highest yards per carry average career nfl player

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt, with 7.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts average career NFL player
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.0
873
143
6,109
42.7
36
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6.4
775
161
4,928
30.6
35
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
3Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.1
1,035
107
6,339
59.2
34
0
0
2
0.0
0
4Josh Allen
J. Allen
5.5
805
117
4,396
37.6
68
19
1
2
19.0
0.2
2
5Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5.3
1,040
204
5,556
27.2
31
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.1
804
99
4,133
41.7
31
543
54
10.1
5.5
1
9Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
1,403
91
7,108
78.1
53
1,083
136
186
8.0
11.9
5
10Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.0
1,118
148
5,631
38.0
75
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
11Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.0
991
68
4,956
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
12Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
5.0
775
107
3,871
36.2
34
912
113
147
8.1
8.5
8
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
14Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,359
74
6,710
90.7
61
1,276
164
209
7.8
17.2
6
15Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,450
117
7,139
61.0
50
2,543
328
434
7.8
21.7
21
16Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.9
978
91
4,792
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
17Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,443
142
11,862
83.5
110
1,695
179
232
9.5
11.9
5
19Lenny Moore
L. Moore
4.8
1,069
143
5,174
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
20Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
21Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
22Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4.8
951
103
4,544
44.1
23
628
85
7.4
6.1
1
23Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
4.8
752
254
3,591
14.1
35
-11
3
3
-3.7
0.0
0
24Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
1,344
108
6,378
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
25Justin Forsett
J. Forsett
4.7
820
122
3,890
31.9
19
1,351
210
290
6.4
11.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

28th

OPP PPG

20.0

8th

RUSH YDS/G

136.3

4th

PASS YDS/G

239.7

10th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
Falcons Falcons
3
3
0
.500
Saints Saints
1
6
0
.143
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/16
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

3 - 3 - 0

10

Final

20

SF 49ers

5 - 2 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC WestWLTPCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM