most yards per carry by running back single season minimum 200 attempts

Jim Brown has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back with 200+ rush attempts in a season, with 6.4 per attempt in 1963.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry by running back single season minimum 200 rushing attempts
NAME YPC ATT SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
291
1963
CLE CLE
14
1,863
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
2 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
230
2010
KC KC
16
1,467
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
335
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
4 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6.0
332
1973
BUF BUF
14
2,003
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6.0
348
2012
MIN MIN
16
2,097
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
6 C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
6.0
207
2012
BUF BUF
16
1,244
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.9
257
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,527
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
8 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5.9
325
2024
BAL BAL
17
1,921
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
9 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.8
215
1960
CLE CLE
12
1,257
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
10 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
5.8
345
2024
PHI PHI
16
2,005
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
11 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.7
331
1994
DET DET
16
1,883
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
12 Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.6
250
2024
DET DET
17
1,412
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
13 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.6
238
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
14 James Brooks
J. Brooks
5.6
221
1989
CIN CIN
16
1,239
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
15 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5.6
358
2009
TEN TEN
16
2,006
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
16 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5.6
379
1984
RAM RAM
16
2,105
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
17 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
5.5
273
2008
CAR CAR
16
1,515
94.7
18
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
18 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
273
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
19 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
5.5
329
1975
BUF BUF
14
1,817
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
20 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.5
228
2021
CLE CLE
14
1,259
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
21 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
5.5
201
2020
GB GB
14
1,104
78.9
9
355
47
63
7.6
25.4
2
22 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
290
2003
DEN DEN
13
1,591
122.4
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
23 Walter Payton
W. Payton
5.5
339
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
24 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
5.5
209
1966
CLE CLE
14
1,141
81.5
15
366
32
11.4
26.1
1
25 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5.5
253
1999
STL STL
16
1,381
86.3
7
1,048
87
103
12.0
65.5
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Ravens Ravens
12
5
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.706
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10
7
0
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8
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14
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
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Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
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Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647