highest rush yards per carry in a season

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per rush attempt in a season, with 8.45 in 2006.

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Assumption:All-time
Assumption:6.25+ ATT/TG
Data note: Rushing Yards, Rush Attempts, Rush Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS/ATT	RUSH YDS	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	8.45	1,039	123	2006	ATL	16	8.4	64.9	2	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
2	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	8.44	1,004	119	1934	CHB	11	8.4	91.3	8	174	6		29.0	15.8	1
3	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	7.98	942	118	1990	PHI	16	8.0	58.9	5	0	0			0.0	0
4	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.55	649	86	1956	BAL	12	7.5	54.1	8	102	11		9.3	8.5	1
5	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.52	902	120	2004	ATL	15	7.5	60.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.29	598	82	1958	BAL	12	7.3	49.8	7	938	50		18.8	78.2	7
7	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	7.27	705	97	1953	LA	12	7.3	58.8	4	260	17		15.3	21.7	2
8	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.19	849	118	2014	SEA	16	7.2	53.1	6	17	1	1	17.0	1.1	0
9	Justin Fields J. Fields	7.14	1,143	160	2022	CHI	15	7.1	76.2	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Joe Maniaci J. Maniaci	7.06	544	77	1939	CHB	9	7.1	60.4	4	0	0			0.0	0
11	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.04	648	92	1961	BAL	13	7.0	49.8	7	728	49		14.9	56.0	8
12	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	6.98	684	98	1952	SF	12	7.0	57.0	6	367	26		14.1	30.6	3
13	Tobin Rote T. Rote	6.88	523	76	1951	GB	12	6.9	43.6	3	11	0			0.9	0
14	Michael Vick M. Vick	6.88	777	113	2002	ATL	15	6.9	51.8	8	16	0	0		1.1	0
15	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	6.87	968	141	1972	CHI	14	6.9	69.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
16	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.85	1,206	176	2019	BAL	15	6.9	80.4	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.82	764	112	2022	BAL	12	6.8	63.7	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	6.79	815	120	2012	WAS	15	6.8	54.3	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Dan Towler D. Towler	6.78	854	126	1951	LA	12	6.8	71.2	6	257	16		16.1	21.4	0
20	Michael Vick M. Vick	6.76	676	100	2010	PHI	12	6.8	56.3	9	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tank Younger T. Younger	6.7	610	91	1954	LA	8	6.7	76.3	8	76	8		9.5	9.5	0
22	Steve McNair S. McNair	6.67	674	101	1997	TEN	16	6.7	42.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
23	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.58	915	139	2024	BAL	17	6.6	53.8	4	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ron Waller R. Waller	6.54	543	83	1956	LA	9	6.5	60.3	1	76	9		8.4	8.4	0
25	Ward Cuff W. Cuff	6.54	523	80	1943	NYG	10	6.5	52.3	3	52	7		7.4	5.2	0

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Saints	3	5	.375
Panthers	3	5	.375
Falcons	3	6	.333
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Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	ATL	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 12/20	ATL	@	WAS	1:00 PM

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15.1

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386.4

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383.0

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Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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282.3

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268.1

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Sack Leaders

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Gibbs

170.4

Walker

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Smith-Njigba

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Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000