most rushing yards in a career with 4.9 rushing yards per attempt

Barry Sanders has rushed for the most career yards when rushing for 4.9+ yards per carry, with 15,269 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in a career with 4.9 or higher rushing yards per attempt

	NAME	RUSH YDS	YPC	GP	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	5.0	153	3,062	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	5.2	118	2,359	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
3	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	7,563	5.4	119	1,407	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
4	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	7,349	5.0	100	1,462	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
5	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6,522	6.0	116	1,081	56.2	35	0	0	2		0.0	0
6	Michael Vick M. Vick	6,109	7.0	143	873	42.7	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
7	Cam Newton C. Newton	5,631	5.0	148	1,118	38.0	75	68	3	3	22.7	0.5	1
8	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	5,568	5.3	205	1,042	27.2	31	21	5	5	4.2	0.1	1
9	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4,956	5.0	68	991	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
10	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	4,928	6.4	161	775	30.6	35	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
11	Josh Allen J. Allen	4,721	5.4	128	871	36.9	79	19	1	2	19.0	0.1	2
12	James Cook III J. Cook III	4,259	5.1	66	842	64.5	32	1,174	130	164	9.0	17.8	9
13	Steve Young S. Young	4,239	5.9	169	722	25.1	43	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	0
14	Mercury Morris M. Morris	4,133	5.1	99	804	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
15	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	3,895	5.0	115	781	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
16	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	3,674	5.4	246	675	14.9	32	-12	0			0.0	0
17	Steve McNair S. McNair	3,590	5.4	161	669	22.3	37	4	1	1	4.0	0.0	0
18	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	3,580	5.3	49	675	73.1	39	1,449	181	228	8.0	29.6	10
19	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	3,506	5.1	99	687	35.4	23	1,321	130		10.2	13.3	11
20	Dan Towler D. Towler	3,493	5.2	67	672	52.1	43	665	62		10.7	9.9	1
21	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	3,459	5.6	167	616	20.7	29	-7	5	8	-1.4	0.0	0
22	Kyler Murray K. Murray	3,186	6.0	87	532	36.6	32	7	0	0		0.1	0
23	Tobin Rote T. Rote	3,128	4.9	149	635	21.0	37	28	2		14.0	0.2	1
24	De'Von Achane D. Achane	3,057	5.6	44	544	69.5	22	1,277	172	209	7.4	29.0	13
25	J.K. Dobbins	3,024	5.2	47	582	64.3	25	367	70	87	5.2	7.8	1

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