Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 100+ rush attempts in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.
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best running back ypc in NFL history in a season with a minimum of 100 rushing attempts| NAME | YPC | ATT | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Feathers | 8.4 | 119 | 1934 |  CHB | 11 | 1,004 | 91.3 | 8 | 174 | 6 | 29.0 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| 2 |  | D. Achane | 7.8 | 103 | 2023 |  MIA | 11 | 800 | 72.7 | 8 | 197 | 27 | 37 | 7.3 | 17.9 | 3 |
| 3 | | D. Towler | 6.8 | 126 | 1951 |  LA | 12 | 854 | 71.2 | 6 | 257 | 16 | 16.1 | 21.4 | 0 | |
| 4 | | K. Lincoln | 6.5 | 128 | 1963 |  SD | 14 | 826 | 59.0 | 5 | 325 | 24 | 13.5 | 23.2 | 3 | |
| 5 | | M. Morris | 6.4 | 149 | 1973 | MIA | 13 | 954 | 73.4 | 10 | 51 | 4 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | J. Brown | 6.4 | 291 | 1963 |  CLE | 14 | 1,863 | 133.1 | 12 | 268 | 24 | 11.2 | 19.1 | 3 | |
| 7 | | J. Charles | 6.4 | 230 | 2010 |  KC | 16 | 1,467 | 91.7 | 5 | 468 | 45 | 64 | 10.4 | 29.3 | 3 |
| 8 |  | R. Penny | 6.3 | 119 | 2021 |  SEA | 10 | 749 | 74.9 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 9 | | P. Lowe | 6.3 | 136 | 1960 | LAC | 14 | 855 | 61.1 | 8 | 377 | 23 | 16.4 | 26.9 | 2 | |
| 10 | | D. Clark | 6.2 | 123 | 1934 |  DET | 12 | 763 | 63.6 | 8 | 72 | 6 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | G. Sayers | 6.2 | 138 | 1968 | CHI | 9 | 856 | 95.1 | 2 | 117 | 15 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | B. Sanders | 6.1 | 335 | 1997 | DET | 16 | 2,053 | 128.3 | 11 | 305 | 33 | 9.2 | 19.1 | 3 | |
| 13 |  | A. Kamara | 6.1 | 120 | 2017 |  NO | 16 | 728 | 45.5 | 8 | 826 | 81 | 100 | 10.2 | 51.6 | 5 |
| 14 | | J. Perry | 6.1 | 125 | 1958 |  SF | 12 | 758 | 63.2 | 4 | 218 | 23 | 9.5 | 18.2 | 1 | |
| 15 | | J. Perry | 6.1 | 173 | 1954 | SF | 12 | 1,049 | 87.4 | 8 | 203 | 26 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 0 | |
| 16 |  | O.J. Simpson | 6.0 | 332 | 1973 |  BUF | 14 | 2,003 | 143.1 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | H. Gajan | 6.0 | 102 | 1984 | NO | 14 | 615 | 43.9 | 5 | 288 | 35 | 8.2 | 20.6 | 2 | |
| 18 | | T. McKnight | 6.0 | 104 | 1978 | KC | 16 | 627 | 39.2 | 6 | 83 | 14 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| 19 |  | A. Peterson | 6.0 | 348 | 2012 |  MIN | 16 | 2,097 | 131.1 | 12 | 217 | 40 | 51 | 5.4 | 13.6 | 1 |
| 20 | | C.J. Spiller | 6.0 | 207 | 2012 | BUF | 16 | 1,244 | 77.8 | 6 | 459 | 43 | 57 | 10.7 | 28.7 | 2 |
| 21 |  | J.K. Dobbins | 6.0 | 134 | 2020 |  BAL | 15 | 805 | 53.7 | 9 | 120 | 18 | 24 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 22 | | J. Norwood | 6.0 | 103 | 2007 |  ATL | 15 | 613 | 40.9 | 1 | 277 | 28 | 39 | 9.9 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 23 | | J. Brown | 5.9 | 257 | 1958 | CLE | 12 | 1,527 | 127.3 | 17 | 138 | 16 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| 24 |  | D. Henry | 5.9 | 325 | 2024 | BAL | 17 | 1,921 | 113.0 | 16 | 193 | 19 | 22 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 2 |
| 25 | | F. Jones | 5.9 | 116 | 2009 |  DAL | 14 | 685 | 48.9 | 3 | 119 | 19 | 22 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.
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