emmit smith nfl average rushing yards per carry

Emmitt Smith had an average of 4.2 yards per rush in his career.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3.9
1990
16
937
241
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.3
1991
16
1,563
365
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.6
1992
16
1,713
373
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5.3
1993
14
1,486
283
106.1
9
414
57
7.3
29.6
1
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.0
1994
15
1,484
368
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.7
1995
16
1,773
377
110.8
25
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3.7
1996
15
1,204
327
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.1
1997
16
1,074
261
67.1
4
234
40
5.9
14.6
0
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
1998
16
1,332
319
83.3
13
175
27
6.5
10.9
2
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
1999
15
1,397
329
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.1
2000
16
1,203
294
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3.9
2001
14
1,021
261
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3.8
2002
16
975
254
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2.8
2003
10
256
90
25.6
2
107
14
19
7.6
10.7
0
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3.5
2004
15
937
267
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
Total4.222618,3554,40981.21643,2245151306.314.311
Average4.215.11223.7293.981.210.9214.934.321.76.314.30.7

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