most rush yards per attempt by rb including playoffs with at least 2300 rush attempts ever

Jim Brown has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back in the regular season and playoffs with 2,300+ rush attempts, with 5.2 per attempt.

	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	2,425	122	12,553	102.9	107	2,598	270		9.6	21.3	20
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,153	159	15,655	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,884	163	14,164	86.9	132	1,908	203	262	9.4	11.7	5
4	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	2,337	161	10,924	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
5	O.J. Simpson	4.7	2,419	136	11,285	83.0	61	2,179	206		10.6	16.0	15
6	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.6	2,663	161	12,308	76.4	69	2,454	297	357	8.3	15.2	9
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,346	189	15,330	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
8	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	4.5	2,514	177	11,324	64.0	74	4,002	533	687	7.5	22.6	16
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.4	3,144	153	13,983	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
10	Clinton Portis C. Portis	4.4	2,300	117	10,137	86.6	76	2,062	255	351	8.1	17.6	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.4	3,238	190	14,122	74.3	86	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.3	4,018	199	17,358	87.2	112	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
13	Frank Gore F. Gore	4.3	3,883	250	16,668	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	3,001	188	12,881	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
15	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4.3	2,738	158	11,749	74.4	86	1,987	256	292	7.8	12.6	7
16	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.3	3,305	180	14,152	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
17	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	4.3	2,664	162	11,383	70.3	97	2,366	301	413	7.9	14.6	9
18	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4.3	2,356	132	10,017	75.9	108	1,572	225	333	7.0	11.9	12
19	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	4.2	2,322	121	9,827	81.2	78	851	126		6.8	7.0	0
20	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	3,216	203	13,516	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
21	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.2	4,758	243	19,941	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	4.1	2,398	148	9,946	67.2	54	4,816	567	742	8.5	32.5	21
23	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.1	3,289	238	13,590	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
24	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4.1	2,672	137	11,033	80.5	62	1,947	231	313	8.4	14.2	4
25	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4.1	2,793	164	11,530	70.3	70	3,688	465	633	7.9	22.5	9

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