highest yards per attempt in a game with at least 5 rushing attempts

Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards per attempt in a game with 5+ rush attempts, with 24.3 per attempt against the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.

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highest rushing yards by a player per attempt in a regular-season game with at least 5 rushing attempts

	NAME	YPC	ATT	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	24.3	7	10/5/1952	SF	@	DAL	170	1	33	1		33.0	1
2	Steve Broussard S. Broussard	23.0	6	10/5/1997	SEA	vs	TEN	138	2	4	2		2.0	0
3	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	22.1	8	11/1/2009	JAX	@	TEN	177	2	-4	1	4	-4.0	0
4	Max Krause M. Krause	22.0	6	9/11/1938	WAS	@	PHI	132	2
5	Rashad Jennings R. Jennings	21.8	5	12/12/2010	JAX	vs	OAK	109	1	0	0	1		0
6	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	21.6	7	12/20/2014	SF	vs	SD	151	1	0	0	0		0
7	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	21.2	6	9/19/1964	HOU	vs	OAK	127	0	9	1		9.0	0
8	Ron Waller R. Waller	21.0	5	12/8/1957	LA	vs	GB	105	0	17	1		17.0	0
9	George McAfee G. McAfee	21.0	5	11/25/1945	CHB	vs	PIT	105	2
10	Ollie Matson O. Matson	20.4	8	11/21/1954	CHC	vs	WAS	163	3	64	5		12.8	1
11	Herschel Walker H. Walker	20.3	6	12/14/1986	DAL	vs	PHI	122	1	170	9		18.9	1
12	Lenny Moore L. Moore	20.3	6	11/26/1961	BAL	@	WAS	122	1	11	2		5.5	0
13	Cliff Battles C. Battles	20.3	6	10/21/1934	BOS	vs	PHI	122	1
14	Taysom Hill T. Hill	19.7	7	11/17/2024	NO	vs	CLE	138	3	50	8	10	6.3	0
15	Jimmy Thomas J. Thomas	19.7	6	12/6/1969	SF	vs	CHI	118	1	80	2		40.0	1
16	Wayne Crow W. Crow	19.2	6	10/13/1962	BUF	vs	SD	115	1	0	0			0
17	Cam Newton C. Newton	19.0	5	11/13/2017	CAR	vs	MIA	95	0	0	0	0		0
18	Tom Harmon T. Harmon	19.0	6	10/13/1946	LA	@	CHB	114	1
19	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	18.7	9	10/23/2016	CIN	vs	CLE	168	1	24	2	2	12.0	0
20	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	18.6	5	10/26/1952	SF	vs	DAL	93	1	19	1		19.0	1
21	Jon Arnett J. Arnett	18.0	6	11/22/1959	LA	@	PHI	108	1	29	3		9.7	0
22	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	18.0	7	10/24/1954	SF	vs	DET	126	1	9	1		9.0	0
23	Elmer Hackney E. Hackney	18.0	6	11/8/1942	DET	vs	PIT	108	1
24	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	17.7	6	10/1/2006	ATL	vs	ARI	106	1	0	0	0		0
25	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	17.4	5	11/26/2017	NO	@	LAR	87	1	101	6	6	16.8	1

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