who led the nfl in rushing average in 2000

Marshall Faulk had the most rushing yards per attempt in 2000, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Who led the NFL in rushing average with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in 2000?
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5.4
2000
14
1,359
253
97.1
18
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
2Robert Smith
R. Smith
5.2
2000
16
1,521
295
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
3Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
5.0
2000
16
1,487
297
92.9
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
4Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.8
2000
13
1,399
292
107.6
12
240
36
53
6.7
18.5
2
5Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
4.7
2000
16
697
147
43.6
3
468
58
74
8.1
29.3
3
6Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2000
16
1,006
213
62.9
8
719
70
95
10.3
44.9
1
7Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.6
2000
16
1,133
248
70.8
8
422
44
67
9.6
26.4
1
8Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.6
2000
16
1,435
315
89.7
7
158
18
26
8.8
9.9
0
9Tyrone Wheatley
T. Wheatley
4.5
2000
14
1,046
232
74.7
9
156
20
34
7.8
11.1
1
10Ahman Green
A. Green
4.5
2000
16
1,175
263
73.4
10
559
73
99
7.7
34.9
3
11Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4.5
2000
16
1,242
278
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
12Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.4
2000
16
1,142
258
71.4
7
647
68
94
9.5
40.4
3
13Edgerrin James
E. James
4.4
2000
16
1,709
387
106.8
13
594
63
87
9.4
37.1
5
14Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4.4
2000
16
1,364
309
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
15Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4.3
2000
16
588
137
36.8
2
221
32
46
6.9
13.8
0
16Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.1
2000
16
1,203
294
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
17Ricky Williams
R. Williams
4.0
2000
10
1,000
248
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
18Stephen Davis
S. Davis
4.0
2000
15
1,318
332
87.9
11
313
33
49
9.5
20.9
0
19Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
3.9
2000
16
719
184
44.9
4
579
73
91
7.9
36.2
2
20James Allen
J. Allen
3.9
2000
16
1,120
290
70.0
2
291
39
60
7.5
18.2
1
21Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3.8
2000
16
1,204
316
75.3
9
508
70
97
7.3
31.8
2
22Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.8
2000
16
1,341
355
83.8
8
97
13
19
7.5
6.1
0
23Eddie George
E. George
3.7
2000
16
1,509
403
94.3
14
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
24Lamar Smith
L. Smith
3.7
2000
15
1,139
309
75.9
14
201
31
38
6.5
13.4
2
25Shawn Bryson
S. Bryson
3.7
2000
16
591
161
36.9
0
271
32
46
8.5
16.9
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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