2009 NFL Rushing Yards per Game Leaders

Chris Johnson led the whole NFL in rushing yards per game in 2009 with 125.4, 29.2 ahead of Cedric Benson (96.2). It stands 14th among all single seasons in NFL history.

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Led the whole NFL in 2009 Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans

125.4 Rushing Yards per Game 29.2 clear of Cedric Benson

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#	Player	Team	Y/G	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Chris Johnson	TEN	125.4	16	358	2,006	14
2	Cedric Benson	CIN	96.2	13	301	1,251	6
3	Steven Jackson	LA	94.9	15	325	1,424	4
4	Thomas Jones	NYJ	87.6	16	332	1,402	14
5	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAX	86.9	16	312	1,391	15
6	Adrian Peterson	MIN	86.8	16	315	1,389	18
7	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	85.9	13	216	1,117	7
8	Ray Rice	BAL	83.7	16	254	1,339	7
9	Frank Gore	SF	80.0	14	229	1,120	10
10	Michael Turner	ATL	79.2	11	178	871	10
11	Ryan Grant	GB	78.3	16	282	1,253	11
12	Jamaal Charles	KC	74.7	15	190	1,120	7
13	Ronnie Brown	MIA	72.0	9	147	648	8
14	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	70.8	16	221	1,133	10
15	Ricky Williams	MIA	70.1	16	241	1,121	11
16	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	69.3	16	242	1,108	7
17	Fred Jackson	BUF	66.4	16	238	1,062	2
18	Marion Barber	DAL	62.1	15	214	932	7
19	Clinton Portis	WAS	61.8	8	124	494	1
20	JH Jerome Harrison	CLE	61.6	14	194	862	5
21	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	59.2	16	247	947	7
22	Matt Forte	CHI	58.1	16	258	929	4
23	Kevin Smith	DET	57.5	13	217	747	4
24	Pierre Thomas	NO	56.6	14	147	793	6
25	Brandon Jacobs	NYG	55.7	15	224	835	5
26	Jamal Lewis	CLE	55.6	9	143	500	0
27	Joseph Addai	IND	55.2	15	219	828	10
28	LaDainian Tomlinson	LAC	52.1	14	223	730	12
29	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	51.9	15	163	778	7
30	Cadillac Williams	TB	51.0	16	209	816	4
31	LM Laurence Maroney	NE	50.5	15	194	757	9
32	MB Mike Bell	NO	50.3	13	172	654	5
33	Chris Wells	ARI	49.6	16	176	793	7
34	Felix Jones	DAL	48.9	14	116	685	3
35	Julius Jones	SEA	47.4	14	177	663	2
36	Correll Buckhalter	DEN	45.9	14	120	642	1
37	Jason Snelling	ATL	43.8	14	142	613	4
38	Shonn Greene	NYJ	41.6	13	109	541	2
39	Justin Fargas	LV	40.9	12	129	491	3
40	Larry Johnson	CIN	40.1	14	178	562	0
41	LeSean McCoy	PHI	39.8	16	155	637	4
42	Steve Slaton	HOU	39.7	11	131	437	3
43	Michael Bush	LV	39.3	15	123	589	3
44	Justin Forsett	SEA	38.7	16	114	619	4
45	Tim Hightower	ARI	37.4	16	143	598	8
46	Willis McGahee	BAL	36.3	15	109	544	12
47	Marshawn Lynch	BUF	34.6	13	120	450	2
48	Ryan Moats	HOU	32.5	12	101	390	4
49	Darren McFadden	LV	29.7	12	104	356	1
50	Derrick Ward	TB	29.6	14	115	414	1