highest ypc in a game with at least 40 carries

Walter Payton has the most rushing yards per attempt in a game with 40+ rush attempts, with 6.9 per attempt versus the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

Interpreted as:
highest ypc by a player in a regular-season game with at least 40 carries
NAMEYPCATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
6.9
40
11/20/1977
vs
275
1
6
1
6.0
0
2Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
5.0
40
11/27/2006
vs
201
0
0
0
1
0
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5.0
40
9/14/1997
vs
199
1
15
2
7.5
0
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.9
42
10/26/1997
@
207
1
29
5
5.8
0
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.9
40
9/19/1994
@
194
0
0
0
0
6Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
4.8
40
12/4/1994
vs
192
1
0
0
0
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
4.5
40
10/31/1999
vs
179
0
8
3
3
2.7
0
8Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
4.2
43
11/9/2003
vs
182
2
18
2
2
9.0
0
9James Wilder
J. Wilder
4.0
43
9/30/1984
vs
172
1
44
4
11.0
0
10Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
3.9
40
9/28/1997
@
156
1
4
1
4.0
0
11Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
3.9
40
10/20/1974
@
156
1
6
2
3.0
0
12Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
3.7
43
11/20/1983
@
159
1
0
0
0
13Ricky Williams
R. Williams
3.6
42
9/21/2003
vs
153
1
-4
3
4
-1.3
0
14Johnny Hector
J. Hector
3.6
40
10/12/1986
@
143
3
8
2
4.0
0
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
3.5
41
10/17/1976
vs
143
2
0
0
0
16Jamie Morris
J. Morris
3.4
45
12/17/1988
@
152
0
0
0
0
17Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
3.3
41
9/19/1993
vs
134
1
40
3
13.3
0
18Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
3.0
41
11/17/1985
vs
123
3
16
5
3.2
0
19James Wilder
J. Wilder
3.0
42
10/30/1983
@
126
0
48
6
8.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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REC

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OPP PPG

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234.8

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6
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9
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8
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11
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