most ypc by rb in season minimum 97 att

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 97+ rush attempts in his rookie season in 1934, with 8.4 per attempt.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
119
1934
11
1,004
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2De'Von Achane
D. Achane
7.8
103
2023
11
800
72.7
8
197
27
37
7.3
17.9
3
3Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
97
1953
12
705
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
4Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
98
1952
12
684
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
5Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
126
1951
12
854
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
6Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
128
1963
14
826
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
7Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
149
1973
13
954
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
291
1963
14
1,863
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
9Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
6.4
99
2006
14
633
45.2
2
102
12
15
8.5
7.3
0
10Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
230
2010
16
1,467
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
11Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
119
2021
10
749
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
12Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
136
1960
14
855
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
13Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
98
1961
14
608
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
14Dutch Clark
D. Clark
6.2
123
1934
12
763
63.6
8
72
6
12.0
6.0
0
15Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6.2
138
1968
9
856
95.1
2
117
15
7.8
13.0
0
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
335
1997
16
2,053
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
17Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
120
2017
16
728
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
18Joe Perry
J. Perry
6.1
125
1958
12
758
63.2
4
218
23
9.5
18.2
1
19Joe Perry
J. Perry
6.1
173
1954
12
1,049
87.4
8
203
26
7.8
16.9
0
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
332
1973
14
2,003
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
21Hokie Gajan
H. Gajan
6.0
102
1984
14
615
43.9
5
288
35
8.2
20.6
2
22Ted McKnight
T. McKnight
6.0
104
1978
16
627
39.2
6
83
14
5.9
5.2
1
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
348
2012
16
2,097
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
24C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
207
2012
16
1,244
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
25J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
6.0
134
2020
15
805
53.7
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0

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