highest rush yards per attempt ever in a season

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in 2006.

Interpreted as:
highest rush yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player ever in a season
NAME YPC SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Michael Vick
M. Vick
8.4
2006
ATL ATL
16
1,039
123
64.9
2
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
2 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
3 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
8.0
1990
PHI PHI
16
942
118
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
4 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
BAL BAL
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
5 Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.5
2004
ATL ATL
15
902
120
60.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
6 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.3
1958
BAL BAL
12
598
82
49.8
7
938
50
18.8
78.2
7
7 Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
1953
LA LA
12
705
97
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
8 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.2
2014
SEA SEA
16
849
118
53.1
6
17
1
1
17.0
1.1
0
9 Justin Fields
J. Fields
7.1
2022
CHI CHI
15
1,143
160
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
10 Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
7.1
1939
CHB CHB
9
544
77
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
11 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.0
1961
BAL BAL
13
648
92
49.8
7
728
49
14.9
56.0
8
12 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
SF SF
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
13 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
6.9
1951
GB GB
12
523
76
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
14 Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.9
2002
ATL ATL
15
777
113
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
15 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
6.9
1972
CHI CHI
14
968
141
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
16 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.9
2019
BAL BAL
15
1,206
176
80.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.8
2022
BAL BAL
12
764
112
63.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
WAS WAS
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
1951
LA LA
12
854
126
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
20 Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.8
2010
PHI PHI
12
676
100
56.3
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Tank Younger
T. Younger
6.7
1954
LA LA
8
610
91
76.3
8
76
8
9.5
9.5
0
22 Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.7
1997
TEN TEN
16
674
101
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
23 Ron Waller
R. Waller
6.5
1956
LA LA
9
543
83
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
24 Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
6.5
1943
NYG NYG
10
523
80
52.3
3
52
7
7.4
5.2
0
25 Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
1963
SD SD
14
826
128
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

21.4

19th

OPP PPG

25.6

25th

RUSH YDS/G

120.8

12th

PASS YDS/G

264.2

3rd

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
Saints Saints
5
8
0
.385
Panthers Panthers
3
10
0
.231
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
NYG NYG
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Mon
12/16
ATL ATL
@
LV LV
8:30 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

11 - 2 - 0

42

Final

21

ATL Falcons

6 - 7 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM