nfl rb yards per target leaders minimum 500 targets

Austin Ekeler has the most career receiving yards per target by a running back when targeted 500+ times, with 7.1.

Interpreted as:
NFL rb receiving yards per target leaders minimum 500 targets
NAMEYDS/TRGTRGREC YDSGPRECAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
7.1
604
4,288
117
480
8.9
36.6
30
4,765
1,081
4.4
40.7
43
2Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
6.93
778
5,390
112
626
8.6
48.1
36
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
3Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6.72
606
4,071
99
470
8.7
41.1
27
6,959
1,447
4.8
70.3
58
4Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
6.55
502
3,289
96
399
8.2
34.3
9
6,554
1,595
4.1
68.3
42
5Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
6.52
604
3,940
121
442
8.9
32.6
30
6,335
1,385
4.6
52.4
41
6Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
6.48
571
3,701
161
431
8.6
23.0
15
3,607
864
4.2
22.4
16
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
6.47
748
4,840
183
553
8.8
26.4
32
3,552
732
4.9
19.4
23
8Matt Forte
M. Forte
6.45
724
4,672
146
554
8.4
32.0
21
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
9Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.45
767
4,948
126
606
8.2
39.3
25
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
10Tiki Barber
T. Barber
6.42
707
4,536
126
510
8.9
36.0
8
9,772
2,029
4.8
77.6
52
11James White
J. White
6.41
511
3,278
95
381
8.6
34.5
25
1,278
319
4.0
13.5
11
12Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
5.95
594
3,533
149
427
8.3
23.7
12
8,963
2,200
4.1
60.2
43
13Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
5.87
627
3,683
160
461
8.0
23.0
9
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
5.86
665
3,898
170
518
7.5
22.9
16
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
15Edgerrin James
E. James
5.76
584
3,364
148
433
7.8
22.7
11
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
16Frank Gore
F. Gore
5.73
696
3,985
241
484
8.2
16.5
18
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
17Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
5.58
629
3,512
136
425
8.3
25.8
8
5,536
1,363
4.1
40.7
25
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
5.5
868
4,772
170
624
7.6
28.1
17
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
19Reggie Bush
R. Bush
5.44
661
3,598
134
477
7.5
26.9
18
5,490
1,286
4.3
41.0
36
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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