nfl active running back yards per carry career leaders

De'Von Achane has the most career rushing yards per attempt by an active running back, with 5.6 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
NFL active running back yards per carry with a minimum of 375 rushing attempts career leaders
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.6
544
44
3,057
69.5
22
1,277
172
209
7.4
29.0
13
2Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.3
675
49
3,580
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
3J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
5.2
582
47
3,024
64.3
25
367
70
87
5.2
7.8
1
4Jordan Mason
J. Mason
5.1
395
61
2,011
33.0
13
173
28
34
6.2
2.8
0
5James Cook III
J. Cook III
5.1
842
66
4,259
64.5
32
1,174
130
164
9.0
17.8
9
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,551
84
7,598
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
8Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,564
126
7,626
60.5
52
2,683
351
467
7.6
21.3
21
9Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
4.9
805
51
3,910
76.7
25
1,738
198
261
8.8
34.1
9
10Jaylen Warren
J. Warren
4.7
557
64
2,632
41.1
12
1,227
167
199
7.3
19.2
2
11Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.6
1,658
112
7,589
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
12Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
1,826
106
8,356
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
13Kyren Williams
K. Williams
4.6
838
55
3,834
69.7
36
745
111
150
6.7
13.5
8
14Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
4.6
1,264
112
5,782
51.6
33
1,763
250
326
7.1
15.7
5
15Breece Hall
B. Hall
4.5
755
56
3,398
60.7
18
1,642
188
250
8.7
29.3
9
16Bucky Irving
B. Irving
4.5
380
27
1,710
63.3
9
669
77
87
8.7
24.8
3
17Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
4.5
567
69
2,540
36.8
10
690
95
121
7.3
10.0
6
18D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
4.5
1,069
89
4,775
53.7
38
2,097
271
354
7.7
23.6
9
19Isiah Pacheco
I. Pacheco
4.4
576
51
2,537
49.7
14
554
88
105
6.3
10.9
3
20Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
4.4
1,120
110
4,923
44.8
29
1,434
214
274
6.7
13.0
4
21Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
4.4
836
70
3,669
52.4
28
1,295
186
235
7.0
18.5
4
22Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
4.4
394
83
1,722
20.7
17
1,207
175
223
6.9
14.5
4
23James Conner
J. Conner
4.4
1,393
110
6,062
55.1
60
2,255
289
347
7.8
20.5
12
24Chase Brown
C. Brown
4.3
505
45
2,188
48.6
13
953
137
168
7.0
21.2
10
25Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
4.3
1,674
126
7,250
57.5
61
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,660

Tagovailoa

Tua Tagovailoa

RUSH

1,350

Achane

De'Von Achane

REC

910

Waddle

Jaylen Waddle
Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

25th

OPP PPG

24.9

24th

RUSH YDS/G

120.2

13th

PASS YDS/G

195.4

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
Dolphins Dolphins
7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
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7 - 10

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Final

38

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176