most yards per game for a rookie all-time

Herb Mul-Key has averaged the most yards per game by a rookie, with 215.0 per game in 1972.

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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	162.3	1965	CHI	14	2,272	22	867	61.9	14	507	36.2	6	660	47.1	1	238	17.0	1
7	Bobby Leo B. Leo	159.0	1967	BOS	2	318	1	7	3.5	0	25	12.5	1	232	116.0	0	54	27.0	0
8	Billy Hunter B. Hunter	153.7	1965	WAS	3	461	1	0	0.0	0	29	9.7	1	432	144.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Clifton Smith C. Smith	153.3	2008	TB	9	1,380	2	40	4.4	0	24	2.7	0	992	110.2	1	324	36.0	1
10	Shane Swanson S. Swanson	151.0	1987	DEN	3	453	1	0	0.0	0	87	29.0	1	234	78.0	0	132	44.0	0
11	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	150.0	1960	DLT	14	2,100	12	875	62.5	9	576	41.1	3	434	31.0	0	215	15.4	0
12	James Brooks J. Brooks	149.5	1981	SD	14	2,093	6	525	37.5	3	329	23.5	3	949	67.8	0	290	20.7	0
13	Tim Brown T. Brown	144.8	1988	RAI	16	2,317	7	50	3.1	1	725	45.3	5	1,098	68.6	1	444	27.8	0
14	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	144.4	2007	MIN	14	2,021	13	1,341	95.8	12	268	19.1	1	412	29.4	0	0	0.0	0
15	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	144.3	1952	SF	12	1,731	10	684	57.0	6	367	30.6	3	396	33.0	0	284	23.7	1
16	Chimere Dike C. Dike	142.8	2025	TEN	17	2,427	6	18	1.1	0	423	24.9	4	1,588	93.4	0	398	23.4	2
17	LaMichael James L. James	142.8	2012	SF	4	571	0	125	31.3	0	29	7.3	0	417	104.3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Vic Washington V. Washington	141.9	1971	SF	14	1,986	7	811	57.9	3	317	22.6	4	858	61.3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	140.6	2006	JAX	16	2,250	16	941	58.8	13	436	27.3	2	860	53.8	1	13	0.8	0
20	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	139.6	2005	HOU	12	1,675	3	0	0.0	0	65	5.4	1	1,542	128.5	2	68	5.7	0
21	Jerry LeVias J. LeVias	139.0	1969	HOU	14	1,946	5	18	1.3	0	696	49.7	5	940	67.1	0	292	20.9	0
22	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	138.7	2009	MIN	15	2,081	8	135	9.0	0	790	52.7	6	1,156	77.1	2	0	0.0	0
23	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	138.3	1983	RAM	16	2,212	20	1,808	113.0	18	404	25.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	137.8	1975	DEN	14	1,929	3	97	6.9	1	436	31.1	2	1,084	77.4	0	312	22.3	0
25	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	136.4	1969	BOS	14	1,909	7	691	49.4	5	267	19.1	2	792	56.6	0	159	11.4	0

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