which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history min 30 carries

Antone Smith has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 30+ carries, with 8.6 per attempt.

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Antone Smith A. Smith	8.6	40	67	344	5.1	4	309	21	29	14.7	4.6	3
2	Emari Demercado E. Demercado	6.5	126	40	819	20.5	3	324	50	70	6.5	8.1	1
3	Keaton Mitchell K. Mitchell	6.3	121	26	767	29.5	3	184	19	24	9.7	7.1	0
4	Michael Wiley M. Wiley	6.3	80	42	503	12.0	1	315	43	74	7.3	7.5	2
5	Reggie Bonnafon R. Bonnafon	6.2	32	23	197	8.6	1	87	10	13	8.7	3.8	1
6	Kenny Washington K. Washington	6.1	140	27	859	31.8	8	227	15		15.1	8.4	1
7	Sylvester Stamps S. Stamps	6.1	63	43	382	8.9	1	391	43		9.1	9.1	1
8	Verl Lillywhite V. Lillywhite	5.9	67	12	397	33.1	1	125	11		11.4	10.4	1
9	Dontrell Hilliard D. Hilliard	5.9	100	52	592	11.4	4	463	62	78	7.5	8.9	4
10	Claude King C. King	5.9	33	25	194	7.8	3	125	8		15.6	5.0	1
11	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	5.9	258	49	1,514	30.9	9	1,181	75		15.7	24.1	6
12	Bill Thornton B. Thornton	5.8	93	47	544	11.6	2	68	13		5.2	1.4	0
13	Derrius Guice D. Guice	5.8	42	5	245	49.0	2	79	7	9	11.3	15.8	1
14	Red Pollock R. Pollock	5.6	45	11	254	23.1	3	135	7		19.3	12.3	1
15	Cliff McClain C. McClain	5.6	79	46	445	9.7	2	151	13		11.6	3.3	0
16	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.6	544	44	3,057	69.5	22	1,277	172	209	7.4	29.0	13
17	Isaiah Davis I. Davis	5.6	73	33	410	12.4	2	261	30	40	8.7	7.9	1
18	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	5.6	348	45	1,951	43.4	13	227	28	37	8.1	5.0	1
19	Corey Grant C. Grant	5.6	81	38	454	11.9	3	156	18	26	8.7	4.1	1
20	David Lang D. Lang	5.6	49	67	273	4.1	5	388	30		12.9	5.8	1
21	Karlos Williams K. Williams	5.6	93	11	517	47.0	7	96	11	14	8.7	8.7	2
22	Kenny McIntosh K. McIntosh	5.5	31	20	172	8.6	0	22	3	4	7.3	1.1	0
23	Chuck Ortmann C. Ortmann	5.5	59	12	327	27.3	0	62	4		15.5	5.2	0
24	Henry Bell H. Bell	5.5	43	10	238	23.8	0	13	2		6.5	1.3	0
25	Al Grygo A. Grygo	5.5	76	19	420	22.1	2	110	10		11.0	5.8	1

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