which running back has the highest yards per carry in a single game

Shawn Bryson has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a game, with 77.0 per attempt against the Ravens on October 9, 2005.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry in a single regular-season game?
NAMEYPCDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Shawn Bryson
S. Bryson
77.0
10/9/2005
DET DET
vs
BAL BAL
77
1
1
18
1
1
18.0
0
2Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
74.0
11/24/1985
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
74
1
1
2
1
2.0
0
3Anthony Lynn
A. Lynn
67.0
9/29/1996
SF SF
vs
ATL ATL
67
1
0
0
0
0
4Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
64.0
1/1/2006
TB TB
vs
NO NO
64
1
0
35
3
3
11.7
0
5Aaron Stecker
A. Stecker
59.0
11/3/2002
TB TB
vs
MIN MIN
59
1
0
12
1
1
12.0
0
6Corey Grant
C. Grant
56.0
11/12/2017
JAX JAX
vs
LAC LAC
56
1
1
0
0
0
0
7Jorvorskie Lane
J. Lane
54.0
9/7/2014
TB TB
vs
CAR CAR
54
1
0
0
0
0
0
8Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
54.0
12/9/2001
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
54
1
1
8
1
2
8.0
0
9Andy Uram
A. Uram
54.0
10/8/1939
GB GB
vs
CHC CHC
108
2
1
10Jordan Wilkins
J. Wilkins
53.0
11/11/2018
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
53
1
0
0
0
0
0
11C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
53.0
10/19/2014
BUF BUF
vs
MIN MIN
53
1
0
3
1
1
3.0
0
12Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
53.0
10/17/2004
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
53
1
0
0
0
0
0
13Sherman Howard
S. Howard
53.0
12/10/1950
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
53
1
1
14Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
52.5
10/1/2000
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
105
2
1
35
3
3
11.7
0
15Kyle Rote
K. Rote
52.0
9/28/1952
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
52
1
1
16Bob Jackson
B. Jackson
52.0
12/3/1950
NYG NYG
vs
NYY NYY
52
1
1
17Kenneth Darby
K. Darby
51.0
12/13/2009
STL STL
@
TEN TEN
51
1
0
7
5
6
1.4
0
18Larry Todd
L. Todd
51.0
12/7/1969
OAK OAK
vs
CIN CIN
51
1
0
0
0
0
19Larry Centers
L. Centers
50.0
12/23/2001
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
50
1
0
21
3
3
7.0
0
20Dexter Carter
D. Carter
50.0
12/19/1993
SF SF
@
DET DET
50
1
1
0
0
0
21Artose Pinner
A. Pinner
49.0
10/7/2007
ATL ATL
@
TEN TEN
49
1
0
0
0
0
0
22Cedric Peerman
C. Peerman
48.0
9/30/2012
CIN CIN
@
JAX JAX
48
1
0
0
0
0
0
23Leon Washington
L. Washington
47.0
12/14/2008
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
47
1
1
7
1
3
7.0
0
24Michael Wiley
M. Wiley
46.0
9/8/2002
DAL DAL
@
HOU HOU
46
1
1
0
0
1
0
25LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
46.0
1/6/2002
NYJ NYJ
@
OAK OAK
46
1
1
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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139.8

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PASS YDS/G

252.0

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3
0
.727
Packers Packers
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3
1
.682
Lions Lions
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4
0
.636
Vikings Vikings
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7
0
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11/27
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1:00 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
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DET DET
8:15 PM
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12/14
DET DET
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/21
PIT PIT
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DET DET
4:25 PM
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12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
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.636
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