most yards per carry by rookie running back in a game minimum of 30 carries

Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back in a game with 30+ carries, with 9.9 per attempt versus the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by rookie running back in a regular-season game minimum of 30 carries
NAMEYPCATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
9.9
30
11/4/2007
vs
296
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
8.4
30
1/3/2021
vs
253
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
7.6
31
11/24/1957
vs
237
4
21
3
7.0
0
4Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
7.0
30
11/22/2015
vs
209
1
46
3
3
15.3
1
5Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
6.8
37
12/3/2000
@
251
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6.6
30
10/2/1983
vs
199
3
21
3
7.0
0
7Julius Jones
J. Jones
6.6
30
12/6/2004
@
198
3
11
3
7
3.7
0
8Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
6.5
30
11/26/2000
@
195
2
14
2
4
7.0
0
9Curt Warner
C. Warner
6.5
32
11/27/1983
vs
207
3
0
0
0
10Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
6.3
39
12/4/1997
vs
246
4
30
2
15.0
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
30
10/29/1989
@
184
0
0
0
0
12Jermaine Fazande
J. Fazande
6.1
30
1/2/2000
@
183
1
0
0
0
0
13Alfred Morris
A. Morris
6.1
33
12/30/2012
vs
200
3
12
2
2
6.0
0
14Terrell Davis
T. Davis
5.9
30
11/19/1995
vs
176
1
20
2
10.0
0
15Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
5.8
32
9/17/2000
@
187
0
2
1
1
2.0
0
16Matt Snell
M. Snell
5.8
31
10/17/1964
vs
180
0
8
1
8.0
0
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
5.7
32
12/6/1998
vs
183
2
23
3
7.7
0
18Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
5.7
30
11/26/2000
vs
170
2
0
0
1
0
19Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
5.6
31
12/16/2001
vs
173
1
5
1
1
5.0
0
20William Andrews
W. Andrews
5.6
30
9/2/1979
@
167
1
22
3
7.3
0
21Bobby Rainey
B. Rainey
5.4
30
11/17/2013
vs
163
2
4
2
2
2.0
1
22Jonas Gray
J. Gray
5.4
37
11/16/2014
@
201
4
0
0
0
0
23Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
5.3
30
10/11/2015
@
159
0
0
0
0
0
24Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
5.1
30
12/22/1996
@
152
1
6
1
6.0
0
25Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
4.9
32
1/2/2011
vs
158
0
15
2
3
7.5
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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