most career yards per carry with at least 2000 attempts

Jim Brown has the most career rushing yards per attempt with 2,000+ carries, with 5.2 per attempt.

Interpreted as:

most career yards per carry by a player with at least 2000 rushing attempts

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,642	152	12,892	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
4	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	2,217	154	10,449	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
5	O.J. Simpson	4.7	2,404	135	11,236	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,230	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.6	2,534	153	11,695	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
8	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	4.5	2,457	170	11,102	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
9	Ahman Green A. Green	4.5	2,056	148	9,205	62.2	60	2,883	378	495	7.6	19.5	14
10	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	4.5	2,163	130	9,651	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9
11	Clinton Portis C. Portis	4.4	2,230	113	9,923	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
12	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.4	2,996	146	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
13	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.4	3,838	190	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.3	2,936	173	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
15	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	2,836	176	12,279	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
16	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4.3	2,187	123	9,453	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
17	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.3	3,174	170	13,684	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	4.3	2,187	115	9,407	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
19	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4.3	2,618	150	11,241	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
20	Frank Gore F. Gore	4.3	3,735	241	16,000	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
21	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	4.3	2,139	135	9,130	67.6	74	2,718	368	483	7.4	20.1	14
22	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	4.2	2,453	149	10,413	69.9	85	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
23	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	2,877	182	12,074	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
24	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4.2	2,542	131	10,607	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
25	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.2	4,409	226	18,355	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11

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