most yards per rush in a game barry sanders jamyr gibbs

Barry Sanders had his most rushing yards per attempt in a season in 1997, with 6.1 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
most yards in a regular season per rush in a game Barry Sanders jamyr gibbs
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
1994
DET DET
16
1,883
331
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
3Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.7
2025
DET DET
13
1,062
187
81.7
13
474
58
66
8.2
36.5
3
4Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.6
2024
DET DET
17
1,412
250
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.3
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
6Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.2
2023
DET DET
15
945
182
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.1
1990
DET DET
16
1,304
255
81.5
13
480
36
13.3
30.0
3
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.1
1996
DET DET
16
1,553
307
97.1
11
147
24
6.1
9.2
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.8
1995
DET DET
16
1,500
314
93.8
11
398
48
8.3
24.9
1
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.6
1993
DET DET
11
1,115
243
101.4
3
205
36
5.7
18.6
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.5
1991
DET DET
15
1,548
342
103.2
16
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.3
1998
DET DET
16
1,491
343
93.2
4
289
37
7.8
18.1
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.3
1992
DET DET
16
1,352
312
84.5
9
225
29
7.8
14.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
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Bears Bears
9
4
0
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5
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4:30 PM
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1/4
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CHI CHI
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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7
6
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7
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2
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.846
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5
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.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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9/6
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SEA SEA
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Sun
12/14
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