highest yards per carry in a season in nfl history

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per attempt in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in 2006.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a player in a season in NFL history
NAME YPC SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Michael Vick M. Vick 8.4 2006
ATL ATL
16 1,039 123 64.9 2 1 1 1 1.0 0.1 0
2 Beattie Feathers B. Feathers 8.4 1934
CHB CHB
11 1,004 119 91.3 8 174 6 29.0 15.8 1
3 Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham 8.0 1990
PHI PHI
16 942 118 58.9 5 0 0 0.0 0
4 Lenny Moore L. Moore 7.5 1956
BAL BAL
12 649 86 54.1 8 102 11 9.3 8.5 1
5 Michael Vick M. Vick 7.5 2004
ATL ATL
15 902 120 60.1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
6 Lenny Moore L. Moore 7.3 1958
BAL BAL
12 598 82 49.8 7 938 50 18.8 78.2 7
7 Skeets Quinlan S. Quinlan 7.3 1953
LA LA
12 705 97 58.8 4 260 17 15.3 21.7 2
8 Russell Wilson R. Wilson 7.2 2014
SEA SEA
16 849 118 53.1 6 17 1 1 17.0 1.1 0
9 Justin Fields J. Fields 7.1 2022
CHI CHI
15 1,143 160 76.2 8 0 0 0 0.0 0
10 Joe Maniaci J. Maniaci 7.1 1939
CHB CHB
9 544 77 60.4 4 0 0 0.0 0
11 Lenny Moore L. Moore 7.0 1961
BAL BAL
13 648 92 49.8 7 728 49 14.9 56.0 8
12 Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny 7.0 1952
SF SF
12 684 98 57.0 6 367 26 14.1 30.6 3
13 Tobin Rote T. Rote 6.9 1951
GB GB
12 523 76 43.6 3 11 0 0.9 0
14 Michael Vick M. Vick 6.9 2002
ATL ATL
15 777 113 51.8 8 16 0 0 1.1 0
15 Bobby Douglass B. Douglass 6.9 1972
CHI CHI
14 968 141 69.1 8 0 0 0.0 0
16 Lamar Jackson L. Jackson 6.9 2019
BAL BAL
15 1,206 176 80.4 7 0 0 0 0.0 0
17 Lamar Jackson L. Jackson 6.8 2022
BAL BAL
12 764 112 63.7 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
18 Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III 6.8 2012
WAS WAS
15 815 120 54.3 7 0 0 0 0.0 0
19 Dan Towler D. Towler 6.8 1951
LA LA
12 854 126 71.2 6 257 16 16.1 21.4 0
20 Michael Vick M. Vick 6.8 2010
PHI PHI
12 676 100 56.3 9 0 0 0 0.0 0
21 Tank Younger T. Younger 6.7 1954
LA LA
8 610 91 76.3 8 76 8 9.5 9.5 0
22 Steve McNair S. McNair 6.7 1997
TEN TEN
16 674 101 42.1 8 0 0 0.0 0
23 Ron Waller R. Waller 6.5 1956
LA LA
9 543 83 60.3 1 76 9 8.4 8.4 0
24 Ward Cuff W. Cuff 6.5 1943
NYG NYG
10 523 80 52.3 3 52 7 7.4 5.2 0
25 Keith Lincoln K. Lincoln 6.5 1963
SD SD
14 826 128 59.0 5 325 24 13.5 23.2 3
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

18.9

26th

OPP PPG

21.9

18th

RUSH YDS/G

127.0

9th

PASS YDS/G

222.1

22nd

2023 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
Falcons Falcons
7 10 0 .412
Panthers Panthers
2 15 0 .118
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/8
PIT PIT
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Mon
9/16
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/22
KC KC
@
ATL ATL
8:20 PM
Sun
9/29
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Thu
10/3
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
8:15 PM
Last Game
NO Saints

9-8-0

48

Final

17

ATL Falcons

7-10-0

Sun 7 Jan 2024

NFL 2023 Leaders

NFL 2023 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2023

NFL 2023 Betting

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
NFC East W L T PCT
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/5
BAL BAL
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/8
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
9/8
TEN TEN
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
9/8
JAX JAX
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM