which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history min 100 carries

Emari Demercado has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 100+ rush attempts, with 6.5 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emari Demercado E. Demercado	6.5	126	40	819	20.5	3	324	50	70	6.5	8.1	1
2	Keaton Mitchell K. Mitchell	6.3	121	26	767	29.5	3	184	19	24	9.7	7.1	0
3	Kenny Washington K. Washington	6.1	140	27	859	31.8	8	227	15		15.1	8.4	1
4	Dontrell Hilliard D. Hilliard	5.9	100	52	592	11.4	4	463	62	78	7.5	8.9	4
5	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	5.9	258	49	1,514	30.9	9	1,181	75		15.7	24.1	6
6	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.6	544	44	3,057	69.5	22	1,277	172	209	7.4	29.0	13
7	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	5.6	348	45	1,951	43.4	13	227	28	37	8.1	5.0	1
8	Todd McNair T. McNair	5.5	147	121	803	6.6	3	2,435	254		9.6	20.1	7
9	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	5.4	423	50	2,297	45.9	16	1,462	128		11.4	29.2	16
10	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	5.4	515	38	2,782	73.2	16	352	40		8.8	9.3	2
11	Hokie Gajan H. Gajan	5.4	252	45	1,358	30.2	11	515	63		8.2	11.4	2
12	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
13	Ward Cuff W. Cuff	5.4	330	90	1,766	19.6	6	1,477	101		14.6	16.4	12
14	Ron Waller R. Waller	5.3	294	44	1,569	35.7	8	443	44		10.1	10.1	1
15	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.3	675	49	3,580	73.1	39	1,449	181	228	8.0	29.6	10
16	Mike Holovak M. Holovak	5.3	136	34	720	21.2	6	155	13		11.9	4.6	0
17	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	5.2	378	54	1,980	36.7	16	243	15		16.2	4.5	1
18	Bob Swisher B. Swisher	5.2	104	41	544	13.3	2	582	22		26.5	14.2	3
19	Mack Lee Hill M. Lee Hill	5.2	230	27	1,203	44.6	6	408	40		10.2	15.1	3
20	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
21	Ernie Caddel E. Caddel	5.2	443	64	2,311	36.1	20	641	54		11.9	10.0	5
22	Dan Towler 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	Bruce Smith B. Smith	5.2	108	31	560	18.1	1	79	8		9.9	2.5	1
25	Jerious Norwood J. Norwood	5.2	399	66	2,056	31.2	7	912	96	134	9.5	13.8	3

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