most yards per carry by rookie running back in a game minimum of 25 carries

DeMarco Murray has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back in a game with 25+ carries, with 10.1 per attempt versus the St. Louis Rams on October 23, 2011.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by rookie running back in a regular-season game minimum of 25 carries
NAMEYPCATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
10.1
25
10/23/2011
vs
253
1
0
0
2
0
2Doug Martin
D. Martin
10.0
25
11/4/2012
@
251
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
9.9
30
11/4/2007
vs
296
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
4Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
8.4
30
1/3/2021
vs
253
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
7.6
31
11/24/1957
vs
237
4
21
3
7.0
0
6Greg Bell
G. Bell
7.6
27
11/18/1984
vs
206
1
12
2
6.0
1
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
7.6
28
12/12/1993
@
212
1
0
0
0
8Kevin Jones
K. Jones
7.5
26
12/5/2004
vs
196
1
22
4
5
5.5
0
9Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
7.3
28
12/7/1986
vs
203
2
22
2
11.0
0
10Lee Suggs
L. Suggs
7.2
26
12/28/2003
@
186
2
0
0
0
0
11Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
7.1
28
11/20/1978
vs
199
4
0
0
0
12Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
7.0
30
11/22/2015
vs
209
1
46
3
3
15.3
1
13Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6.9
28
9/25/1983
@
192
2
45
5
9.0
0
14Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
6.8
37
12/3/2000
@
251
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
15Kyle Monangai
K. Monangai
6.8
26
11/2/2025
@
176
0
22
3
5
7.3
0
16Najee Harris
N. Harris
6.7
28
1/3/2022
vs
188
1
18
3
3
6.0
0
17Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
6.7
28
11/19/2000
vs
187
0
20
4
4
5.0
0
18Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
6.7
29
11/15/1981
vs
193
1
7
1
7.0
0
19Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6.6
30
10/2/1983
vs
199
3
21
3
7.0
0
20Julius Jones
J. Jones
6.6
30
12/6/2004
@
198
3
11
3
7
3.7
0
21William Green
W. Green
6.6
27
12/29/2002
vs
178
2
9
2
4
4.5
0
22Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6.6
25
11/4/1979
vs
164
1
33
3
11.0
1
23Michael Bush
M. Bush
6.6
27
12/28/2008
@
177
2
6
1
1
6.0
0
24Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
6.5
30
11/26/2000
@
195
2
14
2
4
7.0
0
25Curt Warner
C. Warner
6.5
32
11/27/1983
vs
207
3
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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