running backs with highest ypc in 2017

Alvin Kamara had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in 2017, with 6.1 per attempt in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
running backs with highest ypc with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in 2017
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6.1
2017
16
728
120
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
2Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
5.0
2017
16
896
180
56.0
6
214
32
35
6.7
13.4
3
3Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4.9
2017
16
1,124
230
70.3
12
416
58
71
7.2
26.0
0
4Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
4.9
2017
16
1,327
272
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
5Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
4.8
2017
16
644
133
40.3
3
239
32
48
7.5
14.9
1
6Alfred Morris
A. Morris
4.8
2017
14
547
115
39.1
1
45
7
9
6.4
3.2
0
7Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4.7
2017
15
1,305
279
87.0
13
788
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
8Alex Collins
A. Collins
4.6
2017
15
973
212
64.9
6
187
23
36
8.1
12.5
0
9Matt Breida
M. Breida
4.4
2017
16
465
105
29.1
2
180
21
36
8.6
11.3
1
10LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
4.4
2017
16
766
173
47.9
2
50
8
8
6.3
3.1
1
11Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
4.4
2017
14
865
196
61.8
7
317
36
47
8.8
22.6
1
12Orleans Darkwa
O. Darkwa
4.4
2017
15
751
171
50.1
5
116
19
28
6.1
7.7
0
13Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
4.4
2017
16
458
105
28.6
2
389
43
60
9.0
24.3
2
14Bilal Powell
B. Powell
4.3
2017
15
772
178
51.5
5
170
23
33
7.4
11.3
0
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
4.3
2017
15
891
207
59.4
7
151
20
31
7.6
10.1
0
16Wayne Gallman
W. Gallman
4.3
2017
13
476
111
36.6
0
193
34
48
5.7
14.8
1
17Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.2
2017
16
744
176
46.5
5
136
11
17
12.4
8.5
1
18Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
4.2
2017
TOT
14
873
208
62.4
1
158
24
34
6.6
11.3
1
19Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
4.1
2017
16
853
206
53.3
2
182
28
42
6.5
11.4
0
20C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
4.1
2017
16
1,007
245
62.9
3
224
28
40
8.0
14.0
1
21Jordan Howard
J. Howard
4.1
2017
16
1,122
276
70.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4.1
2017
10
983
242
98.3
7
269
26
38
10.3
26.9
2
23Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
4.0
2017
15
628
156
41.9
5
299
27
39
11.1
19.9
3
24Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
4.0
2017
15
1,291
321
86.1
9
655
85
106
7.7
43.7
2
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.0
2017
16
1,138
287
71.1
6
448
59
77
7.6
28.0
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Saints Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,384

Shough

Tyler Shough

RUSH

471

Kamara

Alvin Kamara

REC

1,163

Olave

Chris Olave
Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

28th

OPP PPG

22.5

16th

RUSH YDS/G

94.3

28th

PASS YDS/G

236.9

10th

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