Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a game with 6+ carries, with 24.3 per attempt versus the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.
Interpreted as:
most ypc in a regular-season game by a rb minimum 6 carries| NAME | YPC | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH YDS | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | H. McElhenny | 24.3 | 7 | 10/5/1952 |  SF | @ |  DAL | 170 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| 2 | | S. Broussard | 23.0 | 6 | 10/5/1997 |  SEA | vs |  TEN | 138 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | M. Jones-Drew | 22.1 | 8 | 11/1/2009 |  JAX | @ |  TEN | 177 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 4 | -4.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | M. Krause | 22.0 | 6 | 9/11/1938 |  WAS | @ |  PHI | 132 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | | S. Blanks | 21.2 | 6 | 9/19/1964 | HOU | vs |  OAK | 127 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | O. Matson | 20.4 | 8 | 11/21/1954 |  CHC | vs | WAS | 163 | 3 | 64 | 5 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| 7 | | H. Walker | 20.3 | 6 | 12/14/1986 |  DAL | vs | PHI | 122 | 1 | 170 | 9 | 18.9 | 1 | |
| 8 | | C. Battles | 20.3 | 6 | 10/21/1934 |  BOS | vs | PHI | 122 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | | J. Thomas | 19.7 | 6 | 12/6/1969 | SF | vs |  CHI | 118 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | |
| 10 | | W. Crow | 19.2 | 6 | 10/13/1962 |  BUF | vs |  SD | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Hill | 18.7 | 9 | 10/23/2016 |  CIN | vs |  CLE | 168 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 12 | | J. Arnett | 18.0 | 6 | 11/22/1959 |  LA | @ | PHI | 108 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| 13 | | H. McElhenny | 18.0 | 7 | 10/24/1954 | SF | vs |  DET | 126 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | E. Hackney | 18.0 | 6 | 11/8/1942 | DET | vs |  PIT | 108 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | | J. Norwood | 17.7 | 6 | 10/1/2006 |  ATL | vs |  ARI | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | A. Griffin | 17.2 | 6 | 10/28/1979 | CIN | vs | PHI | 103 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| 17 | | P. Lowe | 17.1 | 8 | 10/28/1960 | LAC | @ |  BOS | 137 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | M. Motley | 17.1 | 11 | 10/29/1950 | CLE | vs |  PIT | 188 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| 19 | | B. Grimes | 16.7 | 10 | 10/8/1950 |  GB | vs |  NYY | 167 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | A. Green | 16.7 | 6 | 9/6/1998 | SEA | @ | PHI | 100 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | R. Weathers | 16.7 | 6 | 9/4/1983 | NE | vs |  BAL | 100 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | B. Wells | 16.7 | 6 | 11/21/1954 | WAS | @ | CHC | 100 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | N. Kaufman | 16.6 | 7 | 9/22/1996 | OAK | vs | SD | 116 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | B. Mitchell | 16.6 | 14 | 11/15/1959 | CLE | @ | WAS | 232 | 3 | -6 | 2 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | T. Biakabutuka | 16.5 | 8 | 9/26/1999 |  CAR | vs | CIN | 132 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.
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