Duane Thomas had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1970, with 5.3 per attempt in his rookie season.
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NFL most rush yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player 1970| NAME | YPC | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Thomas | 5.3 | 1970 | 14 | 803 | 151 | 57.4 | 5 | 73 | 10 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | J. Fuqua | 5.0 | 1970 | 14 | 691 | 138 | 49.4 | 7 | 289 | 23 | 12.6 | 20.6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | | L. Brown | 4.7 | 1970 | 13 | 1,125 | 237 | 86.5 | 5 | 341 | 37 | 9.2 | 26.2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | | M. Lane | 4.7 | 1970 | 14 | 977 | 206 | 69.8 | 11 | 365 | 32 | 11.4 | 26.1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | | L. Csonka | 4.5 | 1970 | 14 | 874 | 193 | 62.4 | 6 | 94 | 11 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | E. Podolak | 4.5 | 1970 | 14 | 749 | 168 | 53.5 | 3 | 307 | 26 | 11.8 | 21.9 | 1 | ||
| 7 | | H. Dixon | 4.4 | 1970 | 14 | 861 | 197 | 61.5 | 1 | 207 | 31 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | M. Farr | 4.3 | 1970 | 12 | 717 | 166 | 59.8 | 9 | 213 | 29 | 7.3 | 17.8 | 2 | ||
| 9 | | F. Little | 4.3 | 1970 | 14 | 901 | 209 | 64.4 | 3 | 161 | 17 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | L. Josephson | 4.3 | 1970 | 12 | 640 | 150 | 53.3 | 5 | 427 | 44 | 9.7 | 35.6 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | W. Ellison | 4.2 | 1970 | 14 | 381 | 90 | 27.2 | 5 | 84 | 10 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | | E. Boozer | 4.2 | 1970 | 10 | 581 | 139 | 58.1 | 5 | 258 | 28 | 9.2 | 25.8 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | P. Robinson | 4.2 | 1970 | 14 | 622 | 149 | 44.4 | 6 | 175 | 17 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 1 | ||
| 14 | | J. Roland | 4.2 | 1970 | 14 | 392 | 94 | 28.0 | 3 | 96 | 17 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 1 | ||
| 15 | | J. Dawkins | 4.2 | 1970 | 14 | 517 | 124 | 36.9 | 2 | 94 | 15 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | B. Scott | 4.1 | 1970 | 13 | 625 | 151 | 48.1 | 7 | 351 | 40 | 8.8 | 27.0 | 4 | ||
| 17 |  | O.J. Simpson | 4.1 | 1970 | 8 | 488 | 120 | 61.0 | 5 | 139 | 10 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | C. Smith | 4.1 | 1970 | 14 | 681 | 168 | 48.6 | 3 | 173 | 23 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 2 | ||
| 19 | | W. Garrison | 4.0 | 1970 | 11 | 507 | 126 | 46.1 | 3 | 205 | 21 | 9.8 | 18.6 | 2 | ||
| 20 | | J. Phillips | 4.0 | 1970 | 14 | 648 | 163 | 46.3 | 4 | 124 | 31 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | C. Pinder | 4.0 | 1970 | 14 | 657 | 166 | 46.9 | 2 | 249 | 28 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | C. Harraway | 4.0 | 1970 | 13 | 577 | 146 | 44.4 | 5 | 136 | 24 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | R. Johnson | 3.9 | 1970 | 14 | 1,027 | 263 | 73.4 | 8 | 487 | 48 | 10.1 | 34.8 | 4 | ||
| 24 | | D. Anderson | 3.8 | 1970 | 14 | 853 | 222 | 60.9 | 5 | 414 | 36 | 11.5 | 29.6 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | C. Butler | 3.8 | 1970 | 14 | 636 | 166 | 45.4 | 0 | 151 | 24 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 1 | ||
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