which running back have the highest yards per carry in history with a minimum of 400 rushing attempts

Jahmyr Gibbs has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 400+ rush attempts, with 5.5 per attempt.

NAME YPC ATT GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.5
432
32
2,357
73.7
26
833
104
134
8.0
26.0
5
2 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
5.4
423
50
2,297
45.9
16
1,462
128
11.4
29.2
16
3 Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
5.4
515
38
2,782
73.2
16
352
40
8.8
9.3
2
4 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
5 J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
5.2
429
37
2,252
60.9
21
330
59
73
5.6
8.9
1
6 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
7 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
5.2
443
64
2,311
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
8 Dan Towler
D. Towler
5.2
672
67
3,493
52.1
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
9 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.1
804
99
4,133
41.7
31
543
54
10.1
5.5
1
10 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
1,340
85
6,843
80.5
51
1,042
128
173
8.1
12.3
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
759
103
3,791
36.8
34
899
111
145
8.1
8.7
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 James Cook
J. Cook
4.9
533
49
2,638
53.8
20
883
97
124
9.1
18.0
7
16 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
4.9
537
71
2,655
37.4
15
1,255
125
10.0
17.7
11
17 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4.9
1,432
114
7,078
62.1
50
2,484
323
426
7.7
21.8
20
18 Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.9
978
91
4,792
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
19 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,228
67
6,013
89.7
51
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
20 Tatum Bell
T. Bell
4.9
569
54
2,773
51.4
16
419
71
101
5.9
7.8
0
21 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
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 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
2,355
136
11,423
84.0
106
1,651
174
224
9.5
12.1
5
24 C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
4.8
712
90
3,451
38.3
12
1,484
198
261
7.5
16.5
9
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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