Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Steve Grogan had the most rushing yards per attempt, with 5.9 per attempt.
Interpreted as:
,most ypc with a minimum of 3.125 rushing attempts per team game by a player in the 1970s| NAME | YPC | GP | RUSH YDS | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Grogan | 5.9 | 73 | 1,738 | 296 | 23.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | T. McKnight | 5.4 | 44 | 1,456 | 268 | 33.1 | 14 | 320 | 53 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| 3 | | S. Fuller | 5.3 | 16 | 264 | 50 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | M. Morris | 5.2 | 85 | 4,023 | 781 | 47.3 | 30 | 478 | 48 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| 5 | | W. Tyler | 5.0 | 32 | 1,471 | 293 | 46.0 | 12 | 328 | 35 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| 6 | | O. Anderson | 4.8 | 16 | 1,605 | 331 | 100.3 | 8 | 308 | 41 | 7.5 | 19.3 | 2 | |
| 7 | | G. Pruitt | 4.8 | 87 | 5,255 | 1,087 | 60.4 | 25 | 1,942 | 208 | 9.3 | 22.3 | 8 | |
| 8 | | M. Hubbard | 4.8 | 89 | 4,425 | 930 | 49.7 | 23 | 598 | 83 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| 9 |  | O.J. Simpson | 4.7 | 122 | 10,539 | 2,223 | 86.4 | 59 | 1,799 | 173 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 11 | |
| 10 | | E. Campbell | 4.7 | 31 | 3,147 | 670 | 101.5 | 32 | 142 | 28 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Harper | 4.7 | 46 | 783 | 167 | 17.0 | 2 | 655 | 51 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 5 | |
| 12 | | L. Cain | 4.7 | 10 | 295 | 63 | 29.5 | 2 | 181 | 15 | 12.1 | 18.1 | 2 | |
| 13 | | T. Dorsett | 4.6 | 44 | 3,439 | 748 | 78.2 | 25 | 1,026 | 111 | 9.2 | 23.3 | 4 | |
| 14 | | T. Metcalf | 4.6 | 65 | 3,438 | 748 | 52.9 | 24 | 1,862 | 197 | 9.5 | 28.6 | 9 | |
| 15 | | R. Lee | 4.6 | 42 | 940 | 206 | 22.4 | 5 | 160 | 24 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| 16 | | W. Montgomery | 4.5 | 44 | 2,915 | 642 | 66.3 | 20 | 707 | 78 | 9.1 | 16.1 | 6 | |
| 17 | | C. Davis | 4.5 | 89 | 3,640 | 804 | 40.9 | 26 | 865 | 99 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 2 | |
| 18 | | T. Reed | 4.5 | 41 | 2,004 | 445 | 48.9 | 8 | 960 | 94 | 10.2 | 23.4 | 1 | |
| 19 | | D. Thomas | 4.5 | 49 | 2,038 | 453 | 41.6 | 21 | 297 | 38 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 3 | |
| 20 | | S. Smith | 4.5 | 54 | 2,880 | 641 | 53.3 | 25 | 1,668 | 142 | 11.7 | 30.9 | 8 | |
| 21 |  | W. Payton | 4.5 | 73 | 6,926 | 1,548 | 94.9 | 59 | 1,424 | 156 | 9.1 | 19.5 | 4 | |
| 22 | | L. Harris | 4.5 | 41 | 1,433 | 321 | 35.0 | 8 | 347 | 54 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| 23 | | L. Canada | 4.4 | 32 | 508 | 115 | 15.9 | 3 | 73 | 9 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| 24 | | M. Pruitt | 4.4 | 58 | 2,197 | 498 | 37.9 | 15 | 522 | 72 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 2 | |
| 25 | | E. Johnson | 4.4 | 86 | 3,004 | 681 | 34.9 | 16 | 1,706 | 144 | 11.8 | 19.8 | 12 | |
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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