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Single-Season Rushing Yards per Game Leaders
Single-Season Rushing Yards per Game Leaders
Football Leaders & Football Records
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Single-Season
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Career
·
Active
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Year-by-Year
Rank
Player
(age), + - HOFer,
Bold
- Active
Y/G
Year
Teams
1.
O.J. Simpson
+ (26)
143.1
1973
BUF
2.
Jim Brown
+ (27)
133.1
1963
CLE
3.
Walter Payton
+ (23)
132.3
1977
CHI
4.
Eric Dickerson
+ (24)
131.6
1984
RAM
5.
O.J. Simpson
+ (28)
129.8
1975
BUF
6.
Jamal Lewis
(24)
129.1
2003
BAL
7.
Earl Campbell
+ (25)
128.9
1980
HOU
8.
Barry Sanders
+ (29)
128.3
1997
DET
9.
Jim Brown
+ (22)
127.3
1958
CLE
10.
Terrell Davis
(26)
125.5
1998
DEN
11.
Chris Johnson
(24)
124.2
2009
TEN
12.
Clinton Portis
(22)
122.4
2003
DEN
13.
Barry Sanders
+ (26)
117.7
1994
DET
Ahman Green
(26)
117.7
2003
GNB
15.
Shaun Alexander
(28)
117.5
2005
SEA
16.
Terrell Davis
(25)
116.7
1997
DEN
17.
Tiki Barber
(30)
116.3
2005
NYG
18.
Ricky Williams
(25)
115.8
2002
MIA
19.
Jamal Anderson
(26)
115.4
1998
ATL
Priest Holmes
(29)
115.4
2002
KAN
21.
Eric Dickerson
+ (26)
113.8
1986
RAM
22.
LaDainian Tomlinson
(27)
113.4
2006
SDG
23.
Eric Dickerson
+ (23)
113.0
1983
RAM
24.
Larry Johnson
(27)
111.8
2006
KAN
25.
Priest Holmes
(31)
111.5
2004
KAN
26.
Jerome Bettis
(25)
111.0
1997
PIT
27.
Emmitt Smith
(26)
110.8
1995
DAL
Jim Brown
+ (23)
110.8
1959
CLE
29.
Jim Brown
+ (29)
110.3
1965
CLE
30.
Adrian Peterson
(23)
110.0
2008
MIN
31.
Marcus Allen
+ (25)
109.9
1985
RAI
32.
Larry Johnson
(26)
109.4
2005
KAN
33.
Corey Dillon
(30)
109.0
2004
NWE
34.
Fred Taylor
(24)
107.6
2000
JAX
35.
Gerald Riggs
(25)
107.4
1985
ATL
O.J. Simpson
+ (29)
107.4
1976
BUF
37.
Eric Dickerson
+ (27)
112.3
1987
IND
38.
Emmitt Smith
(23)
107.1
1992
DAL
39.
Edgerrin James
(22)
106.8
2000
IND
40.
Michael Turner
(26)
106.2
2008
ATL
41.
Emmitt Smith
(24)
106.1
1993
DAL
Curtis Martin
(31)
106.1
2004
NYJ
Earl Campbell
+ (24)
106.1
1979
HOU
44.
Shaun Alexander
(27)
106.0
2004
SEA
45.
Frank Gore
(23)
105.9
2006
SFO
46.
Barry Foster
(24)
105.6
1992
PIT
47.
Jim Taylor
+ (27)
105.3
1962
GNB
Walter Payton
+ (30)
105.3
1984
CHI
49.
LaDainian Tomlinson
(23)
105.2
2002
SDG
50.
Jim Brown
+ (24)
104.8
1960
CLE
51.
George Rogers
(23)
104.6
1981
NOR
52.
Jim Nance
(24)
104.1
1966
BOS
53.
Tiki Barber
(31)
103.9
2006
NYG
54.
Eric Dickerson
+ (28)
103.7
1988
IND
55.
Jim Brown
+ (28)
103.3
1964
CLE
56.
Barry Sanders
+ (23)
103.2
1991
DET
57.
Stephen Davis
(29)
103.1
2003
CAR
Steven Jackson
(26)
103.1
2009
STL
59.
Tony Dorsett
+ (27)
102.9
1981
DAL
60.
LaDainian Tomlinson
(24)
102.8
2003
SDG
61.
