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.

Interpreted as:
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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19.7

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16.3

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89.7

26th

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280.0

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0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
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1
0
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Rams Rams
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1
0
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1
0
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9/28
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SF SF
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SF SF
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10/12
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TB TB
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10/19
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@
SF SF
8:20 PM
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10/26
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0
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2
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1
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0
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9/3
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PHI PHI
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9/4
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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9/6
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9/28
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Sun
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Sun
9/28
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
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