Lionel Vital has the most career rushing yards per game played by a running back, with 115.33.

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	NAME	YDS/GP	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lionel Vital L. Vital	115.33	346	3	80	4.3	115.3	2	13	1		13.0	4.3	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	104.34	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99.8	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Terrell Davis T. Davis	97.53	7,607	78	1,655	4.6	97.5	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
5	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90.82	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
6	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	90.56	7,788	86	1,594	4.9	90.6	73	1,532	194	247	7.9	17.8	7
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	88.03	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
8	Clinton Portis C. Portis	87.81	9,923	113	2,230	4.4	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
9	Derrick Henry D. Henry	85.35	13,230	155	2,702	4.9	85.4	126	1,839	193	249	9.5	11.9	5
10	Billy Sims B. Sims	85.1	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
11	Curtis Martin C. Martin	83.93	14,101	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
12	Kevin Willhite K. Willhite	83.67	251	3	53	4.7	83.7	0	37	6		6.2	12.3	0
13	O.J. Simpson	83.23	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
14	Edgerrin James E. James	82.74	12,246	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	81.8	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
16	Arian Foster A. Foster	81.59	6,527	80	1,476	4.4	81.6	54	2,346	255	355	9.2	29.3	14
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	81.22	18,355	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
18	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	81.08	14,918	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
19	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	80.97	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
20	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	80.49	13,684	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
21	Domanick Williams D. Williams	79.88	3,195	40	770	4.1	79.9	23	1,276	154	200	8.3	31.9	5
22	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	78.22	8,448	108	1,845	4.6	78.2	55	2,659	360	493	7.4	24.6	16
23	George Rogers G. Rogers	78	7,176	92	1,692	4.2	78.0	54	368	55		6.7	4.0	0
24	Joe Dudek J. Dudek	77	154	2	35	4.4	77.0	2	41	7		5.9	20.5	0
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	76.85	9,453	123	2,187	4.3	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12

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Sun 10/11	NYG	@	WAS	1:00 PM
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Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
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49ers	2	0	0	1.000
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Rams	0	1	0	.000

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Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
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Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000