which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history 500 or more attempts

De'Von Achane has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 500+ rush attempts, with 5.5 per attempt.

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	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.5	578	47	3,184	67.7	22	1,326	179	221	7.4	28.2	13
2	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	5.4	515	38	2,782	73.2	16	352	40		8.8	9.3	2
3	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
5	Dan Towler D. Towler	5.2	672	67	3,493	52.1	43	665	62		10.7	9.9	1
6	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.2	809	55	4,200	76.4	46	1,719	213	268	8.1	31.3	12
7	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	99	4,133	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
8	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	959	72	4,886	67.9	38	1,263	140	178	9.0	17.5	9
9	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
10	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	5.0	508	91	2,553	28.1	18	617	61		10.1	6.8	5
11	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
12	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	115	3,895	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
13	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
14	J.K. Dobbins	5.0	669	54	3,317	61.4	28	394	78	96	5.1	7.3	1
15	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	4.9	537	71	2,655	37.4	15	1,255	125		10.0	17.7	11
16	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	936	58	4,614	79.6	29	1,941	223	293	8.7	33.5	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	Tatum Bell T. Bell	4.9	569	54	2,773	51.4	16	419	71	101	5.9	7.8	0
19	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	100	4,995	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
20	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4.9	732	183	3,552	19.4	23	4,840	553	748	8.8	26.4	32
21	C.J. Spiller	4.8	712	90	3,451	38.3	12	1,484	198	261	7.5	16.5	9
22	Jaylen Warren J. Warren	4.8	659	71	3,193	45.0	13	1,521	191	233	8.0	21.4	3
23	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.8	2,809	160	13,597	85.0	129	1,869	199	257	9.4	11.7	6
24	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.8	1,691	91	8,185	89.9	77	1,647	204	265	8.1	18.1	7
25	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	4.8	732	123	3,543	28.8	16	3,592	383		9.4	29.2	16

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