best yards per carry for a runningback in a single season minimum 100 attempts

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 100+ carries in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.

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best yards per carry for a runningback in a single season minimum 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	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	8.4	119	1934	CHB	11	1,004	91.3	8	174	6		29.0	15.8	1
2	De'Von Achane D. Achane	7.8	103	2023	MIA	11	800	72.7	8	197	27	37	7.3	17.9	3
3	Dan Towler D. Towler	6.8	126	1951	LA	12	854	71.2	6	257	16		16.1	21.4	0
4	Keith Lincoln K. Lincoln	6.5	128	1963	SD	14	826	59.0	5	325	24		13.5	23.2	3
5	Mercury Morris M. Morris	6.4	149	1973	MIA	13	954	73.4	10	51	4		12.8	3.9	0
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	6.4	291	1963	CLE	14	1,863	133.1	12	268	24		11.2	19.1	3
7	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	6.4	230	2010	KC	16	1,467	91.7	5	468	45	64	10.4	29.3	3
8	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	6.3	119	2021	SEA	10	749	74.9	6	48	6	8	8.0	4.8	0
9	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	6.3	136	1960	LAC	14	855	61.1	8	377	23		16.4	26.9	2
10	Dutch Clark D. Clark	6.2	123	1934	DET	12	763	63.6	8	72	6		12.0	6.0	0
11	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	6.2	138	1968	CHI	9	856	95.1	2	117	15		7.8	13.0	0
12	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6.1	335	1997	DET	16	2,053	128.3	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
13	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	6.1	120	2017	NO	16	728	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
14	Joe Perry J. Perry	6.1	125	1958	SF	12	758	63.2	4	218	23		9.5	18.2	1
15	Joe Perry 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	Hokie Gajan H. Gajan	6.0	102	1984	NO	14	615	43.9	5	288	35		8.2	20.6	2
18	Ted McKnight T. McKnight	6.0	104	1978	KC	16	627	39.2	6	83	14		5.9	5.2	1
19	Adrian Peterson 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	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	6.0	103	2007	ATL	15	613	40.9	1	277	28	39	9.9	18.5	0
23	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.9	257	1958	CLE	12	1,527	127.3	17	138	16		8.6	11.5	1
24	Derrick Henry D. Henry	5.9	325	2024	BAL	17	1,921	113.0	16	193	19	22	10.2	11.4	2
25	Felix Jones F. Jones	5.9	116	2009	DAL	14	685	48.9	3	119	19	22	6.3	8.5	0

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StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 100+ carries in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.

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