	RAM	16	379	5.6	14	139	21		6.6	8.7	0
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,097	131.1	2012	MIN	16	348	6.0	12	217	40	51	5.4	13.6	1
6	O.J. Simpson	1,817	129.8	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	16	426	28		15.2	30.4	7
7	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,066	129.1	2003	BAL	16	387	5.3	14	205	26	38	7.9	12.8	0
8	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,934	128.9	1980	HOU	15	373	5.2	13	47	11		4.3	3.1	0
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,053	128.3	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,527	127.3	1958	CLE	12	257	5.9	17	138	16		8.6	11.5	1
11	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,027	126.7	2020	TEN	16	378	5.4	17	114	19	31	6.0	7.1	0
12	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,008	125.5	1998	DEN	16	392	5.1	21	217	25		8.7	13.6	2
13	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	2,006	125.4	2009	TEN	16	358	5.6	14	503	50	71	10.1	31.4	2
14	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	2,005	125.3	2024	PHI	16	345	5.8	13	278	33	43	8.4	17.4	2
15	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,591	122.4	2003	DEN	13	290	5.5	14	314	38	51	8.3	24.2	0
16	Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	360	120.0	2026	KC	3	65	5.5	2	82	11	18	7.5	27.3	2
17	Greg Hill G. Hill	240	120.0	1998	STL	2	40	6.0	4	6	1		6.0	3.0	0
18	Ahman Green A. Green	1,883	117.7	2003	GB	16	355	5.3	15	367	50	60	7.3	22.9	5
19	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	117.7	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	7	283	44		6.4	17.7	1
20	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,880	117.5	2005	SEA	16	370	5.1	27	78	15	29	5.2	4.9	1
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	937	117.1	2021	TEN	8	219	4.3	10	154	18	20	8.6	19.3	0
22	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,750	116.7	1997	DEN	15	369	4.7	15	287	42		6.8	19.1	0
23	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	349	116.3	2026	ATL	3	66	5.3	2	118	13	16	9.1	39.3	1
24	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,860	116.3	2005	NYG	16	357	5.2	9	530	54	70	9.8	33.1	2
25	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,853	115.8	2002	MIA	16	383	4.8	16	363	47	59	7.7	22.7	1

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Mon 10/12	BUF	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	BUF	@	LV	4:25 PM
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Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Bills	3	0	0	1.000
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Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
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