nfl rushing yards per attempt leader 2017

Alvin Kamara had the most rushing yards per attempt in 2017, with 6.1 per attempt in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
NFL rushing yards per attempt with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game leader 2017
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
2Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.4
2017
16
754
139
47.1
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
5.0
2017
16
896
180
56.0
6
214
32
35
6.7
13.4
3
4Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4.9
2017
16
1,124
230
70.3
12
416
58
71
7.2
26.0
0
5Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
4.9
2017
16
1,327
272
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
6Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
4.8
2017
16
644
133
40.3
3
239
32
48
7.5
14.9
1
7Alfred Morris
A. Morris
4.8
2017
14
547
115
39.1
1
45
7
9
6.4
3.2
0
8Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4.7
2017
15
1,305
279
87.0
13
788
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
9Alex Collins
A. Collins
4.6
2017
15
973
212
64.9
6
187
23
36
8.1
12.5
0
10Matt Breida
M. Breida
4.4
2017
16
465
105
29.1
2
180
21
36
8.6
11.3
1
11LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
4.4
2017
16
766
173
47.9
2
50
8
8
6.3
3.1
1
12Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
4.4
2017
14
865
196
61.8
7
317
36
47
8.8
22.6
1
13Orleans Darkwa
O. Darkwa
4.4
2017
15
751
171
50.1
5
116
19
28
6.1
7.7
0
14Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
4.4
2017
16
458
105
28.6
2
389
43
60
9.0
24.3
2
15Bilal Powell
B. Powell
4.3
2017
15
772
178
51.5
5
170
23
33
7.4
11.3
0
16Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
4.3
2017
15
891
207
59.4
7
151
20
31
7.6
10.1
0
17Wayne Gallman
W. Gallman
4.3
2017
13
476
111
36.6
0
193
34
48
5.7
14.8
1
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.2
2017
16
744
176
46.5
5
136
11
17
12.4
8.5
1
19Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
4.2
2017
TOT
14
873
208
62.4
1
158
24
34
6.6
11.3
1
20Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
4.1
2017
16
853
206
53.3
2
182
28
42
6.5
11.4
0
21C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
4.1
2017
16
1,007
245
62.9
3
224
28
40
8.0
14.0
1
22Jordan Howard
J. Howard
4.1
2017
16
1,122
276
70.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
23Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4.1
2017
10
983
242
98.3
7
269
26
38
10.3
26.9
2
24Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
4.0
2017
15
628
156
41.9
5
299
27
39
11.1
19.9
3
25Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
4.0
2017
15
1,291
321
86.1
9
655
85
106
7.7
43.7
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Saints Saints
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

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9
1
.441
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12
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13
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