most yards per carry in a season by rb minimum 30 carries

Felix Jones has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 30+ carries in a season, with 8.9 per attempt in his rookie season in 2008.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Felix Jones F. Jones	8.9	30	2008	DAL	6	266	44.3	3	10	2	2	5.0	1.7	0
2	Jack Spikes J. Spikes	8.6	39	1961	DLT	6	334	55.7	5	136	8		17.0	22.7	0
3	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	8.4	119	1934	CHB	11	1,004	91.3	8	174	6		29.0	15.8	1
4	Keaton Mitchell K. Mitchell	8.4	47	2023	BAL	8	396	49.5	2	93	9	11	10.3	11.6	0
5	Corey Grant C. Grant	8.3	30	2017	JAX	16	248	15.5	2	41	3	4	13.7	2.6	0
6	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	8.0	64	1954	SF	6	515	85.8	6	162	8		20.3	27.0	0
7	Toby Gerhart T. Gerhart	7.9	36	2013	MIN	14	283	20.2	2	88	13	19	6.8	6.3	0
8	De'Von Achane D. Achane	7.8	103	2023	MIA	11	800	72.7	8	197	27	37	7.3	17.9	3
9	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	7.7	34	2018	SF	9	261	29.0	1	25	6	7	4.2	2.8	0
10	Mike Holovak M. Holovak	7.6	30	1948	CHB	11	228	20.7	2	30	4		7.5	2.7	0
11	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.5	86	1956	BAL	12	649	54.1	8	102	11		9.3	8.5	1
12	Doak Walker D. Walker	7.5	32	1954	DET	12	240	20.0	1	564	32		17.6	47.0	3
13	LaMont Jordan L. Jordan	7.5	39	2001	NYJ	16	292	18.3	1	44	7	10	6.3	2.8	1
14	Kenny Washington K. Washington	7.4	60	1947	LA	11	444	40.4	5	40	3		13.3	3.6	0
15	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	7.3	64	1956	LA	12	470	39.2	0	86	6		14.3	7.2	0
16	Sylvester Stamps S. Stamps	7.3	30	1986	ATL	14	220	15.7	0	221	20		11.1	15.8	1
17	Dameon Pierce D. Pierce	7.3	40	2024	HOU	11	293	26.6	2	2	2	4	1.0	0.2	0
18	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.3	82	1958	BAL	12	598	49.8	7	938	50		18.8	78.2	7
19	George McAfee G. McAfee	7.3	65	1941	CHB	11	474	43.1	5	144	7		20.6	13.1	3
20	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	7.3	97	1953	LA	12	705	58.8	4	260	17		15.3	21.7	2
21	Michael Wiley M. Wiley	7.3	34	2001	DAL	16	247	15.4	0	99	16	27	6.2	6.2	1
22	Jerome Harrison J. Harrison	7.2	34	2008	CLE	15	246	16.4	1	116	12	18	9.7	7.7	1
23	Cedric Peerman C. Peerman	7.2	36	2012	CIN	14	258	18.4	1	85	9	9	9.4	6.1	0
24	Emari Demercado E. Demercado	7.1	44	2025	ARI	13	312	24.0	0	101	13	20	7.8	7.8	1
25	Joe Maniaci J. Maniaci	7.1	77	1939	CHB	9	544	60.4	4	0	0			0.0	0

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