most yds per carry by an rb, in the 1970s, min 100 gp

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back when playing 100+ games, with 4.7 per attempt.

NAME YPC GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
122
10,539
2,223
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
4.3
124
6,975
1,622
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
3 Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.3
111
8,563
2,012
77.1
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
4 Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
4.2
111
4,187
1,005
37.7
24
860
111
7.7
7.7
5
5 Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
4.1
114
3,486
844
30.6
22
1,052
112
9.4
9.2
1
6 Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
4.1
120
3,362
814
28.0
30
1,766
224
7.9
14.7
11
7 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4.1
114
5,107
1,243
44.8
34
2,096
207
10.1
18.4
15
8 John Riggins
J. Riggins
4.1
111
6,822
1,666
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
9 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
3.9
109
6,518
1,668
59.8
30
3,182
374
8.5
29.2
17
10 Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
3.9
110
2,983
769
27.1
10
566
101
5.6
5.1
2
11 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
3.9
110
4,489
1,158
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
12 Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
3.8
130
3,444
895
26.5
13
2,748
228
12.1
21.1
13
13 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
3.8
100
4,451
1,157
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
14 Jim Otis
J. Otis
3.8
116
4,350
1,160
37.5
19
549
90
6.1
4.7
3
15 Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
3.7
124
2,639
713
21.3
42
518
72
7.2
4.2
0
16 Don McCauley
D. McCauley
3.4
124
2,457
725
19.8
39
2,366
263
9.0
19.1
11
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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