nfl yards per carry leader 2002

Michael Vick had the most rushing yards per attempt in 2002, with 6.9 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
NFL yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game leader 2002
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.9
2002
15
777
113
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
2Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
5.7
2002
16
609
106
38.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
2002
16
1,508
273
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
4Charlie Garner
C. Garner
5.3
2002
16
962
182
60.1
7
941
91
111
10.3
58.8
4
5Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
5.2
2002
14
1,615
313
115.4
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
6Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
5.1
2002
16
1,296
255
81.0
5
351
37
41
9.5
21.9
1
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
4.8
2002
16
1,853
383
115.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
8Kevan Barlow
K. Barlow
4.7
2002
14
675
145
48.2
4
136
14
21
9.7
9.7
1
9Kenny Watson
K. Watson
4.6
2002
16
534
116
33.4
1
253
32
43
7.9
15.8
1
10Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2002
16
1,314
287
82.1
8
408
49
57
8.3
25.5
0
11Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.6
2002
16
1,387
304
86.7
11
597
69
95
8.7
37.3
0
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.5
2002
16
1,683
372
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
13Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4.5
2002
16
972
215
60.8
8
317
48
69
6.6
19.8
1
14Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.5
2002
14
953
212
68.1
8
537
80
102
6.7
38.4
2
15Marcel Shipp
M. Shipp
4.4
2002
15
834
188
55.6
6
413
38
49
10.9
27.5
3
16Jamel White
J. White
4.4
2002
14
470
106
33.6
3
452
63
86
7.2
32.3
0
17Travis Henry
T. Henry
4.4
2002
16
1,438
325
89.9
13
309
43
59
7.2
19.3
1
18James Stewart
J. Stewart
4.4
2002
14
1,021
231
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
19Ahman Green
A. Green
4.3
2002
14
1,240
286
88.6
7
393
57
74
6.9
28.1
2
20Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4.3
2002
16
1,327
308
82.9
6
442
47
60
9.4
27.6
1
21Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
4.3
2002
15
1,388
325
92.5
13
352
47
74
7.5
23.5
3
22Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.2
2002
16
1,094
261
68.4
7
362
49
56
7.4
22.6
0
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.2
2002
16
1,311
314
81.9
7
298
43
61
6.9
18.6
0
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.0
2002
15
927
230
61.8
7
377
50
65
7.5
25.1
2
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
4.0
2002
16
1,175
295
73.4
16
460
59
78
7.8
28.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

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

6 - 11

17

Final

19

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8 - 9

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3
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5
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10
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
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9
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11
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3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
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11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176