rb with most rushing yards per attempt in career minimum 2000 attempts

Jim Brown has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 2,000+ carries, with 5.2 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
rb with most rushing yards per attempt in career minimum 2000 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
4Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
5O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
8LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
2,457
170
11,102
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
9Ahman Green
A. Green
4.5
2,056
148
9,205
62.2
60
2,883
378
495
7.6
19.5
14
10Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4.5
2,163
130
9,651
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
11Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4.4
2,230
113
9,923
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
2,996
146
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
3,838
190
16,726
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
14Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
2,936
173
12,739
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
2,836
176
12,279
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
4.3
2,187
123
9,453
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
17LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
3,174
170
13,684
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
18Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4.3
2,187
115
9,407
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
2,618
150
11,241
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
3,735
241
16,000
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4.3
2,139
135
9,130
67.6
74
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
22Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
4.2
2,453
149
10,413
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
23Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
2,877
182
12,074
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4.2
2,542
131
10,607
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
25Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
4,409
226
18,355
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
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.471
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14
0
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AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.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
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
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