who has the highest yards per carry in nfl history min 200 attempts

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt with 200+ carries, with 7.0 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	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.0	873	143	6,109	42.7	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
2	Bobby Douglass B. Douglass	6.5	410	91	2,654	29.2	22	-2	1		-2.0	0.0	0
3	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	6.4	775	161	4,928	30.6	35	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
4	Blake Bortles B. Bortles	6.2	283	78	1,766	22.6	8	20	1	1	20.0	0.3	1
5	Greg Landry G. Landry	6.2	430	146	2,655	18.2	21	0	0			0.0	0
6	Colin Kaepernick C. Kaepernick	6.1	375	69	2,300	33.3	13	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.1	1,098	119	6,646	55.8	36	0	0	2		0.0	0
8	Kyler Murray K. Murray	6.0	536	89	3,212	36.1	32	7	0	0		0.1	0
9	Justin Fields J. Fields	5.9	489	60	2,892	48.2	23	0	0	1		0.0	0
10	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	5.9	307	56	1,809	32.3	10	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Steve Young S. Young	5.9	722	169	4,239	25.1	43	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	0
12	Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan	5.9	258	49	1,514	30.9	9	1,181	75		15.7	24.1	6
13	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	5.8	218	26	1,269	48.8	8	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Bert Jones B. Jones	5.8	247	102	1,429	14.0	14	0	0			0.0	0
15	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	5.7	431	106	2,467	23.3	19	62	2	3	31.0	0.6	1
16	Archie Manning A. Manning	5.7	384	151	2,197	14.5	18	-7	1		-7.0	0.0	0
17	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	5.6	616	167	3,459	20.7	29	-7	5	8	-1.4	0.0	0
18	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	5.6	348	45	1,951	43.4	13	227	28	37	8.1	5.0	1
19	Deebo Samuel Sr. D. Samuel Sr.	5.6	223	100	1,248	12.5	21	5,678	415	620	13.7	56.8	29
20	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	5.6	397	192	2,220	11.6	20	0	0			0.0	0
21	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	5.6	434	101	2,426	24.0	20	10	2	3	5.0	0.1	0
22	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	5.5	410	131	2,264	17.3	20	-13	1		-13.0	-0.1	0
23	De'Von Achane D. Achane	5.5	578	47	3,184	67.7	22	1,326	179	221	7.4	28.2	13
24	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	5.4	675	246	3,674	14.9	32	-12	0			0.0	0
25	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	5.4	515	38	2,782	73.2	16	352	40		8.8	9.3	2

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PASS

256

Penix

RUSH

349

Robinson

REC

274

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Team Rankings

PPG

17.0

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OPP PPG

22.7

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RUSH YDS/G

173.0

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PASS YDS/G

181.3

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	BAL	@	ATL	8:20 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	ATL	@	TB	1:00 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

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Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

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Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

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PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

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Henry

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Fantasy WR Rankings

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Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kelce

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Worst Record ATS

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Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000