which running backs have the most yards per carry on at least 1000 attempts since 2000

Since 2000, Jamaal Charles has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 1,000+ rush attempts, with 5.4 per attempt.

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	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
2	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,728	156	13,319	85.4	128	1,839	194	250	9.5	11.8	5
4	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,617	87	7,856	90.3	73	1,536	196	250	7.8	17.7	7
5	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.8	1,616	129	7,829	60.7	53	2,717	356	474	7.6	21.1	21
6	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.8	1,967	110	9,514	86.5	52	3,927	444	616	8.8	35.7	6
7	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	4.7	1,730	142	8,096	57.0	61	2,106	236	318	8.9	14.8	9
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.7	1,194	83	5,578	67.2	51	3,023	383	503	7.9	36.4	22
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,230	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
10	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	4.6	2,111	128	9,740	76.1	46	1,880	236	333	8.0	14.7	5
11	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	4.6	1,357	90	6,227	69.2	47	1,882	237	308	7.9	20.9	5
12	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	4.6	1,860	109	8,530	78.3	55	2,657	361	495	7.4	24.4	16
13	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	4.6	1,693	115	7,755	67.4	65	5,494	639	795	8.6	47.8	36
14	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	4.6	1,385	121	6,335	52.4	41	3,940	442	604	8.9	32.6	30
15	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	4.6	1,302	115	5,955	51.8	33	1,785	256	333	7.0	15.5	5
16	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	4.6	1,458	81	6,658	82.2	78	2,598	283	359	9.2	32.1	7
17	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	4.6	1,083	103	4,928	47.8	36	1,493	187	243	8.0	14.5	12
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	4.5	2,457	170	11,102	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
19	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	4.5	1,123	92	5,028	54.7	41	2,165	279	364	7.8	23.5	9
20	Michael Turner M. Turner	4.5	1,639	134	7,338	54.8	66	528	70	108	7.5	3.9	1
21	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4.5	1,604	99	7,174	72.5	49	2,165	307	376	7.1	21.9	6
22	Brandon Jacobs B. Jacobs	4.5	1,141	109	5,094	46.7	60	743	82	138	9.1	6.8	4
23	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	4.5	1,817	156	8,111	52.0	65	2,125	303	376	7.0	13.6	10
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	4.5	2,163	130	9,651	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9
25	Clinton Portis C. Portis	4.4	2,230	113	9,923	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5

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