most yards per carry by running back single season minimum 90 attempts

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 90+ rush attempts in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by running back single season minimum 90 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
119
1934
11
1,004
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2De'Von Achane
D. Achane
7.8
103
2023
11
800
72.7
8
197
27
37
7.3
17.9
3
3Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
97
1953
12
705
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
4Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
98
1952
12
684
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
5Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
126
1951
12
854
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
6Tank Younger
T. Younger
6.7
91
1954
8
610
76.3
8
76
8
9.5
9.5
0
7Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
128
1963
14
826
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
8Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
149
1973
13
954
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
291
1963
14
1,863
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
10Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
6.4
99
2006
14
633
45.2
2
102
12
15
8.5
7.3
0
11Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
230
2010
16
1,467
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
12Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
6.4
91
1936
11
580
52.7
4
150
19
7.9
13.6
1
13Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
119
2021
10
749
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
14Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
136
1960
14
855
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
15Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
98
1961
14
608
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
16Dutch Clark
D. Clark
6.2
123
1934
12
763
63.6
8
72
6
12.0
6.0
0
17Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6.2
138
1968
9
856
95.1
2
117
15
7.8
13.0
0
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
335
1997
16
2,053
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
19Richard Huntley
R. Huntley
6.1
93
1999
16
567
35.4
5
253
27
39
9.4
15.8
3
20Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
120
2017
16
728
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
21Joe Perry
J. Perry
6.1
125
1958
12
758
63.2
4
218
23
9.5
18.2
1
22Joe Perry
J. Perry
6.1
173
1954
12
1,049
87.4
8
203
26
7.8
16.9
0
23Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
6.1
94
1951
12
569
47.4
6
102
8
12.8
8.5
1
24O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
332
1973
14
2,003
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
25Hokie Gajan
H. Gajan
6.0
102
1984
14
615
43.9
5
288
35
8.2
20.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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