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:
most career rushing yards average with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game per season by running backs| NAME | YPC | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Feathers | 8.4 | 1934 |  CHB | 11 | 1,004 | 119 | 91.3 | 8 | 174 | 6 | 29.0 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| 2 | | L. Moore | 7.5 | 1956 |  BAL | 12 | 649 | 86 | 54.1 | 8 | 102 | 11 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 3 | | L. Moore | 7.3 | 1958 | BAL | 12 | 598 | 82 | 49.8 | 7 | 938 | 50 | 18.8 | 78.2 | 7 | |
| 4 | | S. Quinlan | 7.3 | 1953 |  LA | 12 | 705 | 97 | 58.8 | 4 | 260 | 17 | 15.3 | 21.7 | 2 | |
| 5 | | J. Maniaci | 7.1 | 1939 | CHB | 9 | 544 | 77 | 60.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | H. McElhenny | 7.0 | 1952 |  SF | 12 | 684 | 98 | 57.0 | 6 | 367 | 26 | 14.1 | 30.6 | 3 | |
| 7 | | D. Towler | 6.8 | 1951 | LA | 12 | 854 | 126 | 71.2 | 6 | 257 | 16 | 16.1 | 21.4 | 0 | |
| 8 | | T. Younger | 6.7 | 1954 | LA | 8 | 610 | 91 | 76.3 | 8 | 76 | 8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | | R. Waller | 6.5 | 1956 | LA | 9 | 543 | 83 | 60.3 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| 10 | | W. Cuff | 6.5 | 1943 |  NYG | 10 | 523 | 80 | 52.3 | 3 | 52 | 7 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| 11 | | K. Lincoln | 6.5 | 1963 |  SD | 14 | 826 | 128 | 59.0 | 5 | 325 | 24 | 13.5 | 23.2 | 3 | |
| 12 | | M. Morris | 6.4 | 1973 |  MIA | 13 | 954 | 149 | 73.4 | 10 | 51 | 4 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 13 |  | J. Brown | 6.4 | 1963 |  CLE | 14 | 1,863 | 291 | 133.1 | 12 | 268 | 24 | 11.2 | 19.1 | 3 | |
| 14 | | J. Charles | 6.4 | 2010 |  KC | 16 | 1,467 | 230 | 91.7 | 5 | 468 | 45 | 64 | 10.4 | 29.3 | 3 |
| 15 | | E. Caddel | 6.4 | 1936 |  DET | 11 | 580 | 91 | 52.7 | 4 | 150 | 19 | 7.9 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| 16 | | F. Gehrke | 6.3 | 1945 |  CLE | 10 | 467 | 74 | 46.7 | 7 | 90 | 8 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  | R. Penny | 6.3 | 2021 |  SEA | 10 | 749 | 119 | 74.9 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 18 | | P. Lowe | 6.3 | 1960 | LAC | 14 | 855 | 136 | 61.1 | 8 | 377 | 23 | 16.4 | 26.9 | 2 | |
| 19 | | B. Mitchell | 6.3 | 1958 | CLE | 12 | 500 | 80 | 41.7 | 1 | 131 | 16 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 3 | |
| 20 | | D. Bass | 6.2 | 1961 | LA | 14 | 608 | 98 | 43.4 | 4 | 145 | 16 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| 21 | | D. Clark | 6.2 | 1934 | DET | 12 | 763 | 123 | 63.6 | 8 | 72 | 6 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | G. Sayers | 6.2 | 1968 | CHI | 9 | 856 | 138 | 95.1 | 2 | 117 | 15 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | J. Gillette | 6.2 | 1945 | CLE | 10 | 390 | 63 | 39.0 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | B. Sanders | 6.1 | 1997 | DET | 16 | 2,053 | 335 | 128.3 | 11 | 305 | 33 | 9.2 | 19.1 | 3 | |
| 25 |  | A. Kamara | 6.1 | 2017 |  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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