Billy Sims
(26)
102.6
1981
DET
Deuce McAllister
(25)
102.6
2003
NOR
63.
Julius Jones
(23)
102.4
2004
DAL
64.
Spec Sanders
(29)
102.3
1947
NYY
65.
Barry Sanders
+ (25)
101.4
1993
DET
66.
Larry Brown
(25)
101.3
1972
WAS
67.
Joe Morris
(26)
101.1
1986
NYG
68.
Walter Payton
+ (25)
100.6
1979
CHI
Jim Brown
+ (25)
100.6
1961
CLE
70.
Otis Armstrong
(24)
100.5
1974
DEN
71.
Edgerrin James
(27)
100.4
2005
IND
Stephen Davis
(25)
100.4
1999
WAS
73.
Ottis Anderson
(22)
100.3
1979
STL
74.
Ricky Williams
(23)
100.0
2000
NOR
75.
Adrian Peterson
(24)
99.9
2009
MIN
76.
Walter Payton
+ (22)
99.3
1976
CHI
77.
Gerald Riggs
(24)
99.1
1984
ATL
78.
Emmitt Smith
(25)
98.9
1994
DAL
79.
Marshall Faulk
(28)
98.7
2001
STL
Christian Okoye
(28)
98.7
1989
KAN
81.
Fred Taylor
(27)
98.3
2003
JAX
82.
DeAngelo Williams
(26)
98.2
2009
CAR
83.
Garrison Hearst
(27)
98.1
1998
SFO
84.
Barry Sanders
+ (21)
98.0
1989
DET
85.
William Andrews
(28)
97.9
1983
ATL
86.
Emmitt Smith
(22)
97.7
1991
DAL
87.
Jerome Bettis
(29)
97.5
2001
PIT
88.
Priest Holmes
(28)
97.2
2001
KAN
89.
Marshall Faulk
(27)
97.1
2000
STL
Edgerrin James
(21)
97.1
1999
IND
Barry Sanders
+ (28)
97.1
1996
DET
92.
Chris Brown
(23)
97.0
2004
TEN
93.
Walter Payton
+ (31)
96.9
1985
CHI
94.
Edgerrin James
(25)
96.8
2003
IND
Don Woods
(23)
96.8
1974
SDG
Edgerrin James
(26)
96.8
2004
IND
97.
Earl Campbell
+ (23)
96.7
1978
HOU
98.
Olandis Gary
(24)
96.6
1999
DEN
Chris Warren
(26)
96.6
1994
SEA
100.
James Wilder
(26)
96.5
1984
TAM
101.
Terrell Davis
(24)
96.1
1996
DEN
102.
Adrian Peterson
(22)
95.8
2007
MIN
103.
Steve Van Buren
+ (29)
95.5
1949
PHI
Steven Jackson
(23)
95.5
2006
STL
105.
Cedric Benson
(27)
95.4
2009
CIN
106.
Gale Sayers
+ (25)
95.1
1968
CHI
Freeman McNeil
(26)
95.1
1985
NYJ
Robert Smith
(28)
95.1
2000
MIN
109.
Tiki Barber
(29)
94.9
2004
NYG
110.
Clinton Portis
(24)
94.8
2005
WAS
111.
DeAngelo Williams
(25)
94.7
2008
CAR
112.
Herschel Walker
(26)
94.6
1988
DAL
Curtis Martin
(28)
94.6
2001
NYJ
114.
Wilbert Montgomery
(25)
94.5
1979
PHI
115.
Eddie George
(27)
94.3
2000
TEN
Clinton Portis
(21)
94.3
2002
DEN
117.
Roger Craig
(28)
93.9
1988
SFO
118.
Rick Casares
(25)
93.8
1956
CHI
Thurman Thomas
+ (25)
93.8
1991
BUF
Barry Sanders
+ (27)
93.8
1995
DET
121.
Wilbert Montgomery
(27)
93.5
1981
PHI
122.
Willie Parker
(26)
93.4
2006
PIT
Jim Taylor
+ (26)
93.4
1961
GNB
124.
Barry Sanders
+ (30)
93.2
1998
DET
125.
Emmitt Smith
(30)
93.1
1999
DAL
126.
