most rushing yards per carry by a rookie since 2015

Since 2015, Alvin Kamara has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie, with 6.1 per attempt in 2017.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game per carry by a rookie since 2015
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
2Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
6.0
2024
17
891
148
52.4
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
3J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
4Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
5Kerryon Johnson
K. Johnson
5.4
2018
10
641
118
64.1
3
213
32
39
6.7
21.3
1
6Bucky Irving
B. Irving
5.4
2024
17
1,122
207
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
7Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
5.4
2018
15
1,037
192
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
8Gus Edwards
G. Edwards
5.2
2018
11
718
137
65.3
2
20
2
2
10.0
1.8
0
9Jordan Howard
J. Howard
5.2
2016
15
1,313
252
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
10Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.2
2023
15
945
182
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
11Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.2
2018
16
996
192
62.3
8
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
12Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
5.1
2019
12
775
151
64.6
2
194
29
41
6.7
16.2
2
13Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5.1
2016
15
1,631
322
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
14TreVeyon Henderson
T. Henderson
5.1
2025
17
911
180
53.6
9
221
35
42
6.3
13.0
1
15Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.0
2020
15
1,169
232
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
16Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.0
2018
16
1,307
261
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
17Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
4.9
2022
16
1,035
210
64.7
3
139
16
17
8.7
8.7
1
18Isiah Pacheco
I. Pacheco
4.9
2022
17
830
170
48.8
5
130
13
14
10.0
7.6
0
19Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
4.9
2017
16
1,327
272
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
20Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4.8
2015
13
1,106
229
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
21Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
4.8
2019
13
1,150
242
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
22Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
4.7
2018
16
695
147
43.4
5
0
0
2
0.0
0
23Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
4.7
2020
14
795
170
56.8
11
247
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
24Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
4.7
2021
11
963
207
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
25David Johnson
D. Johnson
4.6
2015
16
581
125
36.3
8
457
36
57
12.7
28.6
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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10
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10
7
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.588
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9
1
.441
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12
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13
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6
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8
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14
3
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12
5
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.706
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5
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.706
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14
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.176