highest yards per carry with 5000 career rushing yards career

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt when rushing for 5,000+ yards, with 7.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry by a player with 5000 or more career rushing yards career
NAME YPC RUSH YDS GP ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.0
6,109
143
873
42.7
36
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
2 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.1
6,291
106
1,029
59.3
34
0
0
2
0.0
0
3 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
7,563
119
1,407
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
4 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5.3
5,556
202
1,040
27.5
31
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
5 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
12,312
118
2,359
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
6 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
6,984
88
1,374
79.4
52
1,073
133
180
8.1
12.2
5
7 Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.0
5,631
148
1,118
38.0
75
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
15,269
153
3,062
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
6,351
70
1,288
90.7
54
1,184
149
193
7.9
16.9
6
10 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
7,124
116
1,445
61.4
50
2,528
326
430
7.8
21.8
21
11 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
11,665
139
2,396
83.9
109
1,671
176
226
9.5
12.0
5
12 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
4.8
5,174
143
1,069
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
13 Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
6,818
98
1,411
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
14 Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
8,378
156
1,737
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
15 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
6,378
108
1,344
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
16 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.7
5,672
158
1,196
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
17 James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
7,962
162
1,685
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
18 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
10,449
154
2,217
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
19 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4.7
5,281
143
1,124
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
20 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.7
6,563
98
1,399
67.0
52
4,679
549
681
8.5
47.7
30
21 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
8,096
142
1,730
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
11,236
135
2,404
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
7,410
93
1,604
79.7
50
2,417
331
451
7.3
26.0
14
24 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
14,918
184
3,230
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
25 Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.6
7,097
147
1,537
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

14.0

31st

OPP PPG

19.7

13th

RUSH YDS/G

139.3

6th

PASS YDS/G

211.3

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
2
0
.333
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
Saints Saints
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

1 - 2 - 0

30

Final

0

ATL Falcons

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM