which running back has the highest yards per carry with a minimum of 1800 attempts in nfl history

Jim Brown has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,800+ rush attempts, with 5.2 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry with a minimum of 1800 rushing attempts in NFL history?
NAME YPC ATT GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,419
141
11,740
83.3
110
1,687
178
230
9.5
12.0
5
4 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
5 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
2,404
135
11,236
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
6 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
3,230
184
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
2,534
153
11,695
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
8 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
2,457
170
11,102
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
9 Ahman Green
A. Green
4.5
2,056
148
9,205
62.2
60
2,883
378
495
7.6
19.5
14
10 Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4.5
1,817
156
8,111
52.0
65
2,125
303
376
7.0
13.6
10
11 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4.5
2,163
130
9,651
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
12 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4.4
2,230
113
9,923
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
13 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
4.4
1,941
129
8,597
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
14 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
2,996
146
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
4.4
1,847
126
8,167
64.8
68
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
16 Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
3,838
190
16,726
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
17 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4.4
1,831
126
7,966
63.2
30
2,065
229
165
9.0
16.4
9
18 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
2,936
173
12,739
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
19 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
2,836
176
12,279
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
20 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
4.3
2,187
123
9,453
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
21 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
3,174
170
13,684
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
22 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4.3
2,187
115
9,407
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
23 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
2,618
150
11,241
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
24 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
3,735
241
16,000
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
25 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
4.3
1,891
146
8,081
55.3
64
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
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