rb with highest career yards per carry minimum 200 attempts

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt with 200+ rush attempts in his career.

Interpreted as:
rb with highest career yards per carry minimum 200 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
4,409
226
18,355
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
3,838
190
16,726
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
3,735
241
16,000
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.0
3,518
168
14,101
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.9
3,479
192
13,662
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
3,174
170
13,684
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
4.0
3,028
148
12,246
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4.1
3,022
222
12,243
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
2,996
146
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.1
2,949
173
12,120
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
2,936
173
12,739
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
3.9
2,916
175
11,352
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
2,877
182
12,074
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
3.6
2,865
141
10,441
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
2,836
176
12,279
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
2,764
160
11,438
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
4.0
2,678
180
10,591
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.1
2,669
181
10,967
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4.1
2,622
144
10,643
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
2,618
150
11,241
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4.0
2,562
182
10,273
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4.2
2,542
131
10,607
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

30.8

2nd

OPP PPG

31.3

31st

RUSH YDS/G

120.4

13th

PASS YDS/G

271.0

1st

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
Commanders Commanders
3
6
0
.333
Giants Giants
2
7
0
.222
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

3 - 4 - 1

24

Final

44

DEN Broncos

6 - 2 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM