which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history 1250 attemts

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,250+ rush attempts, with 5.4 per attempt.

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Which running back has the highest yards per carry in NFL history 1250 or more rushing attemts?

	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	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	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	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,570	85	7,696	90.5	71	1,492	190	243	7.9	17.6	7
6	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,686	154	13,162	85.5	125	1,820	190	246	9.6	11.8	5
7	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.9	1,576	127	7,666	60.4	53	2,683	351	468	7.6	21.1	21
8	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	98	6,818	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
9	Joe Perry J. Perry	4.8	1,737	156	8,378	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
10	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	4.7	1,344	108	6,378	59.1	50	1,816	202		9.0	16.8	16
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	4.7	2,404	135	11,236	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
15	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,230	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
16	Charlie Garner C. Garner	4.6	1,537	147	7,097	48.3	39	3,711	419	456	8.9	25.2	12
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.6	2,534	153	11,695	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
18	Terrell Davis T. Davis	4.6	1,655	78	7,607	97.5	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
19	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	4.6	1,780	113	8,172	72.3	86	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
20	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	4.6	1,668	113	7,657	67.8	62	5,410	631	786	8.6	47.9	36
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	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	4.6	1,841	107	8,439	78.9	55	2,648	359	491	7.4	24.7	16
23	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	4.6	1,271	113	5,817	51.5	33	1,762	251	328	7.0	15.6	5
24	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	4.6	1,385	121	6,335	52.4	41	3,940	442	604	8.9	32.6	30
25	William Andrews W. Andrews	4.6	1,315	87	5,986	68.8	30	2,647	277		9.6	30.4	11

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