fastest player to rush 5000 career rushing yards

Michael Vick has the fewest career rush attempts when rushing for 5,000+ yards, with 873 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
fastest player to rush 5000 or more career rushing yards
NAMEATTRUSH YDSGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
873
6,109
143
7.0
42.7
36
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
2Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
1,042
5,568
205
5.3
27.2
31
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
3Lenny Moore
L. Moore
1,069
5,174
143
4.8
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
4Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
1,081
6,522
116
6.0
56.2
35
0
0
2
0.0
0
5Cam Newton
C. Newton
1,118
5,631
148
5.0
38.0
75
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
6Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
1,124
5,281
143
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
7Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,131
5,106
60
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
8Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
1,141
5,094
109
4.5
46.7
60
743
82
138
9.1
6.8
4
9Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
1,146
5,138
110
4.5
46.7
30
3,314
203
16.3
30.1
24
10Ollie Matson
O. Matson
1,170
5,173
169
4.4
30.6
40
3,285
222
14.8
19.4
23
11Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
1,184
5,261
86
4.4
61.2
37
1,371
179
227
7.7
15.9
3
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,196
5,672
158
4.7
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
13Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
1,203
5,105
150
4.2
34.0
18
1,616
193
8.4
10.8
5
14Dick Bass
D. Bass
1,218
5,417
112
4.4
48.4
34
1,841
204
9.0
16.4
7
15Chris Ivory
C. Ivory
1,227
5,237
108
4.3
48.5
29
948
107
153
8.9
8.8
3
16John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
1,245
5,006
149
4.0
33.6
18
4,656
546
8.5
31.2
19
17Willie Parker
W. Parker
1,253
5,378
79
4.3
68.1
24
697
84
121
8.3
8.8
5
18Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
1,264
5,782
112
4.6
51.6
33
1,763
250
326
7.1
15.7
5
19Julius Jones
J. Jones
1,280
5,068
94
4.0
53.9
22
1,029
150
202
6.9
10.9
2
20Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
1,281
5,391
132
4.2
40.8
38
1,966
246
314
8.0
14.9
2
21Reggie Bush
R. Bush
1,286
5,490
134
4.3
41.0
36
3,598
477
661
7.5
26.9
18
22Kevin Mack
K. Mack
1,291
5,123
99
4.0
51.7
46
1,602
197
8.1
16.2
8
23Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
1,291
5,135
118
4.0
43.5
52
1,488
139
10.7
12.6
12
24Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
1,302
5,421
103
4.2
52.6
28
2,114
254
359
8.3
20.5
5
25Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
1,305
5,746
122
4.4
47.1
30
2,897
354
478
8.2
23.7
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

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Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176