Jonathan Taylor had a season for the ages. Here are the top 10 yards per carry seasons by a running back with at least 300 carries:
| Games | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Draft | Tm | Lg | Year ▼ |
G | GS | Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Y/G |
| 1 | Jonathan Taylor | 22 | 2-41 | IND | NFL | 2021 | 17 | 17 | 332 | 1811 | 5.45 | 18 | 106.5 |
| 2 | Adrian Peterson | 27 | 1-7 | MIN | NFL | 2012 | 16 | 16 | 348 | 2097 | 6.03 | 12 | 131.1 |
| 3 | Chris Johnson | 24 | 1-24 | TEN | NFL | 2009 | 16 | 16 | 358 | 2006 | 5.60 | 14 | 125.4 |
| 4 | Frank Gore | 23 | 3-65 | SFO | NFL | 2006 | 16 | 16 | 312 | 1695 | 5.43 | 8 | 105.9 |
| 5 | Barry Sanders* | 29 | 1-3 | DET | NFL | 1997 | 16 | 16 | 335 | 2053 | 6.13 | 11 | 128.3 |
| 6 | Barry Sanders* | 26 | 1-3 | DET | NFL | 1994 | 16 | 16 | 331 | 1883 | 5.69 | 7 | 117.7 |
| 7 | Eric Dickerson* | 24 | 1-2 | RAM | NFL | 1984 | 16 | 16 | 379 | 2105 | 5.55 | 14 | 131.6 |
| 8 | Walter Payton* | 23 | 1-4 | CHI | NFL | 1977 | 14 | 14 | 339 | 1852 | 5.46 | 14 | 132.3 |
| 9 | O.J. Simpson* | 28 | 1-1 | BUF | NFL | 1975 | 14 | 14 | 329 | 1817 | 5.52 | 16 | 129.8 |
| 10 | O.J. Simpson* | 26 | 1-1 | BUF | NFL | 1973 | 14 | 14 | 332 | 2003 | 6.03 | 12 | 143.1 |
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He joined Jim Brown, Jim Taylor, O.J. Simpson, Walter Payton, and Clinton Portis as the only players to average 100 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD per game while having a YPC average of at least 5.4. But perhaps most remarkably, he won the rushing crown by over 500 yards. If that sounds like a lot to you, it’s because it is. The last time a player run the rushing crown by such a large margin was Simpson back in his record-breaking 2,000 yard 1973 season. [continue reading…]