who led the nfl in yard per rush attempt in 1997

Steve McNair had the most rushing yards per attempt in 1997, with 6.7 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Who led the NFL in yard with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game per rush attempt in 1997?
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.7
1997
16
674
101
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
3Robert Smith
R. Smith
5.5
1997
14
1,266
232
90.4
6
197
37
5.3
14.1
1
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.8
1997
16
1,129
233
70.6
10
259
27
9.6
16.2
0
5Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.8
1997
16
1,294
272
80.9
6
403
40
10.1
25.2
2
6Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4.7
1997
15
1,750
369
116.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
7Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4.7
1997
16
547
116
34.2
3
225
24
9.4
14.1
0
8Charles Way
C. Way
4.6
1997
16
698
151
43.6
4
304
37
8.2
19.0
1
9Fred Lane
F. Lane
4.4
1997
13
809
182
62.2
7
27
8
3.4
2.1
0
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
4.4
1997
15
1,665
375
111.0
7
110
15
7.3
7.3
2
11Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.4
1997
16
978
224
61.1
4
462
39
11.8
28.9
3
12Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
4.4
1997
16
1,435
329
89.7
7
370
53
7.0
23.1
5
13Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4.4
1997
13
1,019
234
78.4
4
194
21
9.2
14.9
2
14Antowain Smith
A. Smith
4.3
1997
16
840
194
52.5
8
177
28
6.3
11.1
0
15Chris Warren
C. Warren
4.2
1997
15
847
200
56.5
4
257
45
5.7
17.1
0
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.2
1997
13
1,160
274
89.2
4
296
41
7.2
22.8
1
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
1997
16
643
154
40.2
1
208
30
6.9
13.0
0
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.1
1997
16
1,074
261
67.1
4
234
40
5.9
14.6
0
19James Stewart
J. Stewart
4.1
1997
16
555
136
34.7
8
336
41
8.2
21.0
1
20Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4.1
1997
16
505
124
31.6
11
86
11
7.8
5.4
0
21Stephen Davis
S. Davis
4.0
1997
14
567
141
40.5
3
134
18
7.4
9.6
0
22Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.0
1997
16
1,054
264
65.9
7
471
47
10.0
29.4
1
23Eddie George
E. George
3.9
1997
16
1,399
357
87.4
6
44
7
6.3
2.8
1
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
3.9
1997
16
1,110
285
69.4
7
440
48
9.2
27.5
0
25Sherman Williams
S. Williams
3.9
1997
16
468
121
29.3
2
159
21
7.6
9.9
0
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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