lowest ypc in a 1000 yard rusher season

Ottis Anderson has the fewest rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,000+ rushing yards in a season, with 3.1 per attempt in 1989.

Interpreted as:
lowest ypc in a 1000 or more rushing yard rusher season
NAME YPC RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
3.1
1,023
1989
NYG NYG
16
325
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
2 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.2
1,025
1994
RAM RAM
16
319
64.1
3
293
31
9.5
18.3
1
3 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
3.3
1,075
1994
NYG NYG
14
327
76.8
6
103
14
7.4
7.4
0
4 Eddie George
E. George
3.3
1,031
2003
TEN TEN
16
312
64.4
5
163
22
31
7.4
10.2
0
5 Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
3.4
1,067
1995
GB GB
16
316
66.7
3
648
61
10.6
40.5
4
6 Eddie George
E. George
3.4
1,165
2002
TEN TEN
16
343
72.8
12
255
36
46
7.1
15.9
2
7 Edgerrin James
E. James
3.4
1,159
2006
ARI ARI
16
337
72.4
6
217
38
61
5.7
13.6
0
8 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
3.5
1,002
1997
ATL ATL
16
290
62.6
7
284
29
9.8
17.8
3
9 Cedric Benson
C. Benson
3.5
1,111
2010
CIN CIN
16
321
69.4
7
178
28
37
6.4
11.1
1
10 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3.5
1,287
1998
NYJ NYJ
15
369
85.8
8
365
43
8.5
24.3
1
11 Franco Harris
F. Harris
3.5
1,082
1978
PIT PIT
16
310
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
12 James Stewart
J. Stewart
3.5
1,184
2000
DET DET
16
339
74.0
10
287
32
48
9.0
17.9
1
13 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
3.5
1,372
2003
MIA MIA
16
392
85.8
9
351
50
62
7.0
21.9
1
14 Joe Morris
J. Morris
3.5
1,083
1988
NYG NYG
16
307
67.7
5
166
22
7.5
10.4
0
15 Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
3.6
1,011
1994
TB TB
16
284
63.2
7
119
22
5.4
7.4
0
16 James Wilder
J. Wilder
3.6
1,300
1985
TB TB
16
365
81.3
10
341
53
6.4
21.3
0
17 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
3.6
1,002
2008
CLE CLE
16
279
62.6
4
178
23
32
7.7
11.1
0
18 John Riggins
J. Riggins
3.6
1,347
1983
WAS WAS
15
375
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
19 Walter Payton
W. Payton
3.6
1,222
1981
CHI CHI
16
339
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
20 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
3.6
1,132
2006
BAL BAL
16
314
70.8
9
115
18
26
6.4
7.2
0
21 Franco Harris
F. Harris
3.6
1,007
1983
PIT PIT
16
279
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
22 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
3.6
1,119
2007
NYJ NYJ
16
310
69.9
1
217
28
34
7.8
13.6
1
23 Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
3.6
1,086
1997
NYJ NYJ
16
300
67.9
7
106
27
3.9
6.6
0
24 Leonard Russell
L. Russell
3.6
1,088
1993
NE NE
16
300
68.0
7
245
26
9.4
15.3
0
25 Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
3.6
1,074
1995
CHI CHI
16
296
67.1
10
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Giants Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

17.3

27th

OPP PPG

27.7

24th

RUSH YDS/G

96.0

22nd

PASS YDS/G

259.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
0
.333
Giants Giants
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
LAC LAC
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

0 - 3 - 0

9

Final

22

KC Chiefs

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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)
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
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM