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

Chris Thompson has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back in the playoffs, with 25.0 per attempt.

NAMEYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
25.0
1
25
1
25.0
0
89
8
8
11.1
89.0
0
2Will Shipley
W. Shipley
19.3
4
77
4
19.3
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Gary Downs
G. Downs
16.0
3
16
1
5.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Tom Neumann
T. Neumann
16.0
2
16
1
8.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Bob DeFruiter
B. DeFruiter
15.0
1
15
1
15.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Tim Tindale
T. Tindale
14.6
3
73
5
24.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
7D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
13.8
2
69
5
34.5
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
8Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
12.8
1
77
6
77.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Tyler Ervin
T. Ervin
12.5
4
25
2
6.3
0
7
1
1
7.0
1.8
0
10Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
12.3
2
49
4
24.5
0
53
8
11
6.6
26.5
0
11Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
12.0
4
276
23
69.0
1
144
10
14.4
36.0
1
12Dutch Clark
D. Clark
11.4
1
80
7
80.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
11.0
5
99
9
19.8
0
19
3
6
6.3
3.8
0
14Mike Karney
M. Karney
11.0
2
11
1
5.5
0
9
1
2
9.0
4.5
0
15George Franck
G. Franck
10.6
2
85
8
42.5
0
31
1
31.0
15.5
1
16Buford McGee
B. McGee
10.4
4
52
5
13.0
0
140
16
8.8
35.0
0
17Gary Brightwell
G. Brightwell
10.0
2
10
1
5.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Quentin Griffin
Q. Griffin
10.0
1
60
6
60.0
0
18
2
2
9.0
18.0
0
19Carl Monroe
C. Monroe
10.0
6
10
1
1.7
0
33
1
33.0
5.5
1
20Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
10.0
2
60
6
30.0
0
116
5
23.2
58.0
1
21Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
9.6
2
48
5
24.0
0
8
1
8.0
4.0
0
22Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
9.6
2
192
20
96.0
2
-4
1
-4.0
-2.0
0
23JaMycal Hasty
J. Hasty
9.0
5
36
4
7.2
0
13
2
5
6.5
2.6
0
24Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
9.0
2
9
1
4.5
0
7
1
1
7.0
3.5
0
25Brian Leonard
B. Leonard
9.0
3
36
4
12.0
0
43
8
10
5.4
14.3
0

More Commanders Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,695

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

805

Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

REC

727

Samuel

Deebo Samuel
Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

22nd

OPP PPG

26.5

27th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

4th

PASS YDS/G

195.8

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
Commanders Commanders
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
WAS Commanders

5 - 12

24

Final

17

PHI Eagles

11 - 6

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NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/4
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