most yards per carry career minimum 500 carries less than 5.1 yards per carry

James Cook III has the most career rushing yards per attempt with 500+ carries and when rushing for <5.1 yards per carry, with 5.1 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by a player career minimum 500 carries less than 5.1 yards per carry
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1James Cook III
J. Cook III
5.1
842
66
4,259
64.5
32
1,174
130
164
9.0
17.8
9
2Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.0
1,118
148
5,631
38.0
75
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
3Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.0
1,462
100
7,349
73.5
54
1,109
141
193
7.9
11.1
5
4Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
5.0
508
91
2,553
28.1
18
617
61
10.1
6.8
5
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.0
991
68
4,956
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
6Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
5.0
781
115
3,895
33.9
34
969
123
157
7.9
8.4
8
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
5.0
561
177
2,787
15.7
18
-8
2
0
-4.0
0.0
0
9Tobin Rote
T. Rote
4.9
635
149
3,128
21.0
37
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
10Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.9
978
91
4,792
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
11Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,551
84
7,598
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
13Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,564
126
7,626
60.5
52
2,683
351
467
7.6
21.3
21
14Tatum Bell
T. Bell
4.9
569
54
2,773
51.4
16
419
71
101
5.9
7.8
0
15Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
16Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
4.9
805
51
3,910
76.7
25
1,738
198
261
8.8
34.1
9
17Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
4.9
732
183
3,552
19.4
23
4,840
553
748
8.8
26.4
32
18C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
4.8
712
90
3,451
38.3
12
1,484
198
261
7.5
16.5
9
19Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
4.8
546
183
2,646
14.5
22
2,875
310
454
9.3
15.7
17
20Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
4.8
732
123
3,543
28.8
16
3,592
383
9.4
29.2
16
21Lenny Moore
L. Moore
4.8
1,069
143
5,174
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
22Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
23Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
24Ernie Green
E. Green
4.8
668
89
3,204
36.0
15
2,036
195
10.4
22.9
20
25Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4.8
951
103
4,544
44.1
23
628
85
7.4
6.1
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