who has the average highest rushing yards per season

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in 2006.

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6.25+ rush attempts per team game

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	8.4	2006	ATL	16	1,039	123	64.9	2	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
2	Beattie Feathers B. Feathers	8.4	1934	CHB	11	1,004	119	91.3	8	174	6		29.0	15.8	1
3	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	8.0	1990	PHI	16	942	118	58.9	5	0	0			0.0	0
4	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.5	1956	BAL	12	649	86	54.1	8	102	11		9.3	8.5	1
5	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.5	2004	ATL	15	902	120	60.1	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Kyle Monangai K. Monangai	7.4	2026	CHI	2	147	20	73.5	1	35	4	4	8.8	17.5	0
7	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.3	1958	BAL	12	598	82	49.8	7	938	50		18.8	78.2	7
8	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	7.3	1953	LA	12	705	97	58.8	4	260	17		15.3	21.7	2
9	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.2	2014	SEA	16	849	118	53.1	6	17	1	1	17.0	1.1	0
10	Justin Fields J. Fields	7.1	2022	CHI	15	1,143	160	76.2	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Caleb Williams C. Williams	7.1	2026	CHI	2	107	15	53.5	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Joe Maniaci J. Maniaci	7.1	1939	CHB	9	544	77	60.4	4	0	0			0.0	0
13	Lenny Moore L. Moore	7.0	1961	BAL	13	648	92	49.8	7	728	49		14.9	56.0	8
14	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	7.0	1952	SF	12	684	98	57.0	6	367	26		14.1	30.6	3
15	Tobin Rote T. Rote	6.9	1951	GB	12	523	76	43.6	3	11	0			0.9	0
16	Michael Vick M. Vick	6.9	2002	ATL	15	777	113	51.8	8	16	0	0		1.1	0
17	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	6.9	1972	CHI	14	968	141	69.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
18	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.9	2019	BAL	15	1,206	176	80.4	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.8	2022	BAL	12	764	112	63.7	3	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	6.8	2012	WAS	15	815	120	54.3	7	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Dan Towler D. Towler	6.8	1951	LA	12	854	126	71.2	6	257	16		16.1	21.4	0
22	Michael Vick M. Vick	6.8	2010	PHI	12	676	100	56.3	9	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Tank Younger T. Younger	6.7	1954	LA	8	610	91	76.3	8	76	8		9.5	9.5	0
24	Steve McNair S. McNair	6.7	1997	TEN	16	674	101	42.1	8	0	0			0.0	0
25	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.6	2024	BAL	17	915	139	53.8	4	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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