who leads the nfl in rushing yards per game all-time

Lionel Vital has averaged the most career rushing yards per game, with 115.3 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel Vital
L. Vital
115.3
3
346
80
4.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
104.3
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99.8
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
97.5
78
7,607
1,655
4.6
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
92.9
77
7,152
1,417
5.0
66
1,351
171
216
7.9
17.5
7
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90.8
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
88.0
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
87.8
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
85.1
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
10Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83.9
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
83.8
146
12,230
2,521
4.9
113
1,725
185
239
9.3
11.8
5
12Kevin Willhite
K. Willhite
83.7
3
251
53
4.7
0
37
6
6.2
12.3
0
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
83.2
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
14Edgerrin James
E. James
82.7
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
81.8
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
16Arian Foster
A. Foster
81.6
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
81.2
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
81.1
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
19Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
81.0
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
20LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
80.5
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
21Domanick Williams
D. Williams
79.9
40
3,195
770
4.1
23
1,276
154
200
8.3
31.9
5
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
78.8
100
7,878
1,721
4.6
52
2,585
349
472
7.4
25.9
16
23George Rogers
G. Rogers
78.0
92
7,176
1,692
4.2
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
24Joe Dudek
J. Dudek
77.0
2
154
35
4.4
2
41
7
5.9
20.5
0
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
76.9
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

21.5

24th

OPP PPG

26.9

28th

RUSH YDS/G

138.5

6th

PASS YDS/G

204.5

26th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Cowboys Cowboys
4
5
1
.450
Commanders Commanders
3
8
0
.273
Giants Giants
2
9
0
.182
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/30
DEN DEN
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Last Game

13

Final

16

MIA Dolphins

4 - 7

Sun 16 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
9
2
0
.818
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
4
0
.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
2
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
6
4
0
.600
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Cowboys Cowboys
4
5
1
.450
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
7
3
0
.700
Packers Packers
6
3
1
.650
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
8
2
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
CLE CLE
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
11/23
TB TB
@
LAR LAR
8:20 PM