which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history for a career

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back, with 5.4 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	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	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	99	4,133	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
4	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	900	69	4,605	66.7	34	1,190	134	172	8.9	17.2	9
5	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
7	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	115	3,895	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	978	91	4,792	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
10	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	871	54	4,259	78.9	27	1,856	211	277	8.8	34.4	10
11	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,728	156	13,319	85.4	128	1,839	194	250	9.5	11.8	5
12	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	100	4,995	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
13	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,617	87	7,856	90.3	73	1,536	196	250	7.8	17.7	7
14	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.8	1,616	129	7,829	60.7	53	2,717	356	474	7.6	21.1	21
15	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	98	6,818	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
16	Joe Perry J. Perry	4.8	1,737	156	8,378	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
17	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.8	951	103	4,544	44.1	23	628	85		7.4	6.1	1
18	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	4.7	1,344	108	6,378	59.1	50	1,816	202		9.0	16.8	16
19	Justin Forsett J. Forsett	4.7	820	122	3,890	31.9	19	1,351	210	290	6.4	11.1	1
20	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	4.7	1,196	158	5,672	35.9	27	3,069	328		9.4	19.4	18
21	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	4.7	943	88	4,462	50.7	24	1,274	183	254	7.0	14.5	4
22	James Brooks J. Brooks	4.7	1,685	162	7,962	49.1	49	3,621	383		9.5	22.4	30
23	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4.7	986	116	4,649	40.1	32	1,955	209		9.4	16.9	9
24	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	2,217	154	10,449	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
25	Gus Edwards G. Edwards	4.7	800	80	3,760	47.0	30	380	33	42	11.5	4.8	0

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