highest yards per carry running back single game

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

Interpreted as:

highest yards per carry with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts running back single game

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,406	116	7,563	65.2	44	2,581	307	438	8.4	22.3	20
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.3	1,610	82	8,514	103.8	66	2,116	206		10.3	25.8	18
3	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.2	798	83	4,144	49.9	31	543	54		10.1	6.5	1
4	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	837	64	4,263	66.6	32	1,149	127	159	9.0	18.0	9
5	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.1	771	80	3,903	48.8	34	907	116	149	7.8	11.3	8
6	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
7	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	5.0	1,012	84	5,032	59.9	38	1,002	107		9.4	11.9	7
10	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	971	87	4,797	55.1	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.7	5
11	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,551	83	7,598	91.5	69	1,456	186	238	7.8	17.5	7
12	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,662	152	13,018	85.6	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
13	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.9	1,560	123	7,628	62.0	52	2,683	351	467	7.6	21.8	21
14	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	805	51	3,910	76.7	25	1,738	198	261	8.8	34.1	9
15	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.9	1,405	90	6,819	75.8	32	1,260	172	74	7.3	14.0	6
16	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	4.8	1,172	119	5,684	47.8	27	2,783	305		9.1	23.4	17
17	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.8	949	83	4,544	54.7	23	628	85		7.4	7.6	1
18	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	4.8	937	85	4,472	52.6	24	1,264	179	250	7.1	14.9	4
19	Justin Forsett J. Forsett	4.8	817	94	3,891	41.4	19	1,284	196	273	6.6	13.7	1
20	James Brooks J. Brooks	4.8	1,675	154	7,969	51.7	49	3,587	377		9.5	23.3	29
21	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	4.7	1,344	103	6,378	61.9	50	1,816	202		9.0	17.6	16
22	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	2,210	146	10,455	71.6	55	5,128	576	701	8.9	35.1	11
23	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4.7	984	101	4,650	46.0	32	1,868	202		9.2	18.5	8
24	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	4.7	1,718	136	8,099	59.6	61	2,093	234	315	8.9	15.4	9
25	Gus Edwards G. Edwards	4.7	798	79	3,760	47.6	30	380	33	42	11.5	4.8	0

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