which running back has the highest yards per carry in nfl history

Jamaal Charles has the most career rushing yards per attempt by a running back, with 5.4 per attempt.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the highest yards per carry with a minimum of 750 rushing attempts in NFL history?
NAME YPC ATT GP RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5.4
1,407
119
7,563
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
2 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
2,359
118
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
3 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
5.1
804
99
4,133
41.7
31
543
54
10.1
5.5
1
4 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
1,311
82
6,733
82.1
51
1,018
126
169
8.1
12.4
4
5 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.0
991
68
4,956
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
6 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
3,062
153
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
7 Aaron Jones
A. Jones
5.0
1,334
107
6,632
62.0
47
2,338
301
397
7.8
21.9
19
8 Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4.9
978
91
4,792
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
9 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4.9
1,075
61
5,255
86.1
45
1,066
136
175
7.8
17.5
4
10 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4.9
1,026
100
4,995
50.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
10.5
7
11 Robert Smith
R. Smith
4.8
1,411
98
6,818
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
12 Joe Perry
J. Perry
4.8
1,737
156
8,378
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
13 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.8
2,227
130
10,687
82.2
103
1,554
165
214
9.4
12.0
5
14 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
4.8
951
103
4,544
44.1
23
628
85
7.4
6.1
1
15 Gus Edwards
G. Edwards
4.8
753
75
3,590
47.9
26
376
31
38
12.1
5.0
0
16 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
4.7
1,344
108
6,378
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
17 Justin Forsett
J. Forsett
4.7
820
122
3,890
31.9
19
1,351
210
290
6.4
11.1
1
18 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4.7
1,329
93
6,303
67.8
52
4,415
519
642
8.5
47.5
29
19 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
4.7
1,196
158
5,672
35.9
27
3,069
328
9.4
19.4
18
20 James Brooks
J. Brooks
4.7
1,685
162
7,962
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
21 Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
4.7
906
83
4,279
51.6
22
1,194
172
242
6.9
14.4
3
22 Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4.7
986
116
4,649
40.1
32
1,955
209
9.4
16.9
9
23 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4.7
2,217
154
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
24 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
4.7
1,124
143
5,281
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
25 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
4.7
1,730
142
8,096
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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