most seasons with 4.5 rushing yards per attempt

Fran Tarkenton played the most seasons with 4.5+ rushing yards per attempt, with 14 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most seasons by a player with 4.5 or higher rushing yards per attempt
NAMESEASYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
14
6.1
195
3,518
579
18.0
27
-12
0
-0.1
0
2Steve Young
S. Young
13
6.2
144
3,914
634
27.2
38
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
3Michael Vick
M. Vick
12
7.1
131
6,014
849
45.9
34
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
4Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
11
5.8
104
2,453
425
23.6
19
62
2
3
31.0
0.6
1
5Jerry Rice
J. Rice
11
8.3
172
629
76
3.7
9
14,783
980
274
15.1
85.9
136
6Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
11
6.8
119
4,379
641
36.8
29
-3
1
0
-3.0
0.0
0
7Archie Manning
A. Manning
11
5.8
140
2,143
370
15.3
18
-7
1
-7.0
-0.1
0
8Bart Starr
B. Starr
11
6.3
140
1,025
164
7.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
9Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
10
5.9
84
2,400
410
28.6
20
10
2
2
5.0
0.1
0
10Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
10
5.8
149
4,630
804
31.1
23
7
3
3
2.3
0.0
0
11Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
10
8.6
140
438
51
3.1
2
4,305
308
586
14.0
30.8
27
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
10
5.6
137
2,426
435
17.7
20
-1
1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
13Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
10
5.8
159
1,401
240
8.8
9
1,821
203
66
9.0
11.5
3
14Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
10
5.3
142
1,622
306
11.4
12
0
0
0.0
0
15Greg Landry
G. Landry
10
6.8
97
2,319
343
23.9
18
0
0
0.0
0
16Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
9
5.2
91
3,617
696
39.7
32
808
104
134
7.8
8.9
8
17Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9
5.0
97
1,745
347
18.0
16
-3
3
3
-1.0
0.0
0
18Josh McCown
J. McCown
9
5.3
62
854
162
13.8
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
9
6.1
122
3,058
501
25.1
23
-8
4
7
-2.0
-0.1
0
20Curtis Conway
C. Conway
9
9.5
126
467
49
3.7
3
6,761
466
325
14.5
53.7
43
21Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
9
5.4
122
2,258
419
18.5
17
-8
2
-4.0
-0.1
0
22Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
9
6.7
118
1,622
243
13.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
23Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
9
5.6
120
2,546
452
21.2
17
6,221
401
15.5
51.8
53
24Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
8
5.4
125
2,655
489
21.2
19
-2
3
5
-0.7
0.0
0
25Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
8
6.0
116
6,522
1,081
56.2
35
0
0
2
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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12
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13
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9
7
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.559
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8
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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12
5
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.706
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