which rb has the highest carry average in a season

Derrick Henry has the most rush attempts per game by a running back in a season, with 27.4 per game in 2021.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Rush Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATT/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
27.4
2021
8
937
219
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
2Lionel Vital
L. Vital
26.7
1987
3
346
80
4.3
115.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
3Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
26.0
2006
16
1,789
416
4.3
111.8
17
410
41
67
10.0
25.6
2
4Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
25.6
1998
16
1,846
410
4.5
115.4
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
5James Wilder
J. Wilder
25.4
1984
16
1,544
407
3.8
96.5
13
685
85
8.1
42.8
0
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
25.3
1986
16
1,821
404
4.5
113.8
11
205
26
7.9
12.8
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
25.2
2006
10
896
252
3.6
89.6
7
48
12
16
4.0
4.8
0
8Eddie George
E. George
25.2
2000
16
1,509
403
3.7
94.3
14
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
9Edgerrin James
E. James
25.2
2001
6
662
151
4.4
110.3
3
193
24
29
8.0
32.2
0
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
25.0
1997
15
1,665
375
4.4
111.0
7
110
15
7.3
7.3
2
11John Riggins
J. Riggins
25.0
1983
15
1,347
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
12Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24.9
1980
15
1,934
373
5.2
128.9
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
13Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
24.8
1985
16
1,719
397
4.3
107.4
10
267
33
8.1
16.7
0
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
24.8
2000
10
1,000
248
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
15Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
24.7
1989
15
1,480
370
4.0
98.7
12
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
16Julius Jones
J. Jones
24.6
2004
8
819
197
4.2
102.4
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
17Curtis Martin
C. Martin
24.6
1998
15
1,287
369
3.5
85.8
8
365
43
8.5
24.3
1
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
24.6
1997
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
24.5
1994
15
1,484
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
20DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
24.5
2014
16
1,845
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
21Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
24.5
2004
8
892
196
4.6
111.5
14
187
19
25
9.8
23.4
1
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
24.5
2003
16
1,372
392
3.5
85.8
9
351
50
62
7.0
21.9
1
23Terrell Davis
T. Davis
24.5
1998
16
2,008
392
5.1
125.5
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
24Barry Foster
B. Foster
24.4
1992
16
1,690
390
4.3
105.6
11
344
36
9.6
21.5
0
25Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
24.4
1983
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
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