highest yards per carry in last 50 years minimum 100 carries

Between March 13, 1976 and March 13, 2026, Brad Smith has the most rushing yards per attempt with 100+ carries, with 7.3 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry by a player in last 50 years minimum 100 carries
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Brad Smith
B. Smith
7.3
134
125
972
7.8
4
987
104
188
9.5
7.9
5
2Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
7.2
114
145
819
5.6
7
11,363
819
1,201
13.9
78.4
83
3Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.0
873
143
6,109
42.7
36
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
4Tavon Austin
T. Austin
6.8
199
113
1,361
12.0
10
2,239
244
407
9.2
19.8
16
5Emari Demercado
E. Demercado
6.5
126
40
819
20.5
3
324
50
70
6.5
8.1
1
6Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6.4
775
161
4,928
30.6
35
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
7Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
6.3
146
75
927
12.4
5
4,026
353
520
11.4
53.7
22
8Keaton Mitchell
K. Mitchell
6.3
121
26
767
29.5
3
184
19
24
9.7
7.1
0
9Terrelle Pryor
T. Pryor
6.3
103
51
646
12.7
4
1,563
115
216
13.6
30.6
7
10Rob Johnson
R. Johnson
6.3
140
48
877
18.3
4
-6
1
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
11Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
6.2
283
78
1,766
22.6
8
20
1
1
20.0
0.3
1
12Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
6.1
375
69
2,300
33.3
13
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
6.1
136
132
831
6.3
4
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
14Archie Manning
A. Manning
6.0
164
88
991
11.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
15Steve Pelluer
S. Pelluer
6.0
142
65
858
13.2
6
0
0
0.0
0
16Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.0
1,081
116
6,522
56.2
35
0
0
2
0.0
0
17Kyler Murray
K. Murray
6.0
532
87
3,186
36.6
32
7
0
0
0.1
0
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
6.0
235
128
1,402
11.0
12
0
0
0.0
0
19Dontrell Hilliard
D. Hilliard
5.9
100
52
592
11.4
4
463
62
78
7.5
8.9
4
20Justin Fields
J. Fields
5.9
489
59
2,892
49.0
23
0
0
1
0.0
0
21Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
5.9
307
56
1,809
32.3
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Steve Young
S. Young
5.9
722
169
4,239
25.1
43
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
23Dwight Stone
D. Stone
5.8
103
216
596
2.8
1
2,478
154
6
16.1
11.5
12
24Curtis Samuel
C. Samuel
5.8
126
111
729
6.6
7
3,717
355
540
10.5
33.5
24
25Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
5.8
425
104
2,453
23.6
19
62
2
3
31.0
0.6
1
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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3
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.824
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
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3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176