most yards per carry in a career min 1000 attempts

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt with 1,000+ rush attempts, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by a player in a career min 1000 rushing attempts
NAME YPC ATT GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
2 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5.3
1,001
194
5,334
27.5
30
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
3 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
4 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
1,320
83
6,754
81.4
51
1,042
128
171
8.1
12.6
5
5 Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.0
1,118
148
5,631
38.0
75
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
6 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
7 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
5.0
1,361
109
6,760
62.0
48
2,367
307
405
7.7
21.7
20
8 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
9 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.8
1,111
63
5,386
85.5
45
1,073
137
176
7.8
17.0
5
10 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
4.8
1,069
143
5,174
36.2
63
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
11 Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
12 Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
13 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.8
2,270
132
10,909
82.6
103
1,583
168
217
9.4
12.0
5
14 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
1,344
108
6,378
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
15 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.7
1,196
158
5,672
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
16 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.7
1,347
95
6,387
67.2
52
4,466
524
649
8.5
47.0
29
17 James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,685
162
7,962
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
18 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
19 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4.7
1,124
143
5,281
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
20 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
1,730
142
8,096
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
21 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
22 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
1,447
86
6,710
78.0
46
2,367
317
433
7.5
27.5
14
23 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
24 Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.6
1,537
147
7,097
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
25 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
10
2
0
.833
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
11
1
0
.917
Vikings Vikings
10
2
0
.833
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
6
0
.500
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
6
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
7
5
0
.583
Cardinals Cardinals
6
6
0
.500
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
2
0
.833
Dolphins Dolphins
5
7
0
.417
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
9
3
0
.750
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
11
1
0
.917
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/1
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
32-41
Sat
11/30
SF SF
@
BUF BUF
10-35
Sat
11/30
PHI PHI
@
BAL BAL
24-19
Sat
11/30
LAR LAR
@
NO NO
21-14
Sat
11/30
TB TB
@
CAR CAR
26-23

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
12/19
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Mon
12/16
ATL ATL
@
LV LV
8:30 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Sun
12/15
GB GB
@
SEA SEA
8:20 PM
Sun
12/15
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
4:25 PM