most yards per carry by running back single season afc

Mercury Morris has the most rushing yards per attempt by an AFC running back in a season, with 6.4 per attempt in 1973.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by running back single season afc
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
1973
13
954
149
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
2Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
2010
16
1,467
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
3O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
1973
14
2,003
332
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
4Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
6.0
1978
16
627
104
39.2
6
83
14
5.9
5.2
1
5C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
2012
16
1,244
207
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
6J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
2024
17
1,921
325
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
8Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.9
2009
15
1,120
190
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
1
9Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
5.8
1996
16
874
150
54.6
1
143
22
6.5
8.9
1
10Mike Gillislee
M. Gillislee
5.7
2016
15
577
101
38.5
8
50
9
11
5.6
3.3
1
11De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.7
2025
16
1,350
238
84.4
8
488
67
85
7.3
30.5
4
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
13Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.6
2020
12
1,067
190
88.9
12
150
16
18
9.4
12.5
0
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
1972
14
1,055
188
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
15James Brooks
J. Brooks
5.6
1989
16
1,239
221
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
16Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5.6
2009
16
2,006
358
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
17Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
5.6
1976
14
721
129
51.5
1
56
12
4.7
4.0
0
18Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
5.6
1990
10
698
125
69.8
5
68
6
11.3
6.8
0
19Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
5.5
1975
14
1,817
329
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
21Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.5
2021
14
1,259
228
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
22Bilal Powell
B. Powell
5.5
2016
16
722
131
45.1
3
388
58
74
6.7
24.3
2
23Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
5.5
2011
10
934
170
93.4
6
442
39
50
11.3
44.2
0
24Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
5.5
1989
11
950
173
86.4
4
69
9
7.7
6.3
0
25Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2003
13
1,591
290
122.4
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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