most career yards per carry by a runningback minimum 2500 carries

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 2,500+ rush attempts, with 5.0 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,662	153	13,018	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,230	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
4	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.6	2,534	153	11,695	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
5	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.4	2,996	146	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.4	3,838	190	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.3	2,936	173	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	2,836	176	12,279	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.3	3,174	170	13,684	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
10	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4.3	2,618	150	11,241	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
11	Frank Gore F. Gore	4.3	3,735	241	16,000	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	2,877	182	12,074	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
13	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4.2	2,542	131	10,607	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.2	4,409	226	18,355	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
15	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4.1	2,764	160	11,438	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	4.1	2,949	173	12,120	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	4.1	2,669	181	10,967	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
18	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4.1	2,622	144	10,643	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
19	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.1	3,022	222	12,243	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
20	Edgerrin James E. James	4.0	3,028	148	12,246	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
21	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4.0	2,562	182	10,273	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
22	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4.0	3,518	168	14,101	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
23	Thomas Jones T. Jones	4.0	2,678	180	10,591	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
24	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3.9	3,479	192	13,662	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	3.9	2,916	175	11,352	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12

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