Thurman Thomas
+ (26)
92.9
1992
BUF
Curtis Martin
(22)
92.9
1995
NWE
Clinton Portis
(27)
92.9
2008
WAS
Mike Anderson
(27)
92.9
2000
DEN
Earl Campbell
+ (28)
92.9
1983
HOU
131.
Maurice Jones-Drew
(24)
92.6
2009
JAX
Curt Warner
(25)
92.6
1986
SEA
133.
Delvin Williams
(25)
92.5
1976
SFO
Deuce McAllister
(24)
92.5
2002
NOR
135.
Michael Turner
(27)
92.3
2009
ATL
136.
LaDainian Tomlinson
(28)
92.1
2007
SDG
137.
Jim Taylor
+ (25)
91.8
1960
GNB
138.
Brandon Jacobs
(25)
91.7
2007
NYG
139.
Charles White
(29)
91.6
1987
RAM
140.
Curtis Martin
(26)
91.5
1999
NYJ
141.
Lawrence McCutcheon
(23)
91.4
1973
RAM
LaDainian Tomlinson
(26)
91.4
2005
SDG
143.
Beattie Feathers
(26)
91.3
1934
CHI
Walter Payton
+ (26)
91.3
1980
CHI
145.
Rudi Johnson
(26)
91.1
2005
CIN
146.
Mark van Eeghen
(25)
90.9
1977
OAK
Rudi Johnson
(25)
90.9
2004
CIN
148.
Curt Warner
(22)
90.6
1983
SEA
149.
Robert Smith
(25)
90.4
1997
MIN
Travis Henry
(25)
90.4
2003
BUF
151.
Jim Taylor
+ (29)
89.9
1964
GNB
Travis Henry
(24)
89.9
2002
BUF
153.
John Riggins
+ (34)
89.8
1983
WAS
Rodney Hampton
(24)
89.8
1993
NYG
155.
Corey Dillon
(26)
89.7
2000
CIN
Shaun Alexander
(26)
89.7
2003
SEA
Dorsey Levens
(27)
89.7
1997
GNB
158.
Shaun Alexander
(29)
89.6
2006
SEA
159.
Stephen Davis
(27)
89.5
2001
WAS
160.
Jerome Bettis
(24)
89.4
1996
PIT
O.J. Simpson
+ (25)
89.4
1972
BUF
162.
Jerome Bettis
(21)
89.3
1993
RAM
John David Crow
(25)
89.3
1960
STL
164.
Curtis Martin
(24)
89.2
1997
NWE
Freeman McNeil
(25)
89.2
1984
NYJ
166.
LaDainian Tomlinson
(25)
89.0
2004
SDG
Thomas Jones
(27)
89.0
2005
CHI
Franco Harris
+ (25)
89.0
1975
PIT
169.
Brian Westbrook
(28)
88.9
2007
PHI
170.
Walter Payton
+ (29)
88.8
1983
CHI
Priest Holmes
(30)
88.8
2003
KAN
172.
Domanick Williams
(25)
88.7
2005
HOU
173.
Ahman Green
(25)
88.6
2002
GNB
174.
Leroy Kelly
+ (26)
88.5
1968
CLE
John Riggins
+ (35)
88.5
1984
WAS
Warrick Dunn
(30)
88.5
2005
ATL
177.
Lawrence McCutcheon
(27)
88.4
1977
RAM
Thomas Jones
(31)
88.4
2009
NYJ
179.
Natrone Means
(26)
88.3
1998
SDG
180.
Ricky Watters
(27)
88.2
1996
PHI
181.
Eric Dickerson
+ (25)
88.1
1985
RAM
182.
George Rogers
(25)
88.0
1983
NOR
183.
Gale Sayers
+ (23)
87.9
1966
CHI
Stephen Davis
(26)
87.9
2000
WAS
185.
Willie Parker
(27)
87.7
2007
PIT
Clinton Portis
(23)
87.7
2004
WAS
Tony Canadeo
+ (30)
87.7
1949
GNB
188.
Terrell Davis
(29)
87.6
2001
DEN
189.
Marion Butts
(24)
87.5
1990
SDG
190.
Eddie George
(24)
87.4
1997
TEN
Fred Taylor
(28)
87.4
2004
JAX
Joe Perry
+ (27)
87.4
1954
SFO
Eric Dickerson
+ (29)
87.4
1989
IND
Cliff Battles
+ (27)
87.4
1937
WAS
195.
