highest amount of yard per carry in a game with 5 attempts

Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards per attempt in a game with 5+ rush attempts, with 24.3 per attempt versus the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.

Interpreted as:
highest amount of yard per carry by a player in a regular-season game with 5 or more rushing attempts
NAME YPC ATT DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
24.3
7
10/5/1952
SF SF
@
DAL DAL
170
1
33
1
33.0
1
2 Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
23.0
6
10/5/1997
SEA SEA
vs
TEN TEN
138
2
4
2
2.0
0
3 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
22.1
8
11/1/2009
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
177
2
-4
1
4
-4.0
0
4 Max Krause
M. Krause
22.0
6
9/11/1938
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
132
2
5 Rashad Jennings
R. Jennings
21.8
5
12/12/2010
JAX JAX
vs
OAK OAK
109
1
0
0
1
0
6 Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
21.6
7
12/20/2014
SF SF
vs
SD SD
151
1
0
0
0
0
7 Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
21.2
6
9/19/1964
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
127
0
9
1
9.0
0
8 Ron Waller
R. Waller
21.0
5
12/8/1957
LA LA
vs
GB GB
105
0
17
1
17.0
0
9 George McAfee
G. McAfee
21.0
5
11/25/1945
CHB CHB
vs
PIT PIT
105
2
10 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
20.4
8
11/21/1954
CHC CHC
vs
WAS WAS
163
3
64
5
12.8
1
11 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
20.3
6
12/14/1986
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
122
1
170
9
18.9
1
12 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
20.3
6
11/26/1961
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
122
1
11
2
5.5
0
13 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
20.3
6
10/21/1934
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
122
1
14 Taysom Hill
T. Hill
19.7
7
11/17/2024
NO NO
vs
CLE CLE
138
3
50
8
10
6.3
0
15 Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
19.7
6
12/6/1969
SF SF
vs
CHI CHI
118
1
80
2
40.0
1
16 Wayne Crow
W. Crow
19.2
6
10/13/1962
BUF BUF
vs
SD SD
115
1
0
0
0
17 Cam Newton
C. Newton
19.0
5
11/13/2017
CAR CAR
vs
MIA MIA
95
0
0
0
0
0
18 Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
19.0
6
10/13/1946
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
114
1
19 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
18.7
9
10/23/2016
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
168
1
24
2
2
12.0
0
20 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
18.6
5
10/26/1952
SF SF
vs
DAL DAL
93
1
19
1
19.0
1
21 Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
18.0
6
11/22/1959
LA LA
@
PHI PHI
108
1
29
3
9.7
0
22 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
18.0
7
10/24/1954
SF SF
vs
DET DET
126
1
9
1
9.0
0
23 Elmer Hackney
E. Hackney
18.0
6
11/8/1942
DET DET
vs
PIT PIT
108
1
24 Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
17.7
6
10/1/2006
ATL ATL
vs
ARI ARI
106
1
0
0
0
0
25 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
17.4
5
11/26/2017
NO NO
@
LAR LAR
87
1
101
6
6
16.8
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

22.9

13th

OPP PPG

25.6

29th

RUSH YDS/G

127.2

12th

PASS YDS/G

260.2

4th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
Cardinals Cardinals
8
9
0
.471
49ers 49ers
6
11
0
.353
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
9/14
SF SF
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
ARI ARI
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
JAX JAX
@
SF SF
4:05 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

8 - 9 - 0

47

Final

24

SF 49ers

6 - 11 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM