most yards per carry in one season by a rookie running back min 150 attempts

Maurice Jones-Drew has the most rushing yards per attempt by a rookie running back with 150+ carries, with 5.7 per attempt in 2006.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry in one season by a rookie running back min 150 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
166
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
238
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
3Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
188
1972
PIT PIT
14
1,055
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
4Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5.6
156
1960
DLT DLT
14
875
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
5Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
273
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
6DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
5.5
164
2011
DAL DAL
13
897
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
7Bucky Irving
B. Irving
5.4
207
2024
TB TB
17
1,122
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
8Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
5.4
192
2018
DEN DEN
15
1,037
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
9Ben Tate
B. Tate
5.4
175
2011
HOU HOU
15
942
62.8
4
98
13
19
7.5
6.5
0
10Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
5.3
151
1970
DAL DAL
14
803
57.4
5
73
10
7.3
5.2
0
11Ickey Woods
I. Woods
5.3
203
1988
CIN CIN
16
1,066
66.6
15
199
21
9.5
12.4
0
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.3
280
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
13Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.2
166
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
14Jordan Howard
J. Howard
5.2
252
2016
CHI CHI
15
1,313
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
15Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.2
182
2023
DET DET
15
945
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
16Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.2
192
2018
CLE CLE
16
996
62.3
8
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
17Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
5.1
151
2019
BUF BUF
12
775
64.6
2
194
29
41
6.7
16.2
2
18Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
5.1
214
1962
BUF BUF
14
1,096
78.3
13
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
19Don Woods
D. Woods
5.1
227
1974
SD SD
12
1,162
96.8
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
20John Brockington
J. Brockington
5.1
216
1971
GB GB
14
1,105
78.9
4
98
14
7.0
7.0
1
21Ryan Grant
R. Grant
5.1
188
2007
GB GB
15
956
63.7
8
145
30
37
4.8
9.7
0
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5.1
322
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
23Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
5.1
222
2014
CIN CIN
16
1,124
70.3
9
215
27
32
8.0
13.4
0
24Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.0
232
2020
IND IND
15
1,169
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
25LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
5.0
201
2010
TB TB
13
1,007
77.5
6
14
5
7
2.8
1.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

20.9

25th

OPP PPG

22.1

15th

RUSH YDS/G

119.7

14th

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231.4

14th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
Texans Texans
3
4
0
.429
Titans Titans
1
7
0
.125
Schedule
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Sun
11/2
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
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11/9
JAX JAX
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
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11/16
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@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
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11/30
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

5 - 2 - 0

35

Final

7

JAX Jaguars

4 - 3 - 0

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
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2
0
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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
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
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CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM