what was barry sanders average per carrywhich running backs have the highest average yard per carry

Barry Sanders had his most rushing yards per attempt in a season in 1997, with 6.1 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
What was Barry Sanders average per carrywhich running backs have the highest average yard per carry in a regular season?
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
1994
DET DET
16
1,883
331
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.3
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.1
1990
DET DET
16
1,304
255
81.5
13
480
36
13.3
30.0
3
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.1
1996
DET DET
16
1,553
307
97.1
11
147
24
6.1
9.2
0
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.8
1995
DET DET
16
1,500
314
93.8
11
398
48
8.3
24.9
1
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.6
1993
DET DET
11
1,115
243
101.4
3
205
36
5.7
18.6
0
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.5
1991
DET DET
15
1,548
342
103.2
16
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.3
1998
DET DET
16
1,491
343
93.2
4
289
37
7.8
18.1
0
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4.3
1992
DET DET
16
1,352
312
84.5
9
225
29
7.8
14.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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233.4

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