highest yard per carry 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 yard per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player in a season
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
8.4
2006
16
1,039
123
64.9
2
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
2Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
3Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
8.0
1990
16
942
118
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
5Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.5
2004
15
902
120
60.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.3
1958
12
598
82
49.8
7
938
50
18.8
78.2
7
7Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
1953
12
705
97
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
8Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.2
2014
16
849
118
53.1
6
17
1
1
17.0
1.1
0
9Justin Fields
J. Fields
7.1
2022
15
1,143
160
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
7.1
1939
9
544
77
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.0
1961
13
648
92
49.8
7
728
49
14.9
56.0
8
12Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
13Tobin Rote
T. Rote
6.9
1951
12
523
76
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
14Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.9
2002
15
777
113
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
15Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
6.9
1972
14
968
141
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.9
2019
15
1,206
176
80.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.8
2022
12
764
112
63.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
1951
12
854
126
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
20Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.8
2010
12
676
100
56.3
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Tank Younger
T. Younger
6.7
1954
8
610
91
76.3
8
76
8
9.5
9.5
0
22Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.7
1997
16
674
101
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.6
2024
17
915
139
53.8
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Ron Waller
R. Waller
6.5
1956
9
543
83
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
25Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
6.5
1943
10
523
80
52.3
3
52
7
7.4
5.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,445

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

870

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

24th

OPP PPG

24.0

20th

RUSH YDS/G

130.6

5th

PASS YDS/G

220.2

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

11 - 5

24

Final

27

ATL Falcons

7 - 9

Mon 29 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

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9/27
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9/27
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9/27
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9/27
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1/4
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1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
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1:00 PM
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1/4
@
1:00 PM