nfl yards per carry leaders 2012 minimum 150 attempts

Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards per attempt with 150+ carries in 2012, with 6.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
NFL yards per carry leaders 2012 minimum 150 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
348
2012
16
2,097
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
207
2012
16
1,244
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
3Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.3
285
2012
16
1,509
94.3
5
236
35
48
6.7
14.8
1
4Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
5.0
315
2012
16
1,590
99.4
11
196
23
30
8.5
12.3
1
5Alfred Morris
A. Morris
4.8
335
2012
16
1,613
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.7
258
2012
16
1,214
75.9
8
234
28
36
8.4
14.6
1
7Ahmad Bradshaw
A. Bradshaw
4.6
221
2012
14
1,015
72.5
6
245
23
31
10.7
17.5
0
8Doug Martin
D. Martin
4.6
319
2012
16
1,454
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
9Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4.5
276
2012
16
1,243
77.7
6
232
36
49
6.4
14.5
0
10Ray Rice
R. Rice
4.4
257
2012
16
1,143
71.4
9
478
61
83
7.8
29.9
1
11Matt Forte
M. Forte
4.4
248
2012
15
1,094
72.9
5
340
44
60
7.7
22.7
1
12Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
4.4
167
2012
10
731
73.1
4
221
26
33
8.5
22.1
0
13Stevan Ridley
S. Ridley
4.4
290
2012
16
1,263
78.9
12
51
6
14
8.5
3.2
0
14Reggie Bush
R. Bush
4.3
227
2012
16
986
61.6
6
292
35
51
8.3
18.3
2
15DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.3
173
2012
16
737
46.1
5
187
13
20
14.4
11.7
2
16LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.2
200
2012
12
840
70.0
2
373
54
67
6.9
31.1
3
17DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4.1
161
2012
10
663
66.3
4
251
35
42
7.2
25.1
0
18Arian Foster
A. Foster
4.1
351
2012
16
1,424
89.0
15
217
40
58
5.4
13.6
2
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
258
2012
16
1,045
65.3
4
321
38
53
8.4
20.1
0
20Jonathan Dwyer
J. Dwyer
4.0
156
2012
13
623
47.9
2
106
18
25
5.9
8.2
0
21BenJarvus Green-Ellis
B. Green-Ellis
3.9
278
2012
15
1,094
72.9
6
104
22
29
4.7
6.9
0
22Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
3.9
156
2012
16
602
37.6
5
29
6
10
4.8
1.8
0
23Vick Ballard
V. Ballard
3.9
211
2012
16
814
50.9
2
152
17
27
8.9
9.5
1
24Shonn Greene
S. Greene
3.9
276
2012
16
1,063
66.4
8
151
19
31
7.9
9.4
0
25Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
3.8
184
2012
12
707
58.9
1
252
39
57
6.5
21.0
0
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