highest yards per carry by running back afc career

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by an AFC running back, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts by running back afc career
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
2Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.2
781
85
4,023
47.3
30
478
48
10.0
5.6
1
3James Cook III
J. Cook III
5.1
842
66
4,259
64.5
32
1,174
130
164
9.0
17.8
9
4Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.0
1,462
100
7,349
73.5
54
1,109
141
193
7.9
11.1
5
5Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.9
978
91
4,792
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,551
84
7,598
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
8O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.9
1,942
99
9,486
95.8
55
1,581
145
10.9
16.0
9
9Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4.8
892
76
4,275
56.3
22
562
77
7.3
7.4
1
10Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.7
1,196
158
5,672
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
11James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,680
160
7,956
49.7
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.6
30
12Gus Edwards
G. Edwards
4.7
800
80
3,760
47.0
30
380
33
42
11.5
4.8
0
13Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
14Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.6
1,655
78
7,607
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
15Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4.6
1,780
113
8,172
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
16Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
4.6
888
78
4,049
51.9
20
1,164
175
231
6.7
14.9
4
17Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
4.6
1,237
84
5,631
67.0
45
387
59
6.6
4.6
2
18Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4.5
1,897
111
8,628
77.7
51
2,154
296
404
7.3
19.4
9
19Clarence Davis
C. Davis
4.5
804
89
3,640
40.9
26
865
99
8.7
9.7
2
20Breece Hall
B. Hall
4.5
755
56
3,398
60.7
18
1,642
188
250
8.7
29.3
9
21Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
4.5
1,798
144
8,074
56.1
38
2,961
295
10.0
20.6
12
22Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4.4
919
98
4,067
41.5
37
727
92
123
7.9
7.4
5
23Arian Foster
A. Foster
4.4
1,476
80
6,527
81.6
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
24Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
4.4
1,847
126
8,167
64.8
68
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
25Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
4.4
1,279
106
5,646
53.3
30
2,640
322
437
8.2
24.9
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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.647
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11
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14
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.176
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12
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13
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9
7
1
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8
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9
8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
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.824
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12
5
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.706
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5
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