which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history frank gore

Frank Gore has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back, with 4.3 per attempt.

NAME YPC SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.8
2005
SF SF
14
608
127
43.4
3
131
15
22
8.7
9.4
0
2 Frank Gore
F. Gore
5.4
2006
SF SF
16
1,695
312
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.2
2007
SF SF
15
1,102
260
73.5
5
436
53
69
8.2
29.1
1
4 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
2008
SF SF
14
1,036
240
74.0
6
373
43
66
8.7
26.6
2
5 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.9
2009
SF SF
14
1,120
229
80.0
10
406
52
75
7.8
29.0
3
6 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.2
2010
SF SF
11
853
203
77.5
3
452
46
72
9.8
41.1
2
7 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
2011
SF SF
16
1,211
282
75.7
8
114
17
31
6.7
7.1
0
8 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.7
2012
SF SF
16
1,214
258
75.9
8
234
28
36
8.4
14.6
1
9 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.1
2013
SF SF
16
1,128
276
70.5
9
141
16
26
8.8
8.8
0
10 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
2014
SF SF
16
1,106
255
69.1
4
111
11
19
10.1
6.9
1
11 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.7
2015
IND IND
16
967
260
60.4
6
267
34
58
7.9
16.7
1
12 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.9
2016
IND IND
16
1,025
263
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
13 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.7
2017
IND IND
16
961
261
60.1
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
14 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.6
2018
MIA MIA
14
722
156
51.6
0
124
12
16
10.3
8.9
1
15 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.6
2019
BUF BUF
16
599
166
37.4
2
100
13
16
7.7
6.3
0
16 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.5
2020
NYJ NYJ
15
653
187
43.5
2
89
16
19
5.6
5.9
0
Total 4.3 241 16,000 3,735 66.4 81 3,985 484 696 8.2 16.5 18
Average 4.3 15.1 1000.0 233.4 66.4 5.1 249.1 30.3 43.5 8.2 16.5 1.1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

19.7

23rd

OPP PPG

16.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

89.7

26th

PASS YDS/G

280.0

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Cardinals Cardinals
2
1
0
.667
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
2
1
0
.667
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
JAX JAX
@
SF SF
4:05 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
SF SF
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

3 - 0 - 0

16

Final

15

ARI Cardinals

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM