Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards per attempt in a game with 5+ carries and with 100+ rushing yards, with 24.3 per attempt against the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.
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highest yards per carry by a player in a single regular-season game with at least 5 carries and at least 100 rushing yards| NAME | YPC | ATT | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | H. McElhenny | 24.3 | 7 | 170 | 10/5/1952 |  SF | @ |  DAL | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| 2 | | S. Broussard | 23.0 | 6 | 138 | 10/5/1997 |  SEA | vs |  TEN | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | M. Jones-Drew | 22.1 | 8 | 177 | 11/1/2009 |  JAX | @ |  TEN | 2 | -4 | 1 | 4 | -4.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | M. Krause | 22.0 | 6 | 132 | 9/11/1938 |  WAS | @ |  PHI | 2 | |||||
| 5 | | R. Jennings | 21.8 | 5 | 109 | 12/12/2010 | JAX | vs |  OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | C. Kaepernick | 21.6 | 7 | 151 | 12/20/2014 | SF | vs |  SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | S. Blanks | 21.2 | 6 | 127 | 9/19/1964 | HOU | vs | OAK | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | R. Waller | 21.0 | 5 | 105 | 12/8/1957 |  LA | vs |  GB | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | G. McAfee | 21.0 | 5 | 105 | 11/25/1945 |  CHB | vs |  PIT | 2 | |||||
| 10 | | O. Matson | 20.4 | 8 | 163 | 11/21/1954 |  CHC | vs | WAS | 3 | 64 | 5 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| 11 | | H. Walker | 20.3 | 6 | 122 | 12/14/1986 |  DAL | vs | PHI | 1 | 170 | 9 | 18.9 | 1 | |
| 12 | | L. Moore | 20.3 | 6 | 122 | 11/26/1961 |  BAL | @ | WAS | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 13 | | C. Battles | 20.3 | 6 | 122 | 10/21/1934 |  BOS | vs | PHI | 1 | |||||
| 14 |  | T. Hill | 19.7 | 7 | 138 | 11/17/2024 |  NO | vs |  CLE | 3 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 15 | | J. Thomas | 19.7 | 6 | 118 | 12/6/1969 | SF | vs | CHI | 1 | 80 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | |
| 16 | | W. Crow | 19.2 | 6 | 115 | 10/13/1962 |  BUF | vs | SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | T. Harmon | 19.0 | 6 | 114 | 10/13/1946 | LA | @ | CHB | 1 | |||||
| 18 | | J. Hill | 18.7 | 9 | 168 | 10/23/2016 |  CIN | vs | CLE | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | J. Arnett | 18.0 | 6 | 108 | 11/22/1959 | LA | @ | PHI | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| 20 | | H. McElhenny | 18.0 | 7 | 126 | 10/24/1954 | SF | vs |  DET | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | E. Hackney | 18.0 | 6 | 108 | 11/8/1942 | DET | vs |  PIT | 1 | |||||
| 22 | | J. Norwood | 17.7 | 6 | 106 | 10/1/2006 |  ATL | vs |  ARI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 |  | M. Vick | 17.3 | 10 | 173 | 12/1/2002 | ATL | @ |  MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | A. Griffin | 17.2 | 6 | 103 | 10/28/1979 | CIN | vs | PHI | 0 | 50 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| 25 | | P. Lowe | 17.1 | 8 | 137 | 10/28/1960 | LAC | @ |  BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts, rushing yards, and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.
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