most yards per carry in a game with over 5 carries

Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards per attempt in a game with >5 carries, with 24.3 per attempt against the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by a player in a regular-season game with over 5 carries
NAMEYPCATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
24.3
7
10/5/1952
SF SF
@
DAL DAL
170
1
33
1
33.0
1
2Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
23.0
6
10/5/1997
SEA SEA
vs
TEN TEN
138
2
4
2
2.0
0
3Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
22.1
8
11/1/2009
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
177
2
-4
1
4
-4.0
0
4Max Krause
M. Krause
22.0
6
9/11/1938
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
132
2
5Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
21.6
7
12/20/2014
SF SF
vs
SD SD
151
1
0
0
0
0
6Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
21.2
6
9/19/1964
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
127
0
9
1
9.0
0
7Ollie Matson
O. Matson
20.4
8
11/21/1954
CHC CHC
vs
WAS WAS
163
3
64
5
12.8
1
8Herschel Walker
H. Walker
20.3
6
12/14/1986
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
122
1
170
9
18.9
1
9Lenny Moore
L. Moore
20.3
6
11/26/1961
BAL BAL
@
WAS WAS
122
1
11
2
5.5
0
10Cliff Battles
C. Battles
20.3
6
10/21/1934
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
122
1
11Taysom Hill
T. Hill
19.7
7
11/17/2024
NO NO
vs
CLE CLE
138
3
50
8
10
6.3
0
12Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
19.7
6
12/6/1969
SF SF
vs
CHI CHI
118
1
80
2
40.0
1
13Wayne Crow
W. Crow
19.2
6
10/13/1962
BUF BUF
vs
SD SD
115
1
0
0
0
14Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
19.0
6
10/13/1946
LA LA
@
CHB CHB
114
1
15Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
18.7
9
10/23/2016
CIN CIN
vs
CLE CLE
168
1
24
2
2
12.0
0
16Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
18.0
6
11/22/1959
LA LA
@
PHI PHI
108
1
29
3
9.7
0
17Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
18.0
7
10/24/1954
SF SF
vs
DET DET
126
1
9
1
9.0
0
18Elmer Hackney
E. Hackney
18.0
6
11/8/1942
DET DET
vs
PIT PIT
108
1
19Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
17.7
6
10/1/2006
ATL ATL
vs
ARI ARI
106
1
0
0
0
0
20Michael Vick
M. Vick
17.3
10
12/1/2002
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
173
2
0
0
0
0
21Archie Griffin
A. Griffin
17.2
6
10/28/1979
CIN CIN
vs
PHI PHI
103
0
50
4
12.5
1
22Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
17.1
8
10/28/1960
LAC LAC
@
BOS BOS
137
1
0
0
0
23Marion Motley
M. Motley
17.1
11
10/29/1950
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
188
1
33
1
33.0
1
24Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
16.7
10
10/8/1950
GB GB
vs
NYY NYY
167
1
20
1
20.0
0
25Ahman Green
A. Green
16.7
6
9/6/1998
SEA SEA
@
PHI PHI
100
1
-1
1
-1.0
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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20.7

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98.5

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253.7

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750
49ers 49ers
9
4
0
.692
Cardinals Cardinals
3
9
0
.250
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
TEN TEN
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Mon
12/22
SF SF
@
IND IND
8:15 PM
Sun
12/28
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
SEA SEA
@
SF SF
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
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Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
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6
6
0
.500
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8
4
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.667
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10
2
0
.833
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4
0
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Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
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9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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12/7
TEN TEN
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CLE CLE
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12/7
IND IND
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JAX JAX
1:00 PM
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12/7
WAS WAS
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MIN MIN
1:00 PM