most yards per attempt by a rb in at least 15 games in a season

Antone Smith has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 15+ games played in a season, with 29.0 per attempt in 2013.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per attempt by a rb in at least 15 games in a season
NAMEYPCGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Antone Smith
A. Smith
29.0
15
2013
145
5
9.7
2
10
2
3
5.0
0.7
0
2Chad Morton
C. Morton
22.0
15
2006
22
1
1.5
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Montell Owens
M. Owens
21.5
16
2008
43
2
2.7
2
17
2
3
8.5
1.1
0
4Joel Makovicka
J. Makovicka
19.0
16
2001
19
1
1.2
0
95
16
28
5.9
5.9
1
5Jerald Sowell
J. Sowell
14.0
16
2004
28
2
1.8
0
342
45
59
7.6
21.4
1
6Nuu Faaola
N. Faaola
13.0
16
1988
13
1
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Dino Hall
D. Hall
13.0
16
1980
26
2
1.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
11.7
16
1992
70
6
4.4
0
30
3
10.0
1.9
0
9Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
11.4
16
2018
91
8
5.7
2
13
3
3
4.3
0.8
1
10Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
11.3
15
2011
45
4
3.0
0
24
4
6
6.0
1.6
0
11Calvin Hill
C. Hill
11.0
15
1980
11
1
0.7
0
383
27
14.2
25.5
6
12Spencer Tillman
S. Tillman
10.4
15
1993
94
9
6.3
0
4
1
4.0
0.3
1
13Pierre Strong Jr.
P. Strong Jr.
10.0
15
2022
100
10
6.7
1
42
7
7
6.0
2.8
0
14Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
9.4
15
1986
103
11
6.9
1
238
19
12.5
15.9
0
15Patrick DiMarco
P. DiMarco
9.0
16
2018
9
1
0.6
0
62
3
4
20.7
3.9
0
16Chris Polk
C. Polk
8.9
15
2013
98
11
6.5
3
61
4
5
15.3
4.1
0
17Willie McClendon
W. McClendon
8.8
16
1980
88
10
5.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Tracy Johnson
T. Johnson
8.7
16
1992
26
3
1.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Jerry Ellison
J. Ellison
8.4
16
1995
218
26
13.6
5
44
7
6.3
2.8
0
20Herschel Walker
H. Walker
8.3
16
1996
83
10
5.2
1
89
7
12.7
5.6
0
21Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
8.3
16
1986
224
27
14.0
5
18
2
9.0
1.1
0
22Corey Grant
C. Grant
8.3
16
2017
248
30
15.5
2
41
3
4
13.7
2.6
0
23Marcus Thigpen
M. Thigpen
8.0
16
2012
8
1
0.5
0
15
1
2
15.0
0.9
0
24William Henderson
W. Henderson
8.0
16
2000
16
2
1.0
0
234
35
45
6.7
14.6
1
25Randall Morris
R. Morris
7.8
16
1986
149
19
9.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,174

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

810

London

Drake London
Team Rankings

PPG

20.1

26th

OPP PPG

24.4

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

122.7

12th

PASS YDS/G

228.6

18th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
Schedule
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Sun
12/21
@
4:05 PM
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12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

5 - 9

29

Final

28

Thu 11 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM