most yards per carry single season by running back since 1980

Since 1980, Jamaal Charles has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 6.4 per attempt in 2010.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game single season by running back since 1980
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
2010
16
1,467
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
2Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
2021
10
749
119
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
4Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
5Hokie Gajan
H. Gajan
6.0
1984
14
615
102
43.9
5
288
35
8.2
20.6
2
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
2012
16
2,097
348
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
7C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
2012
16
1,244
207
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
8J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
2020
15
805
134
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
9Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
6.0
2007
15
613
103
40.9
1
277
28
39
9.9
18.5
0
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
2024
17
1,921
325
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
11Felix Jones
F. Jones
5.9
2009
14
685
116
48.9
3
119
19
22
6.3
8.5
0
12Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.9
2009
15
1,120
190
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
1
13Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
5.8
1996
16
874
150
54.6
1
143
22
6.5
8.9
1
14Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
2024
16
2,005
345
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
15Mike Gillislee
M. Gillislee
5.7
2016
15
577
101
38.5
8
50
9
11
5.6
3.3
1
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
1994
16
1,883
331
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
17De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.7
2025
16
1,350
238
84.4
8
488
67
85
7.3
30.5
4
18Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5.7
2006
16
941
166
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
19Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
5.7
2022
13
731
129
56.2
4
57
9
12
6.3
4.4
1
20Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.6
2024
17
1,412
250
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
21Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
5.6
2015
13
830
147
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
22Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
5.6
2019
16
772
137
48.3
8
180
14
22
12.9
11.3
2
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
2007
14
1,341
238
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
24Derrick Ward
D. Ward
5.6
2008
16
1,025
182
64.1
2
384
41
55
9.4
24.0
0
25Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.6
2020
12
1,067
190
88.9
12
150
16
18
9.4
12.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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9
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8
9
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11
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3
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12
5
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5
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