which running back has the highest yards per carry in a season

Beattie Feathers has the most rushing yards per attempt by a running back in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in his rookie season in 1934.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game in a season?
NAME YPC SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
8.4
1934
CHB CHB
11
1,004
119
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
2 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.5
1956
BAL BAL
12
649
86
54.1
8
102
11
9.3
8.5
1
3 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
7.3
1958
BAL BAL
12
598
82
49.8
7
938
50
18.8
78.2
7
4 Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
7.3
1953
LA LA
12
705
97
58.8
4
260
17
15.3
21.7
2
5 Joe Maniaci
J. Maniaci
7.1
1939
CHB CHB
9
544
77
60.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
6 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
7.0
1952
SF SF
12
684
98
57.0
6
367
26
14.1
30.6
3
7 Dan Towler
D. Towler
6.8
1951
LA LA
12
854
126
71.2
6
257
16
16.1
21.4
0
8 Tank Younger
T. Younger
6.7
1954
LA LA
8
610
91
76.3
8
76
8
9.5
9.5
0
9 Ron Waller
R. Waller
6.5
1956
LA LA
9
543
83
60.3
1
76
9
8.4
8.4
0
10 Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
6.5
1943
NYG NYG
10
523
80
52.3
3
52
7
7.4
5.2
0
11 Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
6.5
1963
SD SD
14
826
128
59.0
5
325
24
13.5
23.2
3
12 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
6.4
1973
MIA MIA
13
954
149
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
13 Jim Brown
J. Brown
6.4
1963
CLE CLE
14
1,863
291
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
14 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
6.4
2010
KC KC
16
1,467
230
91.7
5
468
45
64
10.4
29.3
3
15 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
6.4
1936
DET DET
11
580
91
52.7
4
150
19
7.9
13.6
1
16 Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
6.3
1945
CLE CLE
10
467
74
46.7
7
90
8
11.3
9.0
1
17 Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
6.3
2021
SEA SEA
10
749
119
74.9
6
48
6
8
8.0
4.8
0
18 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
6.3
1960
LAC LAC
14
855
136
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
19 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6.3
1958
CLE CLE
12
500
80
41.7
1
131
16
8.2
10.9
3
20 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
6.2
2024
PHI PHI
11
1,392
223
126.5
10
257
27
33
9.5
23.4
2
21 Dick Bass
D. Bass
6.2
1961
LA LA
14
608
98
43.4
4
145
16
9.1
10.4
0
22 Dutch Clark
D. Clark
6.2
1934
DET DET
12
763
123
63.6
8
72
6
12.0
6.0
0
23 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6.2
1968
CHI CHI
9
856
138
95.1
2
117
15
7.8
13.0
0
24 Jim Gillette
J. Gillette
6.2
1945
CLE CLE
10
390
63
39.0
1
48
6
8.0
4.8
0
25 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6.1
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

20.1

22nd

OPP PPG

19.7

8th

RUSH YDS/G

111.8

22nd

PASS YDS/G

214.2

25th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
Packers Packers
8
3
0
.727
Bears Bears
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Thu
12/26
SEA SEA
@
CHI CHI
8:15 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

4 - 7 - 0

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Final

30

MIN Vikings

9 - 2 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
9
2
0
.818
Commanders Commanders
7
5
0
.583
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
6
0
.455
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
5
0
.545
Cardinals Cardinals
6
5
0
.545
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
5
6
0
.455
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
8
4
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
5
0
.583
Colts Colts
5
7
0
.417
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
10
1
0
.909
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
11/24
BAL BAL
@
LAC LAC
30-23
Sat
11/23
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
37-20
Sat
11/23
SF SF
@
GB GB
10-38
Sat
11/23
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
6-16
Sat
11/23
DEN DEN
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LV LV
29-19

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
12/12
LAR LAR
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8:15 PM
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
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8:15 PM
Sun
12/8
LAC LAC
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8:20 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
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SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM