highest yards per attempt by season minimum 400 attempts by a player

Chris Johnson has averaged the most yards per attempt in a season with 400+ attempts, with 5.6 yards per attempt in 2009.

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	NAME	AVG	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	5.6	409	2009	TEN	16	2,509	156.8	16	2,006	125.4	14	503	31.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5.5	404	1984	RAM	16	2,259	141.2	14	2,105	131.6	14	139	8.7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	5.3	414	2003	BAL	16	2,271	141.9	14	2,066	129.1	14	205	12.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5.3	415	2003	SD	16	2,370	148.1	17	1,645	102.8	13	725	45.3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ahman Green A. Green	5.3	407	2003	GB	16	2,250	140.6	20	1,883	117.7	15	367	22.9	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5.2	405	2006	SD	16	2,323	145.2	31	1,815	113.4	28	508	31.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Tiki Barber T. Barber	5.2	412	2005	NYG	16	2,390	149.4	11	1,860	116.3	9	530	33.1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Terrell Davis T. Davis	5.1	418	1998	DEN	16	2,225	139.1	23	2,008	125.5	21	217	13.6	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ricky Williams R. Williams	4.8	431	2002	MIA	16	2,216	138.5	17	1,853	115.8	16	363	22.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	4.8	403	2019	CAR	16	2,392	149.5	19	1,387	86.7	15	1,005	62.8	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Terrell Davis T. Davis	4.7	413	1997	DEN	15	2,030	135.3	15	1,750	116.7	15	287	19.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4.7	451	2014	DAL	16	2,261	141.3	13	1,845	115.3	13	416	26.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.7	439	1995	DAL	16	2,148	134.3	25	1,773	110.8	25	375	23.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Deuce McAllister D. McAllister	4.6	423	2003	NO	16	2,154	134.6	8	1,641	102.6	8	516	32.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.6	449	1985	RAI	16	2,308	144.3	14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.6	442	1983	RAM	16	2,212	138.3	20	1,808	113.0	18	404	25.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.6	433	1992	DAL	16	2,048	128.0	19	1,713	107.1	18	335	20.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4.6	414	2004	NYJ	16	1,933	120.8	14	1,697	106.1	12	245	15.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.5	432	1986	RAM	16	2,026	126.6	11	1,821	113.8	11	205	12.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.5	451	2002	SD	16	2,172	135.8	15	1,683	105.2	14	489	30.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.5	402	1979	CHI	16	1,923	120.2	16	1,610	100.6	14	313	19.6	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	4.5	438	1998	ATL	16	2,165	135.3	16	1,846	115.4	14	319	19.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.4	427	1984	CHI	16	2,052	128.3	11	1,684	105.3	11	368	23.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4.4	438	2006	STL	16	2,334	145.9	16	1,528	95.5	13	806	50.4	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Edgerrin James E. James	4.4	450	2000	IND	16	2,303	143.9	18	1,709	106.8	13	594	37.1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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