which player has the most ypc in nfl history

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt, with 7.0 per attempt.

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Assumption:750+ ATT
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.0	873	143	6,109	42.7	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	6.4	775	161	4,928	30.6	35	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.1	1,100	121	6,666	55.1	36	0	0	2		0.0	0
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	5.4	926	135	4,991	37.0	88	20	2	3	10.0	0.1	2
5	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	5.3	1,042	205	5,568	27.2	31	21	5	5	4.2	0.1	1
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
8	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.2	852	57	4,427	77.7	48	1,734	215	273	8.1	30.4	12
9	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	99	4,133	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
10	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	980	73	4,966	68.0	39	1,284	142	181	9.0	17.6	9
11	Cam Newton C. Newton	5.0	1,118	148	5,631	38.0	75	68	3	3	22.7	0.5	1
12	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
13	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
14	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	115	3,895	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
15	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
16	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	974	60	4,790	79.8	30	1,988	229	301	8.7	33.1	10
17	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	978	91	4,792	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
18	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	100	4,995	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
19	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4.8	1,069	143	5,174	36.2	63	6,039	363		16.6	42.2	48
20	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	98	6,818	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.8	2,837	162	13,707	84.6	130	1,876	201	259	9.3	11.6	6
22	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.8	1,674	133	8,084	60.8	54	2,773	366	488	7.6	20.8	21
23	Joe Perry J. Perry	4.8	1,737	156	8,378	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
24	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.8	1,712	93	8,254	88.8	77	1,689	213	275	7.9	18.2	7
25	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.8	951	103	4,544	44.1	23	628	85		7.4	6.1	1

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Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
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Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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