which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history 1200 attempts

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,200+ rush attempts, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry in NFL history 1200 or more rushing attempts?
NAME YPC ATT GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
2 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
1,331
84
6,802
81.0
51
1,042
128
172
8.1
12.4
5
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
5.0
1,374
110
6,833
62.1
49
2,378
309
407
7.7
21.6
20
6 Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
7 Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
8 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.8
2,270
132
10,909
82.6
103
1,583
168
217
9.4
12.0
5
9 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
1,344
108
6,378
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
10 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.7
1,347
95
6,387
67.2
52
4,466
524
649
8.5
47.0
29
11 James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,685
162
7,962
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
12 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
13 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
1,730
142
8,096
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
14 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
15 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.7
1,467
87
6,834
78.6
46
2,367
317
434
7.5
27.2
14
16 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
17 Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.6
1,537
147
7,097
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
18 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.6
1,655
78
7,607
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
20 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4.6
1,780
113
8,172
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
21 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
4.6
1,357
90
6,227
69.2
47
1,882
237
308
7.9
20.9
5
22 Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
4.6
1,385
121
6,335
52.4
41
3,940
442
604
8.9
32.6
30
23 William Andrews
W. Andrews
4.6
1,315
87
5,986
68.8
30
2,647
277
9.6
30.4
11
24 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
2,457
170
11,102
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
25 Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
4.5
1,798
144
8,074
56.1
38
2,961
295
10.0
20.6
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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