most yards per carry in nfl history minimum 470 carries

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt with 470+ rush attempts, with 7.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by a player in NFL history minimum 470 carries
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.0
873
143
6,109
42.7
36
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6.4
775
161
4,928
30.6
35
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
3Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.0
1,081
116
6,522
56.2
35
0
0
2
0.0
0
4Kyler Murray
K. Murray
6.0
532
87
3,186
36.6
32
7
0
0
0.1
0
5Justin Fields
J. Fields
5.9
489
59
2,892
49.0
23
0
0
1
0.0
0
6Steve Young
S. Young
5.9
722
169
4,239
25.1
43
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
7De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.6
544
44
3,057
69.5
22
1,277
172
209
7.4
29.0
13
8Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
5.6
616
167
3,459
20.7
29
-7
5
8
-1.4
0.0
0
9Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
5.4
675
246
3,674
14.9
32
-12
0
0.0
0
10Josh Allen
J. Allen
5.4
871
128
4,721
36.9
79
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
11Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
5.4
515
38
2,782
73.2
16
352
40
8.8
9.3
2
12Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
13Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
5.4
496
126
2,665
21.2
19
-2
3
5
-0.7
0.0
0
14Steve McNair
S. McNair
5.4
669
161
3,590
22.3
37
4
1
1
4.0
0.0
0
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5.3
1,042
205
5,568
27.2
31
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
16Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
5.3
513
148
2,735
18.5
18
7,954
521
15.3
53.7
65
17Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.3
675
49
3,580
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
18Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
19Taysom Hill
T. Hill
5.2
489
118
2,551
21.6
34
1,034
110
147
9.4
8.8
11
20Dan Towler
D. Towler
5.2
672
67
3,493
52.1
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
21J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
5.2
582
47
3,024
64.3
25
367
70
87
5.2
7.8
1
22Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
5.2
514
105
2,652
25.3
34
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.1
804
99
4,133
41.7
31
543
54
10.1
5.5
1
24Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
5.1
560
125
2,874
23.0
38
658
41
18
16.0
5.3
5
25Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
5.1
687
99
3,506
35.4
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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23.6

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125.8

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217.8

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.471
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6
11
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.353
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19

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12
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13
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.647
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7
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.559
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
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.706
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14
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