most yards per carry in the nfl all-time

Michael Vick has the most career rushing yards per attempt, with 7.0 per attempt.

Interpreted as:

most yards per carry with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts by a player in the NFL all-time

	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	7.0	873	143	6,109	42.7	36	1	2	2	0.5	0.0	0
2	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	6.4	775	161	4,928	30.6	35	-6	2	0	-3.0	0.0	0
3	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	6.0	1,088	117	6,562	56.1	36	0	0	2		0.0	0
4	Josh Allen J. Allen	5.4	877	129	4,744	36.8	81	19	1	2	19.0	0.1	2
5	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	5.4	1,407	119	7,563	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	5.3	1,042	205	5,568	27.2	31	21	5	5	4.2	0.1	1
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	2,359	118	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
8	Mercury Morris M. Morris	5.1	804	99	4,133	41.7	31	543	54		10.1	5.5	1
9	James Cook III J. Cook III	5.0	855	67	4,316	64.4	32	1,186	133	168	8.9	17.7	9
10	Cam Newton C. Newton	5.0	1,118	148	5,631	38.0	75	68	3	3	22.7	0.5	1
11	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	5.0	1,462	100	7,349	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
12	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	5.0	991	68	4,956	72.9	39	1,307	112		11.7	19.2	9
13	Raheem Mostert R. Mostert	5.0	781	115	3,895	33.9	34	969	123	157	7.9	8.4	8
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
15	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4.9	1,570	85	7,696	90.5	71	1,492	190	243	7.9	17.6	7
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,686	154	13,162	85.5	125	1,820	190	246	9.6	11.8	5
17	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4.9	978	91	4,792	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
18	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4.9	1,026	100	4,995	50.0	38	1,045	111		9.4	10.5	7
19	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
20	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4.8	1,069	143	5,174	36.2	63	6,039	363		16.6	42.2	48
21	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	4.8	826	52	3,993	76.8	25	1,828	206	271	8.9	35.2	10
22	Robert Smith R. Smith	4.8	1,411	98	6,818	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
23	Joe Perry J. Perry	4.8	1,737	156	8,378	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
24	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	4.8	951	103	4,544	44.1	23	628	85		7.4	6.1	1
25	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4.7	765	265	3,631	13.7	36	-20	4	4	-5.0	-0.1	0

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