which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history at 2000 carries

Fred McAfee had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in 2000, with 18.5 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	18.5	2	2000	NO	12	37	3.1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Dan Kreider D. Kreider	12.0	2	2000	PIT	10	24	2.4	0	42	5	8	8.4	4.2	0
3	William Henderson W. Henderson	8.0	2	2000	GB	16	16	1.0	0	234	35	45	6.7	14.6	1
4	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	7.5	25	2000	PHI	16	187	11.7	2	89	13	21	6.8	5.6	1
5	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala C. Fuamatu-Ma'afala	7.1	21	2000	PIT	7	149	21.3	1	107	11	16	9.7	15.3	0
6	Olandis Gary O. Gary	6.2	13	2000	DEN	1	80	80.0	0	10	3	4	3.3	10.0	0
7	Jonas Lewis J. Lewis	6.0	1	2000	SF	10	6	0.6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	6.0	1	2000	CHI	16	6	0.4	0	8	1	3	8.0	0.5	0
9	Cecil Martin C. Martin	5.9	13	2000	PHI	16	77	4.8	0	219	31	39	7.1	13.7	0
10	Sedrick Irvin S. Irvin	5.4	9	2000	DET	6	49	8.2	0	90	8	12	11.3	15.0	0
11	Larry Centers L. Centers	5.4	19	2000	WAS	15	103	6.9	0	600	81	94	7.4	40.0	3
12	Marlon Barnes M. Barnes	5.4	15	2000	CHI	13	81	6.2	0	7	1	3	7.0	0.5	0
13	Nicolas Luchey N. Luchey	5.4	10	2000	CIN	14	54	3.9	0	84	7	19	12.0	6.0	0
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5.4	253	2000	STL	14	1,359	97.1	18	830	81	113	10.2	59.3	8
15	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	5.4	93	2000	OAK	14	499	35.6	0	127	13	24	9.8	9.1	1
16	Robert Smith R. Smith	5.2	295	2000	MIN	16	1,521	95.1	7	348	36	44	9.7	21.8	3
17	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	5.0	297	2000	DEN	16	1,487	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
18	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4.9	64	2000	SEA	16	313	19.6	2	41	5	11	8.2	2.6	0
19	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.9	28	2000	MIA	9	136	15.1	0	117	16	24	7.3	13.0	1
20	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.8	292	2000	JAX	13	1,399	107.6	12	240	36	53	6.7	18.5	2
21	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	4.7	147	2000	KC	16	697	43.6	3	468	58	74	8.1	29.3	3
22	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	213	2000	NYG	16	1,006	62.9	8	719	70	95	10.3	44.9	1
23	De'Mond Parker D. Parker	4.7	18	2000	GB	8	85	10.6	0	50	9	12	5.6	6.3	0
24	Richard Huntley R. Huntley	4.7	46	2000	PIT	13	215	16.5	3	91	10	19	9.1	7.0	0
25	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	4.7	6	2000	DAL	3	28	9.3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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