who has the best rushing average yards in history

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt, with 7.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:

Who has the best rushing average with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts rushing yards in history?

	NAME	YPC	ATT	RUSH YDS	GP	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.0	873	6,109	143	42.7	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	6.4	775	4,928	161	30.6	35	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.0	1,081	6,522	116	56.2	35	0	0	2		0.0	0
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	5.4	871	4,721	128	36.9	79	19	1	2	19.0	0.1	2
5	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	7,563	119	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	5.3	1,042	5,568	205	27.2	31	21	5	5	4.2	0.1	1
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	12,312	118	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
8	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	4,133	99	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
9	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.1	842	4,259	66	64.5	32	1,174	130	164	9.0	17.8	9
10	Cam Newton C. Newton	5.0	1,118	5,631	148	38.0	75	68	3	3	22.7	0.5	1
11	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	7,349	100	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
12	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	4,956	68	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
13	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	3,895	115	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	15,269	153	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
15	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	978	4,792	91	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
16	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,551	7,598	84	90.5	69	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
17	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,662	13,018	153	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
18	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.9	1,564	7,626	126	60.5	52	2,683	351	467	7.6	21.3	21
19	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	4,995	100	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
20	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.9	805	3,910	51	76.7	25	1,738	198	261	8.8	34.1	9
21	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4.8	1,069	5,174	143	36.2	63	6,039	363		16.6	42.2	48
22	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	6,818	98	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
23	Joe Perry J. Perry	4.8	1,737	8,378	156	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
24	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.8	951	4,544	103	44.1	23	628	85		7.4	6.1	1
25	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4.8	762	3,634	264	13.8	36	-20	4	4	-5.0	-0.1	0

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