most rushing yards per attempt in season with 1000 yards rushing

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per attempt with 1,000+ rushing yards in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in 2006.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per attempt by a player in season with 1000 or more yards rushing
NAMEYPCRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
8.4
1,039
2006
16
123
64.9
2
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
2Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1,004
1934
11
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
3Justin Fields
J. Fields
7.1
1,143
2022
15
160
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.9
1,206
2019
15
176
80.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
1,863
1963
14
291
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
6Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
1,467
2010
16
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
7Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.3
1,005
2020
15
159
67.0
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
2,053
1997
16
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
9Joe Perry
J. Perry
6.1
1,049
1954
12
173
87.4
8
203
26
7.8
16.9
0
10O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
2,003
1973
14
332
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
2,097
2012
16
348
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
12C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
1,244
2012
16
207
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.9
1,527
1958
12
257
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
1,921
2024
17
325
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
15Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.9
1,120
2009
15
190
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
1
16John David Crow
J. David Crow
5.9
1,071
1960
12
183
89.3
6
462
25
18.5
38.5
3
17Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.8
1,257
1960
12
215
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
18Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
2,005
2024
16
345
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
19Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
5.7
1,010
1963
14
177
72.1
8
191
26
7.3
13.6
2
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
1,883
1994
16
331
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
21De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.7
1,350
2025
16
238
84.4
8
488
67
85
7.3
30.5
4
22Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.6
1,412
2024
17
250
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
1,341
2007
14
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
24Derrick Ward
D. Ward
5.6
1,025
2008
16
182
64.1
2
384
41
55
9.4
24.0
0
25Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.6
1,067
2020
12
190
88.9
12
150
16
18
9.4
12.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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17

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19

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176