nfl all-time average per yards carry leader

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt in his career.

Regular season

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.2	4,409	226	18,355	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.4	3,838	190	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	4.3	3,735	241	16,000	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4.0	3,518	168	14,101	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3.9	3,479	192	13,662	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,230	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.3	3,174	170	13,684	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,062	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Edgerrin James E. James	4.0	3,028	148	12,246	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.1	3,022	222	12,243	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.4	2,996	146	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	4.1	2,949	173	12,120	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.3	2,936	173	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	3.9	2,916	175	11,352	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	2,877	182	12,074	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
16	Eddie George E. George	3.6	2,865	141	10,441	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	2,836	176	12,279	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4.1	2,764	160	11,438	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,686	154	13,162	85.5	125	1,820	190	246	9.6	11.8	5
20	Thomas Jones T. Jones	4.0	2,678	180	10,591	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	4.1	2,669	181	10,967	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4.1	2,622	144	10,643	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4.3	2,618	150	11,241	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4.0	2,562	182	10,273	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4.2	2,542	131	10,607	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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