league average yards per carry by year since 2000 by running backs

Running backs had an average of 4.0 yards per rush in 2000.

	POSITION	YPC	SEASON	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Running Back	4.0	2000	2,081	46,657	11,690	22.4	344	21,832	2,690	3,758	8.1	10.5	93
2	Running Back	4.0	2001	2,172	47,300	11,711	21.8	299	20,705	2,622	3,648	7.9	9.5	86
3	Running Back	4.2	2002	2,177	50,285	12,104	23.1	379	22,002	2,837	3,898	7.8	10.1	97
4	Running Back	4.2	2003	2,198	53,351	12,759	24.3	364	20,083	2,640	3,643	7.6	9.1	78
5	Running Back	4.2	2004	2,064	53,334	12,747	25.8	375	18,876	2,442	3,370	7.7	9.1	77
6	Running Back	4.1	2005	2,120	51,826	12,737	24.4	379	17,286	2,302	3,181	7.5	8.2	68
7	Running Back	4.2	2006	2,060	53,374	12,733	25.9	374	19,432	2,524	3,445	7.7	9.4	58
8	Running Back	4.2	2007	2,067	51,829	12,449	25.1	342	18,653	2,495	3,441	7.5	9.0	54
9	Running Back	4.2	2008	2,055	53,256	12,546	25.9	418	18,929	2,420	3,343	7.8	9.2	88
10	Running Back	4.3	2009	2,031	53,245	12,425	26.2	376	19,362	2,445	3,373	7.9	9.5	84
11	Running Back	4.2	2010	1,996	50,769	12,156	25.4	344	19,852	2,492	3,407	8.0	9.9	72
12	Running Back	4.3	2011	2,018	52,031	12,077	25.8	324	19,893	2,458	3,407	8.1	9.9	78
13	Running Back	4.2	2012	2,145	51,000	12,050	23.8	332	18,686	2,348	3,241	8.0	8.7	65
14	Running Back	4.1	2013	1,960	48,713	11,888	24.9	344	19,532	2,528	3,426	7.7	10.0	82
15	Running Back	4.1	2014	1,956	48,314	11,715	24.7	323	20,312	2,518	3,448	8.1	10.4	100
16	Running Back	4.1	2015	1,975	47,355	11,576	24.0	293	22,345	2,682	3,611	8.3	11.3	109
17	Running Back	4.1	2016	1,859	47,262	11,405	25.4	360	20,063	2,491	3,342	8.1	10.8	95
18	Running Back	4.0	2017	1,901	47,125	11,714	24.8	306	22,204	2,724	3,666	8.2	11.7	103
19	Running Back	4.4	2018	1,791	47,670	10,956	26.6	354	22,039	2,748	3,616	8.0	12.3	118
20	Running Back	4.3	2019	1,873	47,704	11,204	25.5	352	21,340	2,704	3,530	7.9	11.4	103
21	Running Back	4.4	2020	1,896	48,876	11,158	25.8	385	18,890	2,539	3,330	7.4	10.0	102
22	Running Back	4.3	2021	1,987	50,345	11,845	25.3	381	20,612	2,730	3,516	7.6	10.4	110
23	Running Back	4.4	2022	1,965	52,033	11,838	26.5	353	18,715	2,563	3,340	7.3	9.5	96
24	Running Back	4.1	2023	1,824	48,642	11,737	26.7	333	18,093	2,529	3,255	7.2	9.9	94
25	Running Back	4.4	2024	1,803	51,624	11,832	28.6	383	17,823	2,345	2,954	7.6	9.9	86

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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