top yards per carry running backs nfl past 2 seasons

Frank Gore and Marcus Allen were tied for playing the most seasons by a running back with 2.0+ rushing yards per attempt, with 16 seasons.

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top yards per carry running backs NFL past 2 or higher seasons

	NAME	SEAS	YPC	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Frank Gore F. Gore	16	4.3	241	16,000	3,735	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	16	4.1	222	12,243	3,022	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
3	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	15	4.1	220	1,714	422	7.8	15	1,454	199	255	7.3	6.6	9
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15	4.2	226	18,355	4,409	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14	4.6	181	14,846	3,193	82.0	120	2,466	302	417	8.2	13.6	6
6	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	14	4.9	183	3,552	732	19.4	23	4,840	553	748	8.8	26.4	32
7	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	14	4.2	177	1,273	304	7.2	8	211	35	0	6.0	1.2	0
8	Earnest Byner E. Byner	14	3.9	211	8,261	2,095	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	14	4.0	182	10,273	2,562	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	14	3.9	175	11,352	2,916	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
11	Bill Brown B. Brown	14	3.5	194	5,838	1,649	30.1	52	3,183	286		11.1	16.4	23
12	Joe Perry J. Perry	14	4.8	156	8,378	1,737	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
13	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	13	4.2	161	3,607	864	22.4	16	3,701	431	571	8.6	23.0	15
14	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	13	4.6	153	11,695	2,534	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
15	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13	3.9	192	13,662	3,479	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
16	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	13	3.7	191	805	218	4.2	5	905	171	181	5.3	4.7	7
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	13	4.2	182	12,074	2,877	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Mosi Tatupu M. Tatupu	13	3.9	194	2,415	612	12.4	18	843	96		8.8	4.3	2
19	Walter Payton W. Payton	13	4.4	190	16,726	3,838	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
20	Franco Harris F. Harris	13	4.1	173	12,120	2,949	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
21	Pete Banaszak P. Banaszak	13	3.9	173	3,772	964	21.8	47	1,022	121		8.4	5.9	5
22	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	13	4.3	143	6,803	1,571	47.6	48	1,478	186		7.9	10.3	7
23	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	13	4.7	143	5,281	1,124	36.9	38	3,247	264		12.3	22.7	20
24	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	12	4.5	156	8,111	1,817	52.0	65	2,125	303	376	7.0	13.6	10
25	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	12	4.5	170	11,102	2,457	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16

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