highest ypc in a season rb since 1960

Since 1960, Keith Lincoln has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 6.5 per attempt in 1963.

Interpreted as:
highest ypc with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in a season rb since 1960
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
1963
14
826
128
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
2Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
1973
13
954
149
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
1963
14
1,863
291
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
4Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
2010
16
1,467
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
5Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
2021
10
749
119
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
6Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
7Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
1961
14
608
98
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6.2
1968
9
856
138
95.1
2
117
15
7.8
13.0
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
10Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
1973
14
2,003
332
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
12Hokie Gajan
H. Gajan
6.0
1984
14
615
102
43.9
5
288
35
8.2
20.6
2
13Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
6.0
1978
16
627
104
39.2
6
83
14
5.9
5.2
1
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
2012
16
2,097
348
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
15C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
2012
16
1,244
207
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
16J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
17Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
6.0
2007
15
613
103
40.9
1
277
28
39
9.9
18.5
0
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
2024
17
1,921
325
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
19Felix Jones
F. Jones
5.9
2009
14
685
116
48.9
3
119
19
22
6.3
8.5
0
20Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.9
2009
15
1,120
190
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
1
21John David Crow
J. David Crow
5.9
1960
12
1,071
183
89.3
6
462
25
18.5
38.5
3
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.8
1960
12
1,257
215
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
23Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
5.8
1996
16
874
150
54.6
1
143
22
6.5
8.9
1
24Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
2024
16
2,005
345
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
25Mike Gillislee
M. Gillislee
5.7
2016
15
577
101
38.5
8
50
9
11
5.6
3.3
1
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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9
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