rb with most yards per carry in career minimum 1500 attempts

Jim Brown has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,500+ carries, with 5.2 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
rb with most yards per carry in career minimum 1500 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
3Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,551
84
7,598
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
5Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,564
126
7,626
60.5
52
2,683
351
467
7.6
21.3
21
6Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
7James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,685
162
7,962
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
8Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
9DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
1,730
142
8,096
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
10O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
12Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.6
1,537
147
7,097
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
13Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
14Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.6
1,655
78
7,607
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
15Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4.6
1,780
113
8,172
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.6
1,658
112
7,589
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
17Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
1,826
106
8,356
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
2,457
170
11,102
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
19Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
4.5
1,798
144
8,074
56.1
38
2,961
295
10.0
20.6
12
20Ahman Green
A. Green
4.5
2,056
148
9,205
62.2
60
2,883
378
495
7.6
19.5
14
21Michael Turner
M. Turner
4.5
1,639
134
7,338
54.8
66
528
70
108
7.5
3.9
1
22DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4.5
1,604
99
7,174
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
23Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4.5
1,817
156
8,111
52.0
65
2,125
303
376
7.0
13.6
10
24Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4.5
2,163
130
9,651
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
25Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4.4
2,230
113
9,923
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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9
0
.471
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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
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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