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

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

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by 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
2Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9.8
30
9/14/2003
vs
295
2
0
0
1
0
3Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
8.4
30
1/3/2021
vs
253
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
4Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
8.4
34
12/20/2009
@
286
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7.9
30
10/31/1993
@
237
1
0
0
0
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7.8
31
12/28/2003
vs
243
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
7Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
7.8
30
11/19/2000
@
234
3
14
3
7
4.7
1
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
7.6
31
11/24/1957
vs
237
4
21
3
7.0
0
9Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
7.6
32
11/9/2025
vs
244
3
42
3
3
14.0
0
10Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
7.6
35
11/11/2001
vs
266
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
7.4
34
1/3/2021
@
250
2
0
0
0
0
12James Wilder
J. Wilder
7.1
31
11/6/1983
@
219
1
20
5
4.0
0
13Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7.1
33
9/23/2012
@
233
1
55
6
8
9.2
0
14Arian Foster
A. Foster
7.0
33
9/12/2010
vs
231
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
7.0
34
11/19/1961
vs
237
4
52
3
17.3
0
16Willie Parker
W. Parker
7.0
32
12/7/2006
vs
223
1
0
0
1
0
17Ricky Williams
R. Williams
7.0
31
12/9/2002
vs
216
2
0
0
3
0
18Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
7.0
30
11/22/2015
vs
209
1
46
3
3
15.3
1
19Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
6.9
33
11/27/2022
@
229
2
74
6
7
12.3
0
20Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6.9
30
10/11/1998
@
208
1
0
0
0
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6.9
30
10/5/1986
vs
207
2
38
2
19.0
0
22Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6.9
32
12/24/2000
@
220
2
41
7
8
5.9
1
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
6.9
40
11/20/1977
vs
275
1
6
1
6.0
0
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
6.8
32
10/30/2022
@
219
2
9
1
1
9.0
0
25Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
6.8
37
12/3/2000
@
251
4
5
1
1
5.0
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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