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.

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Assumption:6.25+ ATT/TG
Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rush Attempts Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

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

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