nfl rushing leaders 1978 per carry average

Ted McKnight had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1978, with 6.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:

NFL rushing with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game leaders 1978 per carry average

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ted McKnight T. McKnight	6.0	1978	KC	16	627	104	39.2	6	83	14	5.9	5.2	1
2	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5.5	1978	CLE	12	960	176	80.0	3	292	38	7.7	24.3	2
3	Tony Reed T. Reed	5.1	1978	KC	16	1,053	206	65.8	5	483	48	10.1	30.2	1
4	Horace Ivory H. Ivory	4.9	1978	NE	15	693	141	46.2	11	122	14	8.7	8.1	0
5	Sherman Smith S. Smith	4.9	1978	SEA	12	805	165	67.1	6	366	28	13.1	30.5	1
6	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	4.8	1978	HOU	15	1,450	302	96.7	13	48	12	4.0	3.2	0
7	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	4.7	1978	PHI	14	1,220	259	87.1	9	195	34	5.7	13.9	1
8	Delvin Williams D. Williams	4.6	1978	MIA	16	1,258	272	78.6	8	192	18	10.7	12.0	0
9	Curtis Brown C. Brown	4.6	1978	BUF	15	591	128	39.4	4	130	18	7.2	8.7	0
10	Andy Johnson A. Johnson	4.6	1978	NE	15	675	147	45.0	3	267	26	10.3	17.8	0
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.6	1978	DAL	16	1,325	290	82.8	7	378	37	10.2	23.6	2
12	Kevin Long K. Long	4.5	1978	NYJ	16	954	214	59.6	10	204	26	7.8	12.8	0
13	Terry Miller T. Miller	4.5	1978	BUF	16	1,060	238	66.3	7	246	22	11.2	15.4	0
14	David Sims D. Sims	4.3	1978	SEA	12	752	174	62.7	14	195	30	6.5	16.3	1
15	Horace King H. King	4.3	1978	DET	15	660	155	44.0	4	396	48	8.3	26.4	2
16	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	4.2	1978	CIN	16	762	180	47.6	7	236	31	7.6	14.8	0
17	Bobby Hammond B. Hammond	4.2	1978	NYG	14	554	131	39.6	1	173	20	8.7	12.4	2
18	Lonnie Perrin L. Perrin	4.2	1978	DEN	16	455	108	28.4	4	54	10	5.4	3.4	1
19	Doug Kotar D. Kotar	4.2	1978	NYG	15	625	149	41.7	1	225	22	10.2	15.0	1
20	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.2	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	87.2	11	480	50	9.6	30.0	0
21	Mike Hogan M. Hogan	4.2	1978	PHI	14	607	145	43.4	4	164	31	5.3	11.7	1
22	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	4.2	1978	DAL	13	584	140	44.9	8	176	20	8.8	13.5	2
23	Leroy Harris L. Harris	4.2	1978	MIA	15	512	123	34.1	2	211	25	8.4	14.1	0
24	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	4.1	1978	CLE	16	560	135	35.0	5	112	20	5.6	7.0	0
25	Roland Harper R. Harper	4.1	1978	CHI	16	992	240	62.0	6	340	43	7.9	21.3	2

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