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Chart: Top NFL rushers (per game average)

By Mark Craig

October 12, 2011 at 1:57AM

HISTORY WILL JUDGE

The top rushers in NFL history, based on yards per game:

Jim Brown (1957-63)104.3

Barry Sanders (1989-98)99.8

Terrell Davis (1995-2001)97.5

Adrian Peterson (2007- )95.2

Chris Johnson (2008- )93.2

Eric Dickerson (1983-93)90.8

Walter Payton (1975-87)88.0

Clinton Portis (2002-10)87.8

Billy Sims (1980-84)85.1

Curtis Martin (1995-2005)83.9

LaDainian Tomlinson (2001- )83.7

O.J. Simpson (1969-79)83.2

Edgerrin James (1999-2009)82.7

Earl Campbell (1978-85)81.8

Emmitt Smith (1990-2004)81.2

about the writer

Mark Craig

Sports reporter

Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).