which running back has the highest yards per carry on a season with at least 175 attempts

Jim Brown has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 175+ carries in a season, with 6.4 per attempt in 1963.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry on a season with at least 175 rushing attempts?
NAME YPC ATT SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
291
1963
CLE CLE
14
1,863
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
2 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
230
2010
KC KC
16
1,467
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
335
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
4 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
332
1973
BUF BUF
14
2,003
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
348
2012
MIN MIN
16
2,097
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
6 C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
207
2012
BUF BUF
16
1,244
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.9
257
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,527
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
8 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
325
2024
BAL BAL
17
1,921
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
9 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.9
190
2009
KC KC
15
1,120
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
1
10 John David Crow
J. David Crow
5.9
183
1960
STL STL
12
1,071
89.3
6
462
25
18.5
38.5
3
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.8
215
1960
CLE CLE
12
1,257
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
12 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
345
2024
PHI PHI
16
2,005
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
13 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
5.7
177
1963
SD SD
14
1,010
72.1
8
191
26
7.3
13.6
2
14 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
331
1994
DET DET
16
1,883
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
15 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.6
250
2024
DET DET
17
1,412
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
16 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
238
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
17 Derrick Ward
D. Ward
5.6
182
2008
NYG NYG
16
1,025
64.1
2
384
41
55
9.4
24.0
0
18 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.6
190
2020
CLE CLE
12
1,067
88.9
12
150
16
18
9.4
12.5
0
19 Franco Harris
F. Harris
5.6
188
1972
PIT PIT
14
1,055
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
20 James Brooks
J. Brooks
5.6
221
1989
CIN CIN
16
1,239
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
21 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5.6
358
2009
TEN TEN
16
2,006
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
22 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5.6
379
1984
RAM RAM
16
2,105
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
23 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
5.5
273
2008
CAR CAR
16
1,515
94.7
18
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
24 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
273
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
25 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
5.5
329
1975
BUF BUF
14
1,817
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
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8
0
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14
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
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3
0
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Commanders Commanders
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5
0
.706
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Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
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14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
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8
9
0
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4
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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
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Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647