Derrick Henry averaged the most rushing yards per game by a running back in 2021, with 117.1 per game.
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most rushing yards per game from a rb in a season 2021| NAME | RUSH YDS/G | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Derrick Henry D. Henry | 117.1 | 2021 |  TEN | 8 | 937 | 219 | 4.3 | 10 | 154 | 18 | 20 | 8.6 | 19.3 | 0 |
| 2 |  | Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor | 106.5 | 2021 |  IND | 17 | 1,811 | 332 | 5.5 | 18 | 360 | 40 | 51 | 9.0 | 21.2 | 2 |
| 3 |  | Nick Chubb N. Chubb | 89.9 | 2021 |  CLE | 14 | 1,259 | 228 | 5.5 | 8 | 174 | 20 | 25 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 1 |
| 4 |  | Dalvin Cook D. Cook | 89.2 | 2021 |  MIN | 13 | 1,159 | 249 | 4.7 | 6 | 224 | 34 | 49 | 6.6 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 5 |  | Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell | 87.5 | 2021 |  SF | 11 | 963 | 207 | 4.7 | 5 | 137 | 19 | 20 | 7.2 | 12.5 | 1 |
| 6 |  | Joe Mixon J. Mixon | 75.3 | 2021 |  CIN | 16 | 1,205 | 292 | 4.1 | 13 | 314 | 42 | 48 | 7.5 | 19.6 | 3 |
| 7 |  | Rashaad Penny R. Penny | 74.9 | 2021 |  SEA | 10 | 749 | 119 | 6.3 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 8 |  | Najee Harris N. Harris | 70.6 | 2021 |  PIT | 17 | 1,200 | 307 | 3.9 | 7 | 467 | 74 | 94 | 6.3 | 27.5 | 3 |
| 9 |  | Alvin Kamara A. Kamara | 69.1 | 2021 |  NO | 13 | 898 | 240 | 3.7 | 4 | 439 | 47 | 67 | 9.3 | 33.8 | 5 |
| 10 |  | Duke Johnson D. Johnson | 66.0 | 2021 |  MIA | 5 | 330 | 71 | 4.6 | 3 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 11 |  | David Montgomery D. Montgomery | 65.3 | 2021 |  CHI | 13 | 849 | 225 | 3.8 | 7 | 301 | 42 | 51 | 7.2 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 12 |  | Antonio Gibson A. Gibson | 64.8 | 2021 |  WAS | 16 | 1,037 | 258 | 4.0 | 7 | 294 | 42 | 52 | 7.0 | 18.4 | 3 |
| 13 |  | Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey | 63.1 | 2021 |  CAR | 7 | 442 | 99 | 4.5 | 1 | 343 | 37 | 41 | 9.3 | 49.0 | 1 |
| 14 |  | D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman | 62.9 | 2021 | TEN | 9 | 566 | 133 | 4.3 | 3 | 123 | 9 | 11 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 0 |
| 15 |  | Miles Sanders M. Sanders | 62.8 | 2021 |  PHI | 12 | 754 | 137 | 5.5 | 0 | 158 | 26 | 34 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 16 |  | Damien Harris D. Harris | 61.9 | 2021 |  NE | 15 | 929 | 203 | 4.6 | 15 | 132 | 18 | 21 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 17 |  | Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott | 58.9 | 2021 |  DAL | 17 | 1,002 | 237 | 4.2 | 10 | 287 | 47 | 65 | 6.1 | 16.9 | 2 |
| 18 |  | Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs | 58.1 | 2021 |  LV | 15 | 872 | 217 | 4.0 | 9 | 348 | 54 | 64 | 6.4 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 19 |  | Jordan Howard J. Howard | 58.0 | 2021 | PHI | 7 | 406 | 86 | 4.7 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 20 |  | Chris Carson C. Carson | 58.0 | 2021 | SEA | 4 | 232 | 54 | 4.3 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 21 |  | Leonard Fournette L. Fournette | 58.0 | 2021 |  TB | 14 | 812 | 180 | 4.5 | 8 | 454 | 69 | 84 | 6.6 | 32.4 | 2 |
| 22 |  | Melvin Gordon M. Gordon | 57.4 | 2021 |  DEN | 16 | 918 | 203 | 4.5 | 8 | 213 | 28 | 38 | 7.6 | 13.3 | 2 |
| 23 |  | Darrell Henderson D. Henderson | 57.3 | 2021 |  LAR | 12 | 688 | 149 | 4.6 | 5 | 176 | 29 | 40 | 6.1 | 14.7 | 3 |
| 24 |  | Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler | 56.9 | 2021 |  LAC | 16 | 911 | 206 | 4.4 | 12 | 647 | 70 | 94 | 9.2 | 40.4 | 8 |
| 25 |  | James Robinson J. Robinson | 54.8 | 2021 |  JAX | 14 | 767 | 164 | 4.7 | 8 | 222 | 31 | 46 | 7.2 | 15.9 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.
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