most yards per carry by a running back with minimum 50 games played

Antone Smith has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back when playing 50+ games, with 8.6 per attempt.

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Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YPC	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Antone Smith A. Smith	8.6	67	344	40	5.1	4	309	21	29	14.7	4.6	3
2	Dino Hall D. Hall	7.2	64	194	27	3.0	1	125	11		11.4	2.0	1
3	Anthony Lynn A. Lynn	6.3	83	177	28	2.1	0	35	3	0	11.7	0.4	0
4	Dontrell Hilliard D. Hilliard	5.9	52	592	100	11.4	4	463	62	78	7.5	8.9	4
5	David Lang D. Lang	5.6	67	273	49	4.1	5	388	30		12.9	5.8	1
6	Todd McNair T. McNair	5.5	121	803	147	6.6	3	2,435	254		9.6	20.1	7
7	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	5.4	50	2,297	423	45.9	16	1,462	128		11.4	29.2	16
8	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	119	7,563	1,407	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
9	Victor Jones V. Jones	5.4	67	75	14	1.1	0	17	3		5.7	0.3	0
10	Ward Cuff W. Cuff	5.4	90	1,766	330	19.6	6	1,477	101		14.6	16.4	12
11	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	5.2	54	1,980	378	36.7	16	243	15		16.2	4.5	1
12	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.2	56	4,353	832	77.7	47	1,734	215	272	8.1	31.0	12
13	Dennis Gentry D. Gentry	5.2	71	428	82	6.0	4	361	31		11.6	5.1	0
14	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	118	12,312	2,359	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
15	Ernie Caddel E. Caddel	5.2	64	2,311	443	36.1	20	641	54		11.9	10.0	5
16	Montell Owens M. Owens	5.2	111	292	56	2.6	3	132	12	17	11.0	1.2	0
17	Dan Towler D. Towler	5.2	67	3,493	672	52.1	43	665	62		10.7	9.9	1
18	Joel Makovicka J. Makovicka	5.2	58	88	17	1.5	0	264	47	75	5.6	4.6	5
19	Charlie Leigh C. Leigh	5.2	80	372	72	4.7	2	-4	9		-0.4	-0.1	0
20	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	5.2	66	2,056	399	31.2	7	912	96	134	9.5	13.8	3
21	Travis Homer T. Homer	5.1	92	489	95	5.3	1	475	55	65	8.6	5.2	2
22	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	99	4,133	804	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
23	Ben Kish B. Kish	5.1	61	332	65	5.4	1	392	34		11.5	6.4	2
24	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	5.1	223	1,967	388	8.8	12	2,336	255	74	9.2	10.5	4
25	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	73	4,966	980	68.0	39	1,284	142	181	9.0	17.6	9

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,282

Penix

RUSH

780

Robinson

REC

624

London

Team Rankings

PPG

21.4

22nd

OPP PPG

23.6

17th

RUSH YDS/G

134.8

5th

PASS YDS/G

200.5

24th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Panthers	3	4	.429
Falcons	3	5	.375
Buccaneers	3	5	.375
Saints	2	5	.286

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/8	CIN	@	ATL	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	ATL	@	CLE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Falcons

3 - 5

Final

Buccaneers

3 - 5

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,246

Love

2,146

Stafford

2,124

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

780

Robinson

773

Gibbs

770

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

726

Higgins

709

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

20

Burrow

19

Cousins

18

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Allen

8

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

111.7

Lawrence

111.6

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

7.0

Rousseau

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

29.4

29.0

28.6

28.1

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.1

18.0

18.7

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

395.4

393.1

387.3

384.4

383.1

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

137.8

134.8

134.1

Pass Yards Rankings

302.1

281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

26.0

25.0

24.0

23.0

22.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

161.8

Gibbs

138.1

Walker

130.3

Henry

Fantasy WR Rankings

156

Smith-Njigba

108.3

Lamb

104.8

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

84.4

McBride

82.7

Bowers

71.5

Likely

Fantasy K Rankings

90

Shrader

89

McLaughlin

83

Gay

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Best Record ATS

6-2

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-6-1

1-7

2-7

2-5

2-4-1

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	6	2	0	.750
Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000