running back with highest yards per carry with at least 1000 attempts

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,000+ rush attempts, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
running back with highest yards per carry with at least 1000 rushing attempts
NAMEYPCATTGPRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.0
1,462
100
7,349
73.5
54
1,109
141
193
7.9
11.1
5
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,551
84
7,598
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,662
153
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
7Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,564
126
7,626
60.5
52
2,683
351
467
7.6
21.3
21
8Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
9Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
10Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
11Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
1,344
108
6,378
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.7
1,196
158
5,672
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
13James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,685
162
7,962
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
14Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
15Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4.7
1,124
143
5,281
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
16DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
1,730
142
8,096
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
19Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.6
1,537
147
7,097
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
20Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
21Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.6
1,655
78
7,607
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
22Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4.6
1,780
113
8,172
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
23Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
4.6
1,357
90
6,227
69.2
47
1,882
237
308
7.9
20.9
5
24Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.6
1,658
112
7,589
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
25Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.6
1,826
106
8,356
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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RUSH

611

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REC

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21.3

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OPP PPG

19.3

6th

RUSH YDS/G

106.6

25th

PASS YDS/G

232.2

16th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
Chiefs Chiefs
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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14

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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
.529
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