which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history min 500 attempts

De'Von Achane has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 500+ carries, with 5.5 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	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.5	578	47	3,184	67.7	22	1,326	179	221	7.4	28.2	13
2	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	5.4	515	38	2,782	73.2	16	352	40		8.8	9.3	2
3	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
4	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	5.3	740	52	3,887	74.8	43	1,605	199	249	8.1	30.9	12
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
6	Dan Towler D. Towler	5.2	672	67	3,493	52.1	43	665	62		10.7	9.9	1
7	J.K. Dobbins	5.2	600	49	3,096	63.2	25	367	70	87	5.2	7.5	1
8	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	99	4,133	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
9	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	900	69	4,605	66.7	34	1,190	134	172	8.9	17.2	9
10	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
11	Tommy Wilson T. Wilson	5.0	508	91	2,553	28.1	18	617	61		10.1	6.8	5
12	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
13	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	115	3,895	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
15	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	4.9	537	71	2,655	37.4	15	1,255	125		10.0	17.7	11
16	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	978	91	4,792	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
17	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	871	54	4,259	78.9	27	1,856	211	277	8.8	34.4	10
18	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,728	156	13,319	85.4	128	1,839	194	250	9.5	11.8	5
19	Tatum Bell T. Bell	4.9	569	54	2,773	51.4	16	419	71	101	5.9	7.8	0
20	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	100	4,995	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
21	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,617	87	7,856	90.3	73	1,536	196	250	7.8	17.7	7
22	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4.9	732	183	3,552	19.4	23	4,840	553	748	8.8	26.4	32
23	C.J. Spiller	4.8	712	90	3,451	38.3	12	1,484	198	261	7.5	16.5	9
24	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
25	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	4.8	732	123	3,543	28.8	16	3,592	383		9.4	29.2	16

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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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