most rushing yards per attempt in 2021 by a runningback

Rashaad Penny had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in 2021, with 6.3 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in 2021 by a runningback
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
2021
SEA SEA
10
749
119
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
2Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
5.5
2021
DAL DAL
15
719
130
47.9
2
337
39
46
8.6
22.5
0
3Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.5
2021
CLE CLE
14
1,259
228
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
4Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
5.5
2021
PHI PHI
12
754
137
62.8
0
158
26
34
6.1
13.2
0
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.5
2021
IND IND
17
1,811
332
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
6Chase Edmonds
C. Edmonds
5.1
2021
ARI ARI
12
592
116
49.3
2
311
43
53
7.2
25.9
0
7James Robinson
J. Robinson
4.7
2021
JAX JAX
14
767
164
54.8
8
222
31
46
7.2
15.9
0
8Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.7
2021
GB GB
15
799
171
53.3
4
391
52
65
7.5
26.1
6
9Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
4.7
2021
MIN MIN
13
1,159
249
89.2
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
10Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
4.7
2021
SF SF
11
963
207
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
11Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
4.6
2021
BUF BUF
17
870
188
51.2
7
228
40
50
5.7
13.4
1
12Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
4.6
2021
LAR LAR
12
688
149
57.3
5
176
29
40
6.1
14.7
3
13Damien Harris
D. Harris
4.6
2021
NE NE
15
929
203
61.9
15
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
14Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
4.6
2021
NE NE
12
606
133
50.5
5
123
14
18
8.8
10.3
0
15Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
4.5
2021
DEN DEN
16
918
203
57.4
8
213
28
38
7.6
13.3
2
16Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
4.5
2021
TB TB
14
812
180
58.0
8
454
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
17Javonte Williams
J. Williams
4.4
2021
DEN DEN
17
903
203
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
18Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
4.4
2021
LAC LAC
16
911
206
56.9
12
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
19Michael Carter
M. Carter
4.3
2021
NYJ NYJ
14
639
147
45.6
4
325
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
20Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
4.3
2021
KC KC
10
517
119
51.7
4
129
19
23
6.8
12.9
2
21Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
4.3
2021
BAL BAL
16
576
133
36.0
5
190
34
42
5.6
11.9
1
22A.J. Dillon
A.J. Dillon
4.3
2021
GB GB
17
803
187
47.2
5
313
34
37
9.2
18.4
2
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.3
2021
TEN TEN
8
937
219
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
24D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
4.3
2021
TEN TEN
9
566
133
62.9
3
123
9
11
13.7
13.7
0
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4.2
2021
DAL DAL
17
1,002
237
58.9
10
287
47
65
6.1
16.9
2
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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PPG

28.9

5th

OPP PPG

18.8

5th

RUSH YDS/G

103.9

22nd

PASS YDS/G

262.4

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
49ers 49ers
6
3
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
3
5
0
.375
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/16
SEA SEA
@
LAR LAR
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
SEA SEA
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
SEA Seahawks

6 - 2 - 0

38

Final

14

WAS Commanders

3 - 6 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM