nfl most rush yards per attempt by a player 1958

Lenny Moore had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1958, with 7.3 per attempt.

Interpreted as:

NFL most rush yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player 1958

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.3	1958	BAL	12	598	82	49.8	7	938	50	18.8	78.2	7
2	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	6.3	1958	CLE	12	500	80	41.7	1	131	16	8.2	10.9	3
3	Joe Perry J. Perry	6.1	1958	SF	12	758	125	63.2	4	218	23	9.5	18.2	1
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.9	1958	CLE	12	1,527	257	127.3	17	138	16	8.6	11.5	1
5	Johnny Olszewski J. Olszewski	5.2	1958	WAS	10	505	98	50.5	2	102	11	9.3	10.2	0
6	Jon Arnett J. Arnett	5.1	1958	LA	12	683	133	56.9	6	494	35	14.1	41.2	1
7	Joe Marconi J. Marconi	4.8	1958	LA	12	428	89	35.7	1	87	10	8.7	7.3	0
8	Willie Galimore W. Galimore	4.8	1958	CHB	12	619	130	51.6	8	151	8	18.9	12.6	3
9	Alan Ameche A. Ameche	4.6	1958	BAL	12	791	171	65.9	8	81	13	6.2	6.8	1
10	Tobin Rote T. Rote	4.6	1958	DET	12	351	77	29.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
11	Don Bosseler D. Bosseler	4.4	1958	WAS	10	475	109	47.5	4	101	14	7.2	10.1	0
12	Tom Tracy T. Tracy	4.2	1958	PIT	12	714	169	59.5	5	535	32	16.7	44.6	4
13	L.G. Dupre	4.1	1958	BAL	10	390	95	39.0	3	111	13	8.5	11.1	0
14	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	4.1	1958	NYG	10	468	115	46.8	8	330	29	11.4	33.0	2
15	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	4.0	1958	SF	12	451	113	37.6	6	366	31	11.8	30.5	2
16	Alex Webster A. Webster	4.0	1958	NYG	9	398	100	44.2	3	279	25	11.2	31.0	3
17	Mel Triplett M. Triplett	3.9	1958	NYG	12	466	118	38.8	1	110	7	15.7	9.2	0
18	Ollie Matson O. Matson	3.9	1958	CHC	12	505	129	42.1	5	465	33	14.1	38.8	3
19	Tank Younger T. Younger	3.9	1958	PIT	12	344	88	28.7	3	188	16	11.8	15.7	0
20	Phil King P. King	3.8	1958	NYG	12	316	83	26.3	1	132	11	12.0	11.0	0
21	Rick Casares R. Casares	3.7	1958	CHB	12	651	176	54.3	2	290	32	9.1	24.2	1
22	Ed Sutton E. Sutton	3.6	1958	WAS	10	335	93	33.5	3	112	6	18.7	11.2	0
23	Billy Ray Barnes B. Ray Barnes	3.5	1958	PHI	12	551	156	45.9	7	423	35	12.1	35.3	0
24	Clarence Peaks C. Peaks	3.4	1958	PHI	11	386	115	35.1	3	248	29	8.6	22.5	2
25	Gene Gedman G. Gedman	2.3	1958	DET	11	209	92	19.0	4	106	14	7.6	9.6	3

StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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