highest yards per carry average by a running back in a season of all-time

Larry Grimes and Ken Hebert are tied for the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 61.0 per attempt.

NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Grimes
L. Grimes
61.0
1985
OHIO OHIO
11
61
1
5.5
1
2Ken Hebert
K. Hebert
61.0
1965
HOU HOU
10
61
1
6.1
0
359
24
15.0
35.9
4
3Garland Jean Batiste
G. Jean Batiste
58.0
1983
LSU LSU
1
58
1
58.0
0
4Jalen Johnson
J. Johnson
51.0
2022
AFA AFA
6
102
2
17.0
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Tajay Ahmed
T. Ahmed
44.0
2020
BUFF BUFF
3
44
1
14.7
1
6Donald Garron
D. Garron
44.0
1981
BC BC
11
44
1
4.0
1
7Cameron Young
C. Young
43.5
2020
CIN CIN
2
87
2
43.5
1
8Mike Gaechter
M. Gaechter
42.0
1959
ORE ORE
10
84
2
8.4
0
9Tony Ferrainolo
T. Ferrainolo
39.5
1965
NOVA NOVA
9
79
2
8.8
0
5
1
5.0
0.6
0
10Joe Egan
J. Egan
35.0
1959
PENN
9
70
2
7.8
0
11Jonathan Shaub
J. Shaub
34.0
1999
VAN VAN
11
34
1
3.1
0
12Trent Pennix
T. Pennix
33.5
2023
NCST NCST
12
67
2
5.6
1
190
15
21
12.7
15.8
3
13Chris Warren
C. Warren
33.0
1985
UVA UVA
11
33
1
3.0
0
14Tye Smith-Lindsey
T. Smith-Lindsey
32.0
2020
UAB UAB
1
32
1
32.0
0
15Walt Cureton
W. Cureton
31.5
1960
ALA ALA
10
63
2
6.3
1
41
3
13.7
4.1
0
16Josh Balloon
J. Balloon
30.0
2004
USF USF
1
30
1
30.0
0
17Tore White
T. White
30.0
2001
CLEM CLEM
1
30
1
30.0
0
18Ronnie Smith
R. Smith
29.5
2005
UNLV UNLV
8
59
2
7.4
0
17
2
8.5
2.1
0
19Jeff Campbell
J. Campbell
29.0
1986
COLO COLO
10
145
5
14.5
2
20Chris Ivory
C. Ivory
28.3
2006
WSU WSU
2
85
3
42.5
1
21Brothel Cole
B. Cole
28.3
1978
FUR FUR
11
113
4
10.3
0
22J.D. Hill
J.D. Hill
27.9
1970
ASU ASU
10
195
7
19.5
3
908
58
15.7
90.8
10
23Treshaun Ward
T. Ward
27.0
2020
FSU FSU
2
54
2
27.0
1
6
1
1
6.0
3.0
0
24James Potts
J. Potts
27.0
2012
BUFF BUFF
2
54
2
27.0
1
-1
1
-1.0
-0.5
0
25Danny Nelson
D. Nelson
27.0
2006
UCLA UCLA
9
27
1
3.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1956 season.

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PPG

28.7

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OPP PPG

22.9

58th

RUSH YDS/G

229.1

9th

PASS YDS/G

187.6

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