highest rushing average with over 250 carrys in a season

Jim Brown has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season with >250 rush attempts, with 6.4 per attempt in 1963.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
291
1963
14
1,863
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
335
1997
16
2,053
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
3O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
332
1973
14
2,003
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
348
2012
16
2,097
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.9
257
1958
12
1,527
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
325
2024
17
1,921
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
7Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
345
2024
16
2,005
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
331
1994
16
1,883
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
9Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5.6
358
2009
16
2,006
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5.6
379
1984
16
2,105
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
11DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
5.5
273
2008
16
1,515
94.7
18
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
12Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
273
2002
16
1,508
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
5.5
329
1975
14
1,817
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
290
2003
13
1,591
122.4
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
5.5
339
1977
14
1,852
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5.5
253
1999
16
1,381
86.3
7
1,048
87
103
12.0
65.5
5
17Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.5
332
2021
17
1,811
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
18Frank Gore
F. Gore
5.4
312
2006
16
1,695
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
19Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
5.4
272
1962
14
1,474
105.3
19
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5.4
253
2000
14
1,359
97.1
18
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
21Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
5.4
272
2023
16
1,459
91.2
14
564
67
83
8.4
35.3
7
22Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.4
378
2020
16
2,027
126.7
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
23Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
5.3
263
1974
14
1,407
100.5
9
405
38
10.7
28.9
3
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.3
289
1965
14
1,544
110.3
17
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
5.3
387
2003
16
2,066
129.1
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0

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