Emari Demercado has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 100+ carries, with 6.5 per attempt.
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Which running back has the highest yards per carry in NFL history min 100 rushing attempts?| NAME | YPC | ATT | GP | RUSH YDS | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Demercado | 6.5 | 128 | 41 | 826 | 20.1 | 3 | 324 | 50 | 70 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 1 |
| 2 | | K. Mitchell | 6.2 | 125 | 27 | 776 | 28.7 | 3 | 184 | 19 | 24 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 3 | | K. Washington | 6.1 | 140 | 27 | 859 | 31.8 | 8 | 227 | 15 | 15.1 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| 4 | | D. Hilliard | 5.9 | 100 | 52 | 592 | 11.4 | 4 | 463 | 62 | 78 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 4 |
| 5 | | S. Quinlan | 5.9 | 258 | 49 | 1,514 | 30.9 | 9 | 1,181 | 75 | 15.7 | 24.1 | 6 | |
| 6 |  | R. Penny | 5.6 | 348 | 45 | 1,951 | 43.4 | 13 | 227 | 28 | 37 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 7 |  | D. Achane | 5.6 | 555 | 45 | 3,093 | 68.7 | 22 | 1,307 | 176 | 214 | 7.4 | 29.0 | 13 |
| 8 | | T. McNair | 5.5 | 147 | 121 | 803 | 6.6 | 3 | 2,435 | 254 | 9.6 | 20.1 | 7 | |
| 9 | | B. Mitchell | 5.4 | 423 | 50 | 2,297 | 45.9 | 16 | 1,462 | 128 | 11.4 | 29.2 | 16 | |
| 10 | | B. Jackson | 5.4 | 515 | 38 | 2,782 | 73.2 | 16 | 352 | 40 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 2 | |
| 11 | | H. Gajan | 5.4 | 252 | 45 | 1,358 | 30.2 | 11 | 515 | 63 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 2 | |
| 12 | | J. Charles | 5.4 | 1,407 | 119 | 7,563 | 63.6 | 44 | 2,593 | 310 | 441 | 8.4 | 21.8 | 20 |
| 13 | | W. Cuff | 5.4 | 330 | 90 | 1,766 | 19.6 | 6 | 1,477 | 101 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 12 | |
| 14 | | R. Waller | 5.3 | 294 | 44 | 1,569 | 35.7 | 8 | 443 | 44 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 1 | |
| 15 |  | J. Gibbs | 5.3 | 704 | 50 | 3,736 | 74.7 | 41 | 1,479 | 186 | 233 | 8.0 | 29.6 | 10 |
| 16 | | M. Holovak | 5.3 | 136 | 34 | 720 | 21.2 | 6 | 155 | 13 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Feathers | 5.2 | 378 | 54 | 1,980 | 36.7 | 16 | 243 | 15 | 16.2 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 18 | | B. Swisher | 5.2 | 104 | 41 | 544 | 13.3 | 2 | 582 | 22 | 26.5 | 14.2 | 3 | |
| 19 | | M. Lee Hill | 5.2 | 230 | 27 | 1,203 | 44.6 | 6 | 408 | 40 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 3 | |
| 20 |  | J. Brown | 5.2 | 2,359 | 118 | 12,312 | 104.3 | 106 | 2,499 | 262 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 20 | |
| 21 | | E. Caddel | 5.2 | 443 | 64 | 2,311 | 36.1 | 20 | 641 | 54 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 5 | |
| 22 | | D. Towler | 5.2 | 672 | 67 | 3,493 | 52.1 | 43 | 665 | 62 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 1 | |
| 23 |  | J.K. Dobbins | 5.2 | 582 | 47 | 3,024 | 64.3 | 25 | 367 | 70 | 87 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 1 |
| 24 | | B. Smith | 5.2 | 108 | 31 | 560 | 18.1 | 1 | 79 | 8 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| 25 | | J. Norwood | 5.2 | 399 | 66 | 2,056 | 31.2 | 7 | 912 | 96 | 134 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 3 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Panthers| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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