most seasons with over 5 ypc by a rb minimum 200 carries

Barry Sanders and Jim Brown were tied for playing the most seasons by a running back with more than 5.0 rushing yards per attempt with 200+ carries, with 5 seasons.

NAMESEASYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5
5.5
1,508
79
8,263
104.6
56
1,497
161
9.3
18.9
7
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
5
5.7
1,332
66
7,637
115.7
62
1,278
129
9.9
19.4
12
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4
5.4
1,313
65
7,083
109.0
65
663
71
98
9.3
10.2
4
4Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
3
5.2
828
47
4,278
91.0
28
691
83
111
8.3
14.7
2
5Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
3
5.6
721
47
4,009
85.3
19
995
120
171
8.3
21.2
9
6LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3
5.2
755
46
3,954
86.0
29
1,487
180
211
8.3
32.3
5
7Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
3
5.4
766
44
4,122
93.7
37
2,643
251
320
10.5
60.1
22
8O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
3
5.6
951
42
5,323
126.7
36
755
56
13.5
18.0
8
9Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
2
5.3
493
34
2,635
77.5
29
1,133
129
157
8.8
33.3
9
10Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
2
5.4
414
31
2,225
71.8
11
750
106
135
7.1
24.2
7
11Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
2
5.3
564
32
2,980
93.1
29
659
76
90
8.7
20.6
3
12Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2
5.2
491
32
2,557
79.9
21
1,431
174
207
8.2
44.7
13
13Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2
5.5
606
32
3,312
103.5
24
999
124
164
8.1
31.2
6
14Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
2
5.1
407
31
2,061
66.5
16
566
72
87
7.9
18.3
9
15DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
2
5.4
489
29
2,632
90.8
25
373
51
71
7.3
12.9
2
16Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2
5.9
586
30
3,438
114.6
24
485
59
79
8.2
16.2
2
17Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2
5.1
684
32
3,522
110.1
14
995
112
151
8.9
31.1
2
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2
5.2
661
32
3,460
108.1
41
1,233
156
217
7.9
38.5
7
19Clinton Portis
C. Portis
2
5.5
563
29
3,099
106.9
29
678
71
99
9.5
23.4
2
20Robert Smith
R. Smith
2
5.3
527
30
2,787
92.9
13
545
73
44
7.5
18.2
4
21James Brooks
J. Brooks
2
5.5
426
32
2,326
72.7
12
992
91
10.9
31.0
6
22Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
2
5.1
464
32
2,371
74.1
16
538
60
9.0
16.8
3
23Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
2
5.3
444
28
2,346
83.8
26
648
52
12.5
23.1
3
24Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
2
5.4
515
28
2,781
99.3
34
281
47
6.0
10.0
1
25James Cook III
J. Cook III
1
5.2
309
17
1,621
95.4
12
291
33
40
8.8
17.1
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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