How NFL rushing yards actually behave

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Across 29 NFL players with at least 10 logged games in rushing yards, this page measures 430 games in total. The median player in that field averages 71.6 rushing yards. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 62.5 for the median of the 29 players whose distribution supports one — half the field is more often over it, half more often under. The deepest sample here is Kyren Williams, with 21 logged games. Of the 29 players whose spread can be measured, 3 cluster tightly around their average, 26 vary moderately and 0 swing widely. 29 of them have at least three games home and away, so the venue gap below is measured rather than assumed. Every figure is counted from official box scores and describes games already played. It is not a projection, and on its own it says nothing about whether any price on offer is worth taking.

Measured as of 2026-09-20, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2025-09-05 to 2026-09-18. No prices appear on this page.

Where the coin-flip line sits in NFL rushing yards

Each player's own most balanced threshold — the half-point line he has finished above in closest to half his logged games — measured from his distribution rather than read off a book. Deepest sample first, not best to worst.

NFL rushing yards — measured field
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageBalanced lineHit rate there
Kyren WilliamsRams2170.3 rushing yardsOver 66.511 of 21 (52%)
James CookBills2098.0 rushing yardsOver 107.510 of 20 (50%)
Kenneth Walker IIIChiefs2074.8 rushing yardsOver 66.511 of 20 (55%)
Christian McCaffrey49ers1872.5 rushing yardsOver 57.59 of 18 (50%)
Jonathan TaylorColts1893.5 rushing yardsOver 76.59 of 18 (50%)
Bijan RobinsonFalcons1790.4 rushing yardsOver 76.59 of 17 (53%)
D'Andre SwiftBears1774.8 rushing yardsOver 63.58 of 17 (47%)
Derrick HenryRavens1799.8 rushing yardsOver 94.59 of 17 (53%)
Jaylen WarrenSteelers1760.8 rushing yardsOver 48.59 of 17 (53%)
Saquon BarkleyEagles1776.4 rushing yardsOver 60.59 of 17 (53%)
Travis EtienneJaguars1766.5 rushing yardsOver 58.59 of 17 (53%)
Breece HallJets1671.6 rushing yardsOver 58.58 of 16 (50%)
Chase BrownBengals1662.9 rushing yardsOver 56.58 of 16 (50%)
Jahmyr GibbsLions1686.6 rushing yardsOver 67.58 of 16 (50%)
Javonte WilliamsCowboys1675.5 rushing yardsOver 76.58 of 16 (50%)
Tony PollardTitans1666.5 rushing yardsOver 56.59 of 16 (56%)
Ashton JeantyRaiders1567.6 rushing yardsOver 60.57 of 15 (47%)
De'Von AchaneDolphins1582.6 rushing yardsOver 67.58 of 15 (53%)
Josh JacobsPackers1467.2 rushing yardsOver 73.57 of 14 (50%)
Quinshon JudkinsBrowns1363.0 rushing yardsOver 59.57 of 13 (54%)
Woody MarksTexans1356.5 rushing yardsOver 62.57 of 13 (54%)
TreVeyon HendersonPatriots1173.5 rushing yardsOver 62.56 of 11 (55%)
J.K. DobbinsBroncos1077.2 rushing yardsOver 77.55 of 10 (50%)
Jacory Croskey-MerrittCommanders1064.8 rushing yardsOver 61.55 of 10 (50%)
Jordan MasonVikings1062.0 rushing yardsOver 52.56 of 10 (60%)
Rico DowdlePanthers1089.2 rushing yardsOver 58.55 of 10 (50%)
Tyler AllgeierCardinals1048.1 rushing yardsOver 44.55 of 10 (50%)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.Giants1062.6 rushing yardsOver 62.55 of 10 (50%)
Zach CharbonnetSeahawks1052.5 rushing yardsOver 47.55 of 10 (50%)

The steadiest NFL rushing yards records

Standard deviation in the market’s own units, and the same figure as a share of the player’s average so it means the same thing in points as in passing yards. A narrow spread means the average is close to what a typical game actually looked like; it says nothing about what the next one will look like.

The steadiest NFL rushing yards records
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
J.K. DobbinsBroncos1077.2 rushing yards19.025%
Kyren WilliamsRams2170.3 rushing yards18.827%
Josh JacobsPackers1467.2 rushing yards21.031%
Javonte WilliamsCowboys1675.5 rushing yards27.737%
Tyrone Tracy Jr.Giants1062.6 rushing yards22.937%
Tyler AllgeierCardinals1048.1 rushing yards19.240%
Jordan MasonVikings1062.0 rushing yards24.540%
D'Andre SwiftBears1774.8 rushing yards30.641%
James CookBills2098.0 rushing yards42.243%
Christian McCaffrey49ers1872.5 rushing yards31.043%

The widest NFL rushing yards swings

The other end of the same measurement. A wide spread means the average describes the middle of a broad range rather than a typical night, which is worth knowing before reading anything into that average.

