Since 1966, Mercury Morris has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 6.4 per attempt in 1973.
Interpreted as:
rb most ypc with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in single season since 1966| NAME | YPC | SEASON | TM | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | M. Morris | 6.4 | 1973 |  MIA | 13 | 954 | 149 | 73.4 | 10 | 51 | 4 | 12.8 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 2 | | J. Charles | 6.4 | 2010 |  KC | 16 | 1,467 | 230 | 91.7 | 5 | 468 | 45 | 64 | 10.4 | 29.3 | 3 |
| 3 |  | R. Penny | 6.3 | 2021 |  SEA | 10 | 749 | 119 | 74.9 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 4 | | G. Sayers | 6.2 | 1968 |  CHI | 9 | 856 | 138 | 95.1 | 2 | 117 | 15 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | B. Sanders | 6.1 | 1997 |  DET | 16 | 2,053 | 335 | 128.3 | 11 | 305 | 33 | 9.2 | 19.1 | 3 | |
| 6 |  | A. Kamara | 6.1 | 2017 |  NO | 16 | 728 | 120 | 45.5 | 8 | 826 | 81 | 100 | 10.2 | 51.6 | 5 |
| 7 |  | O.J. Simpson | 6.0 | 1973 |  BUF | 14 | 2,003 | 332 | 143.1 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | H. Gajan | 6.0 | 1984 | NO | 14 | 615 | 102 | 43.9 | 5 | 288 | 35 | 8.2 | 20.6 | 2 | |
| 9 | | T. McKnight | 6.0 | 1978 | KC | 16 | 627 | 104 | 39.2 | 6 | 83 | 14 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| 10 |  | A. Peterson | 6.0 | 2012 |  MIN | 16 | 2,097 | 348 | 131.1 | 12 | 217 | 40 | 51 | 5.4 | 13.6 | 1 |
| 11 | | C.J. Spiller | 6.0 | 2012 | BUF | 16 | 1,244 | 207 | 77.8 | 6 | 459 | 43 | 57 | 10.7 | 28.7 | 2 |
| 12 |  | J.K. Dobbins | 6.0 | 2020 |  BAL | 15 | 805 | 134 | 53.7 | 9 | 120 | 18 | 24 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 13 | | J. Norwood | 6.0 | 2007 |  ATL | 15 | 613 | 103 | 40.9 | 1 | 277 | 28 | 39 | 9.9 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 14 |  | D. Henry | 5.9 | 2024 | BAL | 17 | 1,921 | 325 | 113.0 | 16 | 193 | 19 | 22 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 2 |
| 15 | | F. Jones | 5.9 | 2009 |  DAL | 14 | 685 | 116 | 48.9 | 3 | 119 | 19 | 22 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 16 | | J. Charles | 5.9 | 2009 | KC | 15 | 1,120 | 190 | 74.7 | 7 | 297 | 40 | 56 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 1 |
| 17 |  | D. Achane | 5.8 | 2025 | MIA | 13 | 1,126 | 193 | 86.6 | 7 | 383 | 55 | 73 | 7.0 | 29.5 | 4 |
| 18 | | N. Kaufman | 5.8 | 1996 |  OAK | 16 | 874 | 150 | 54.6 | 1 | 143 | 22 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 1 | |
| 19 |  | S. Barkley | 5.8 | 2024 |  PHI | 16 | 2,005 | 345 | 125.3 | 13 | 278 | 33 | 43 | 8.4 | 17.4 | 2 |
| 20 | | M. Gillislee | 5.7 | 2016 | BUF | 15 | 577 | 101 | 38.5 | 8 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 21 | | B. Sanders | 5.7 | 1994 | DET | 16 | 1,883 | 331 | 117.7 | 7 | 283 | 44 | 6.4 | 17.7 | 1 | |
| 22 |  | J. Gibbs | 5.7 | 2025 | DET | 13 | 1,062 | 187 | 81.7 | 13 | 474 | 58 | 66 | 8.2 | 36.5 | 3 |
| 23 | | M. Jones-Drew | 5.7 | 2006 |  JAX | 16 | 941 | 166 | 58.8 | 13 | 436 | 46 | 62 | 9.5 | 27.3 | 2 |
| 24 |  | K. Herbert | 5.7 | 2022 | CHI | 13 | 731 | 129 | 56.2 | 4 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 25 | | J. Gibbs | 5.6 | 2024 | DET | 17 | 1,412 | 250 | 83.1 | 16 | 517 | 52 | 63 | 9.9 | 30.4 | 4 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.
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