Freeman McNeil
(23)
87.3
1982
NYJ
196.
Walter Payton
+ (24)
87.2
1978
CHI
197.
Wilbert Montgomery
(24)
87.1
1978
PHI
198.
Mike Rozier
(26)
87.0
1987
HOU
199.
Jamal Lewis
(28)
86.9
2007
CLE
Jim Nance
(25)
86.9
1967
BOS
201.
Steven Jackson
(25)
86.8
2008
STL
202.
Tiki Barber
(27)
86.7
2002
NYG
Ahman Green
(24)
86.7
2001
GNB
204.
Larry Brown
(23)
86.5
1970
WAS
Travis Henry
(28)
86.5
2006
TEN
Robert Smith
(24)
86.5
1996
MIN
207.
Bo Jackson
(27)
86.4
1989
RAI
208.
J.D. Smith
(27)
86.3
1959
SFO
Marshall Faulk
(26)
86.3
1999
STL
210.
Leroy Kelly
+ (25)
86.1
1967
CLE
211.
Ottis Anderson
(24)
86.0
1981
STL
Earl Campbell
+ (26)
86.0
1981
HOU
213.
Steve Van Buren
+ (28)
85.9
1948
PHI
Billy Sims
(29)
85.9
1984
DET
215.
Curtis Martin
(25)
85.8
1998
NYJ
Marshawn Lynch
(21)
85.8
2007
BUF
Ricky Williams
(26)
85.8
2003
MIA
218.
Lydell Mitchell
(27)
85.7
1976
BAL
219.
Eddie George
(23)
85.5
1996
HOU
220.
Hoyle Granger
(23)
85.3
1967
HOU
Jamal Lewis
(21)
85.3
2000
BAL
222.
Lydell Mitchell
(26)
85.2
1975
BAL
223.
Joe Perry
+ (26)
84.8
1953
SFO
Robert Smith
(26)
84.8
1998
MIN
225.
Mike Thomas
(23)
84.7
1976
WAS
Ottis Anderson
(26)
84.7
1983
STL
227.
Terry Allen
(28)
84.6
1996
WAS
Rueben Mayes
(23)
84.6
1986
NOR
229.
Anthony Thomas
(24)
84.5
2001
CHI
Barry Sanders
+ (24)
84.5
1992
DET
Ottis Anderson
(23)
84.5
1980
STL
232.
Ron A. Johnson
(25)
84.4
1972
NYG
Natrone Means
(22)
84.4
1994
SDG
234.
Cadillac Williams
(23)
84.1
2005
TAM
Chris Warren
(27)
84.1
1995
SEA
236.
Steve Van Buren
+ (27)
84.0
1947
PHI
237.
Franco Harris
+ (24)
83.8
1974
PIT
Jamal Lewis
(25)
83.8
2004
BAL
Jerome Bettis
(28)
83.8
2000
PIT
Brandon Jacobs
(26)
83.8
2008
NYG
241.
Joe Morris
(25)
83.5
1985
NYG
Steven Jackson
(24)
83.5
2007
STL
243.
Lawrence McCutcheon
(26)
83.4
1976
RAM
Tony Dorsett
+ (24)
82.8
1978
DAL
Lydell Mitchell
(28)
82.8
1977
BAL
Tony Dorsett
+ (28)
82.8
1982
DAL
244.
Walter Payton
+ (32)
83.3
1986
CHI
Emmitt Smith
(29)
83.3
1998
DAL
246.
Steve Van Buren
+ (25)
83.2
1945
PHI
Tony Dorsett
+ (29)
82.6
1983
DAL
247.
Franco Harris
+ (27)
83.0
1977
PIT
Duce Staley
(29)
83.0
2004
PIT
Chuck Foreman
(26)
82.5
1976
MIN
248.
Marshall Faulk
(25)
82.4
1998
IND
Shaun Alexander
(24)
82.4
2001
SEA
249.
Jamal Lewis
(23)
82.9
2002
BAL
Gerald Riggs
(26)
82.9
1986
ATL
Ryan Grant
(27)
82.9
2009
GNB
250.
Thurman Thomas
+ (27)
82.2
1993
BUF
Corey Dillon
(27)
82.2
2001
CIN