The widest NFL rushing yards swings
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Rico DowdlePanthers1089.2 rushing yards58.766%
Jahmyr GibbsLions1686.6 rushing yards50.058%
Jonathan TaylorColts1893.5 rushing yards50.254%
TreVeyon HendersonPatriots1173.5 rushing yards38.753%
Zach CharbonnetSeahawks1052.5 rushing yards27.953%
Tony PollardTitans1666.5 rushing yards34.752%
Bijan RobinsonFalcons1790.4 rushing yards46.351%
Kenneth Walker IIIChiefs2074.8 rushing yards37.250%
De'Von AchaneDolphins1582.6 rushing yards41.350%
Jaylen WarrenSteelers1760.8 rushing yards29.949%

The widest home and away gaps in NFL rushing yards

Both averages are over the games actually played at each venue, and the game count for each is in the cell beside it. A gap measured over a handful of games either way is one you cannot distinguish from noise — this table prints the denominators so you can tell which is which. Three games a side is the floor for appearing here at all.

NFL rushing yards — venue gaps
PlayerClubHome (games)Away (games)Gap
Rico DowdlePanthers111.0 (6)56.5 (4)54.5 at home
Derrick HenryRavens80.0 (9)122.1 (8)42.1 away
Ashton JeantyRaiders89.7 (7)48.3 (8)41.4 at home
Jordan MasonVikings75.6 (5)48.4 (5)27.2 at home
Chase BrownBengals52.9 (10)79.5 (6)26.6 away
Christian McCaffrey49ers86.6 (5)67.1 (13)19.5 at home
Zach CharbonnetSeahawks43.2 (5)61.8 (5)18.6 away
Tyrone Tracy Jr.Giants70.8 (5)54.4 (5)16.4 at home
Breece HallJets64.1 (8)79.0 (8)14.9 away
Jonathan TaylorColts99.2 (10)86.4 (8)12.8 at home

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five

Last five logged games against the full log, reported only where the gap is more than a tenth of the player’s own average. It is a description of five games that have been played and it is not a forecast of the sixth.

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Kenneth Walker IIIChiefs116.6 rushing yards74.8 over 2056% above
Tony PollardTitans100.0 rushing yards66.5 over 1650% above
Derrick HenryRavens142.8 rushing yards99.8 over 1743% above
Zach CharbonnetSeahawks71.2 rushing yards52.5 over 1036% above
Saquon BarkleyEagles93.4 rushing yards76.4 over 1722% above
Ashton JeantyRaiders81.4 rushing yards67.6 over 1520% above
Jaylen WarrenSteelers72.4 rushing yards60.8 over 1719% above
Christian McCaffrey49ers81.6 rushing yards72.5 over 1813% above
Woody MarksTexans63.2 rushing yards56.5 over 1312% above
Chase BrownBengals69.6 rushing yards62.9 over 1611% above

Behind their own baseline over the last five

The same comparison in the other direction, and the same caveat: five games is five games, and a run below a baseline is as often noise as it is a change.

Behind their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Rico DowdlePanthers52.8 rushing yards89.2 over 1041% below
Quinshon JudkinsBrowns43.6 rushing yards63.0 over 1331% below
Jonathan TaylorColts65.4 rushing yards93.5 over 1830% below
Travis EtienneJaguars51.4 rushing yards66.5 over 1723% below
Kyren WilliamsRams56.8 rushing yards70.3 over 2119% below
Javonte WilliamsCowboys62.4 rushing yards75.5 over 1617% below
Jahmyr GibbsLions73.4 rushing yards86.6 over 1615% below
Jordan MasonVikings54.0 rushing yards62.0 over 1013% below
James CookBills85.8 rushing yards98.0 over 2012% below

Common questions

Where does the NFL rushing yards coin-flip line sit?

At the half-point threshold each player has finished above in about half their logged games. It is measured per player from their own distribution rather than read off a sportsbook, which is why it is on this page at all: a posted line moves through the day and this page is rebuilt once, so a number taken from a book would be wrong by morning.

Is this a ranking of the best NFL rushing yards props?

No. Nothing here is ordered by how good a bet it is, and no price is quoted anywhere on the page. The tables are ordered by sample depth, by spread and by the size of a measured gap, because those are the things a game log can actually establish.

How many games are behind each rushing yards figure?

The count is printed beside every one of them. A player only appears once they have ten or more logged games in the market, and games they did not play are absent rather than counted as zero, so an average describes games they were actually in.

Does a rushing yards trend on this page predict the next game?

No. A trend here is a comparison between a player’s last five logged games and their full log, and it is reported only when the gap is large enough to be worth naming. It is a description of what has happened, and history is not a forecast.

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