which running back has the highest yards per carry since 2000 minimum 30 games played

Since 2000, Fred McAfee has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back when playing 30+ games, with 12.9 per attempt.

NAMEYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
12.9
84
129
10
1.5
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Joel Makovicka
J. Makovicka
9.0
42
81
9
1.9
0
194
37
56
5.2
4.6
4
3Antone Smith
A. Smith
8.6
67
344
40
5.1
4
309
21
29
14.7
4.6
3
4James Casey
J. Casey
8.5
33
17
2
0.5
0
590
52
68
11.3
17.9
4
5Emari Demercado
E. Demercado
6.5
40
819
126
20.5
3
324
50
70
6.5
8.1
1
6Michael Wiley
M. Wiley
6.3
42
503
80
12.0
1
315
43
74
7.3
7.5
2
7Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.0
64
216
36
3.4
3
249
23
34
10.8
3.9
1
8Dontrell Hilliard
D. Hilliard
5.9
52
592
100
11.4
4
463
62
78
7.5
8.9
4
9Godwin Igwebuike
G. Igwebuike
5.8
34
122
21
3.6
1
63
8
11
7.9
1.9
0
10Stefan Logan
S. Logan
5.7
32
17
3
0.5
0
33
7
8
4.7
1.0
0
11De'Von Achane
D. Achane
5.6
44
3,057
544
69.5
22
1,277
172
209
7.4
29.0
13
12Isaiah Davis
I. Davis
5.6
33
410
73
12.4
2
261
30
40
8.7
7.9
1
13Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
5.6
45
1,951
348
43.4
13
227
28
37
8.1
5.0
1
14Corey Grant
C. Grant
5.6
38
454
81
11.9
3
156
18
26
8.7
4.1
1
15Harold Morrow
H. Morrow
5.6
91
67
12
0.7
0
144
14
19
10.3
1.6
0
16Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
119
7,563
1,407
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
17Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.3
49
3,580
675
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
18Travis Homer
T. Homer
5.3
85
474
90
5.6
1
475
55
65
8.6
5.6
2
19Montell Owens
M. Owens
5.2
111
292
56
2.6
3
132
12
17
11.0
1.2
0
20J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
5.2
47
3,024
582
64.3
25
367
70
87
5.2
7.8
1
21Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
5.2
66
2,056
399
31.2
7
912
96
134
9.5
13.8
3
22Evan Royster
E. Royster
5.1
32
416
81
13.0
2
180
25
37
7.2
5.6
0
23Jordan Mason
J. Mason
5.1
61
2,011
395
33.0
13
173
28
34
6.2
2.8
0
24Akeem Hunt
A. Hunt
5.1
30
228
45
7.6
0
99
13
21
7.6
3.3
0
25James Cook III
J. Cook III
5.1
66
4,259
842
64.5
32
1,174
130
164
9.0
17.8
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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