highest ypc in a season rb

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.

Interpreted as:
highest ypc with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in a season rb
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
BAL BAL
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.3
1958
BAL BAL
12
598
82
49.8
7
938
50
18.8
78.2
7
4Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
1953
LA LA
12
705
97
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
5Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
7.1
1939
CHB CHB
9
544
77
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
SF SF
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
7Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
1951
LA LA
12
854
126
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
8Tank Younger
T. Younger
6.7
1954
LA LA
8
610
91
76.3
8
76
8
9.5
9.5
0
9Ron Waller
R. Waller
6.5
1956
LA LA
9
543
83
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
10Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
6.5
1943
NYG NYG
10
523
80
52.3
3
52
7
7.4
5.2
0
11Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
1963
SD SD
14
826
128
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
12Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
1973
MIA MIA
13
954
149
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
1963
CLE CLE
14
1,863
291
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
14Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
2010
KC KC
16
1,467
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
15Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
6.4
1936
DET DET
11
580
91
52.7
4
150
19
7.9
13.6
1
16Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
6.3
1945
CLE CLE
10
467
74
46.7
7
90
8
11.3
9.0
1
17Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
2021
SEA SEA
10
749
119
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
18Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
LAC LAC
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
19Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
20Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
1961
LA LA
14
608
98
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
21Dutch Clark
D. Clark
6.2
1934
DET DET
12
763
123
63.6
8
72
6
12.0
6.0
0
22Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6.2
1968
CHI CHI
9
856
138
95.1
2
117
15
7.8
13.0
0
23Jim Gillette
J. Gillette
6.2
1945
CLE CLE
10
390
63
39.0
1
48
6
8.0
4.8
0
24Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
25Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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25.2

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28.2

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110.8

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241.2

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
Bears Bears
3
2
0
.600
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
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10/19
NO NO
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CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
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CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
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MIN MIN
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC WestWLTPCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
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2
0
.667

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
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Sat
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LV LV
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10/16
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Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
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JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
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TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM