who led the nfl in rushing average in 2001

Marshall Faulk had the most rushing yards per attempt in 2001, with 5.3 per attempt.

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Who led the NFL in rushing average with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in 2001?

	NAME	YPC	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5.3	2001	STL	14	1,382	260	98.7	12	765	83	104	9.2	54.6	9
2	Tiki Barber T. Barber	5.2	2001	NYG	14	865	166	61.8	4	577	72	98	8.0	41.2	0
3	Troy Hambrick T. Hambrick	5.1	2001	DAL	16	579	113	36.2	2	62	4	12	15.5	3.9	0
4	James Stewart J. Stewart	4.8	2001	DET	11	685	143	62.3	1	242	23	26	10.5	22.0	1
5	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	4.8	2001	SF	16	1,206	252	75.4	4	347	41	55	8.5	21.7	1
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	4.8	2001	PIT	11	1,072	225	97.5	4	48	8	10	6.0	4.4	0
7	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	4.8	2001	KC	16	1,555	327	97.2	8	614	62	75	9.9	38.4	2
8	Dominic Rhodes D. Rhodes	4.7	2001	IND	15	1,104	233	73.6	9	224	34	55	6.6	14.9	0
9	Ahman Green A. Green	4.6	2001	GB	16	1,387	304	86.7	9	594	62	82	9.6	37.1	2
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4.5	2001	NYJ	16	1,513	333	94.6	10	320	53	63	6.0	20.0	0
11	Correll Buckhalter C. Buckhalter	4.5	2001	PHI	15	586	129	39.1	2	130	13	21	10.0	8.7	0
12	Edgerrin James E. James	4.4	2001	IND	6	662	151	110.3	3	193	24	29	8.0	32.2	0
13	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4.3	2001	SEA	16	1,318	309	82.4	14	343	44	59	7.8	21.4	2
14	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	4.3	2001	CHI	14	1,183	278	84.5	7	178	22	30	8.1	12.7	0
15	Terrell Davis T. Davis	4.2	2001	DEN	8	701	167	87.6	0	69	12	21	5.8	8.6	0
16	Mike Alstott M. Alstott	4.1	2001	TB	16	680	165	42.5	10	231	35	50	6.6	14.4	1
17	Stacey Mack S. Mack	4.1	2001	JAX	16	877	213	54.8	9	165	23	34	7.2	10.3	1
18	Kevan Barlow K. Barlow	4.1	2001	SF	15	512	125	34.1	4	247	22	28	11.2	16.5	1
19	Antowain Smith A. Smith	4.0	2001	NE	16	1,157	287	72.3	12	192	19	28	10.1	12.0	1
20	Richard Huntley R. Huntley	4.0	2001	CAR	14	665	165	47.5	2	101	21	32	4.8	7.2	1
21	Stephen Davis S. Davis	4.0	2001	WAS	16	1,432	356	89.5	5	205	28	37	7.3	12.8	0
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	4.0	2001	NO	16	1,245	313	77.8	6	511	60	88	8.5	31.9	1
23	Charlie Garner C. Garner	4.0	2001	OAK	16	839	211	52.4	1	578	72	91	8.0	36.1	2
24	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	4.0	2001	MIN	13	682	172	52.5	2	226	29	38	7.8	17.4	1
25	Terry Allen T. Allen	3.9	2001	BAL	11	658	168	59.8	3	68	17	20	4.0	6.2	0

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Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
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Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
Colts - e	8	8	0	.500
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Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
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Saints - e	6	10	0	.375
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Sat 9/27	JAX	@	SF	26-21
Sat 9/27	IND	@	LAR	20-27
Sat 9/27	CHI	@	LV	25-24
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