nfl leader in yards per carry career

Gene Alford had 3.4 rushing yards per attempt in his career.

NAMEYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gene Alford
G. Alford
3.4
24
136
40
5.7
0
98
5
19.6
4.1
1
2Marger Apsit
M. Apsit
3.7
14
41
11
2.9
0
24
1
24.0
1.7
0
3Cliff Battles
C. Battles
4.2
60
3,511
839
58.5
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
3.2
63
386
120
6.1
0
1,117
67
16.7
17.7
15
5Hank Bruder
H. Bruder
2.9
93
778
265
8.4
6
536
36
14.9
5.8
4
6Carl Brumbaugh
C. Brumbaugh
0.4
70
25
63
0.4
0
357
25
14.3
5.1
4
7Dale Burnett
D. Burnett
2.1
87
167
79
1.9
0
1,310
92
14.2
15.1
15
8Chris Cagle
C. Cagle
2.7
30
391
144
13.0
1
194
13
14.9
6.5
2
9Bob Campiglio
B. Campiglio
4.7
17
534
114
31.4
2
59
3
19.7
3.5
1
10Glenn Campbell
G. Campbell
6.0
24
6
1
0.3
0
175
14
12.5
7.3
1
11John Cavosie
J. Cavosie
2.8
20
192
69
9.6
2
148
6
24.7
7.4
1
12Stu Clancy
S. Clancy
3.2
37
409
128
11.1
3
72
6
12.0
1.9
1
13Algy Clark
A. Clark
1.9
29
13
7
0.4
0
125
8
15.6
4.3
0
14Dutch Clark
D. Clark
4.6
64
2,772
606
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
15George Corbett
G. Corbett
3.1
46
425
136
9.2
0
250
14
17.9
5.4
2
16Milan Creighton
M. Creighton
12.0
46
12
1
0.3
0
246
19
12.9
5.3
0
17John Doehring
J. Doehring
2.5
28
220
87
7.9
1
42
3
14.0
1.5
0
18Jap Douds
J. Douds
2.0
28
2
1
0.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Wuert Engelmann
W. Engelmann
4.5
21
263
58
12.5
0
87
5
17.4
4.1
0
20Tiny Feather
T. Feather
1.7
23
51
30
2.2
0
79
7
11.3
3.4
0
21Bernie Finn
B. Finn
3.0
3
9
3
3.0
0
37
3
12.3
12.3
0
22Dick Frahm
D. Frahm
8.0
11
8
1
0.7
0
10
2
5.0
0.9
0
23Paul Franklin
P. Franklin
0.7
11
19
28
1.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
3.0
19
458
152
24.1
0
67
5
13.4
3.5
0
25Red Grange
R. Grange
3.3
37
569
170
15.4
5
288
16
18.0
7.8
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

31.8

2nd

OPP PPG

23.7

18th

RUSH YDS/G

128.7

8th

PASS YDS/G

232.2

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
Bears Bears
3
2
0
.600
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
KC Chiefs

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

17

DET Lions

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC WestWLTPCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM