all-time nfl yards per carry leaders nfc

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt in the NFC, with 7.1 per attempt.

Regular season
Min. 750 Rush Attempts

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Michael Vick M. Vick	7.1	827	128	5,857	45.8	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	6.4	761	155	4,888	31.5	34	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
3	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	5.5	864	164	4,795	29.2	23	20	4	4	5.0	0.1	1
4	Cam Newton C. Newton	5.1	981	133	5,039	37.9	63	33	1	1	33.0	0.2	0
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
6	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4.9	1,576	127	7,666	60.4	53	2,683	351	468	7.6	21.1	21
7	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.8	826	52	3,993	76.8	25	1,828	206	271	8.9	35.2	10
8	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	98	6,818	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.8	1,447	99	6,959	70.3	58	4,071	470	606	8.7	41.1	27
10	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	4.8	1,432	117	6,846	58.5	46	1,621	178	244	9.1	13.9	7
11	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	4.8	762	79	3,621	45.8	23	1,319	176	228	7.5	16.7	5
12	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	4.7	1,344	108	6,378	59.1	50	1,816	202		9.0	16.8	16
13	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.7	1,491	66	7,059	107.0	55	932	124		7.5	14.1	2
14	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	4.7	943	88	4,462	50.7	24	1,274	183	254	7.0	14.5	4
15	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4.7	986	116	4,649	40.1	32	1,955	209		9.4	16.9	9
16	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4.7	2,217	154	10,449	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
17	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.7	3,036	170	14,291	84.1	116	2,396	290	400	8.3	14.1	6
18	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	4.7	1,290	75	6,013	80.2	47	1,804	222	288	8.1	24.1	5
19	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4.6	1,127	68	5,228	76.9	34	1,522	215	262	7.1	22.4	2
20	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	4.6	1,471	100	6,823	68.2	44	2,383	315	401	7.6	23.8	10
21	Charlie Garner C. Garner	4.6	1,024	101	4,743	47.0	28	1,806	208	184	8.7	17.9	5
22	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	4.6	921	84	4,232	50.4	32	1,087	132	174	8.2	12.9	3
23	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	4.6	1,841	107	8,439	78.9	55	2,648	359	491	7.4	24.7	16
24	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	4.6	786	94	3,600	38.3	63	3	1	2	3.0	0.0	0
25	Pierre Thomas P. Thomas	4.6	818	105	3,745	35.7	28	2,608	327	387	8.0	24.8	12

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Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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