NFL Yards per Rushing Attempt Single-Season Leaders (since 1933)

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Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Y/A	Year	Tm
1	Michael Vick (26)	8.4	2006	ATL
	Beattie Feathers (25)	8.4	1934	CHI
3	Randall Cunningham (27)	8.0	1990	PHI
4	Lenny Moore+ (22)	7.5	1956	BAL
	Michael Vick (24)	7.5	2004	ATL
6	Lenny Moore+ (24)	7.3	1958	BAL
	Skeet Quinlan (25)	7.3	1953	RAM
8	Russell Wilson (25)	7.2	2014	SEA
9	Justin Fields (23)	7.1	2022	CHI
	Joe Maniaci (25)	7.1	1939	CHI
11	Lenny Moore+ (27)	7.0	1961	BAL
	Hugh McElhenny+ (23)	7.0	1952	SFO
13	Tobin Rote (23)	6.9	1951	GNB
	Michael Vick (22)	6.9	2002	ATL
	Bobby Douglass (25)	6.9	1972	CHI
	Lamar Jackson (22)	6.9	2019	BAL
17	Lamar Jackson (25)	6.8	2022	BAL
	Joe Perry+ (22)	6.8	1949	SFO
	Robert Griffin III (22)	6.8	2012	WAS
	Dan Towler (23)	6.8	1951	RAM
	Michael Vick (30)	6.8	2010	PHI
22	Tank Younger (26)	6.7	1954	RAM
	Steve McNair (24)	6.7	1997	TEN
24	Ron Waller (23)	6.5	1956	RAM
	Ward Cuff (31)	6.5	1943	NYG
	Buddy Young (23)	6.5	1949	NYY
	Johnny Strzykalski (26)	6.5	1948	SFO
	Keith Lincoln (24)	6.5	1963	SDG
29	Charley Trippi+ (29)	6.4	1951	CRD
	Mercury Morris (26)	6.4	1973	MIA
	Jim Brown+ (27)	6.4	1963	CLE
	Jamaal Charles (23)	6.4	2010	KAN
	Ernie Caddel (25)	6.4	1936	DET
34	Johnny Strzykalski (25)	6.3	1947	SFO
	Lamar Jackson (23)	6.3	2020	BAL
	Fred Gehrke (27)	6.3	1945	RAM
	Rashaad Penny (25)	6.3	2021	SEA
	Paul Lowe (23)	6.3	1960	LAC
	Josh Allen (25)	6.3	2021	BUF
	Bobby Mitchell+ (23)	6.3	1958	CLE
41	Vic Kulbitski (25)	6.2	1946	BUF
	Dick Bass (24)	6.2	1961	RAM
	Dutch Clark+ (27)	6.2	1934	DET
	Gale Sayers+ (25)	6.2	1968	CHI
	Chet Mutryn (26)	6.2	1947	BUF
	Spec Sanders (29)	6.2	1947	NYY
	Jim Gillette (27)	6.2	1945	RAM
	Kyler Murray (23)	6.2	2020	ARI
49	Josh Allen (26)	6.1	2022	BUF
	Colin Kaepernick (26)	6.1	2014	SFO
	Marion Motley+ (28)	6.1	1948	CLE
	Buddy Young (21)	6.1	1947	NYY
	Barry Sanders+ (29)	6.1	1997	DET
	Marion Motley+ (27)	6.1	1947	CLE
	Dante Magnani (26)	6.1	1943	CHI
	Alvin Kamara (22)	6.1	2017	NOR
	Joe Perry+ (31)	6.1	1958	SFO
	Joe Perry+ (27)	6.1	1954	SFO
	Pete Layden (28)	6.1	1948	NYY
	Dick Hoerner (29)	6.1	1951	RAM
61	O.J. Simpson+ (26)	6.0	1973	BUF
	Hokie Gajan (25)	6.0	1984	NOR
	Ted McKnight (24)	6.0	1978	KAN
	Adrian Peterson (27)	6.0	2012	MIN
	Bosh Pritchard (29)	6.0	1949	PHI
	C.J. Spiller (25)	6.0	2012	BUF
	J.K. Dobbins (21)	6.0	2020	BAL
	Skeet Quinlan (26)	6.0	1954	RAM
	Randall Cunningham (26)	6.0	1989	PHI
	Jerious Norwood (24)	6.0	2007	ATL
71	Jim Brown+ (22)	5.9	1958	CLE
	Glenn Dobbs (28)	5.9	1948	LAD
	Felix Jones (22)	5.9	2009	DAL
	Daniel Jones (25)	5.9	2022	NYG
	Jamaal Charles (22)	5.9	2009	KAN
	Nick Pietrosante (21)	5.9	1959	DET
	Michael Vick (25)	5.9	2005	ATL
	John David Crow (25)	5.9	1960	STL
79	Jim Brown+ (24)	5.8	1960	CLE
	Cam Newton (23)	5.8	2012	CAR
	Napoleon Kaufman (23)	5.8	1996	OAK
	Steve Van Buren+ (24)	5.8	1945	PHI
	Marion Motley+ (30)	5.8	1950	CLE
	Dan Towler (25)	5.8	1953	RAM
	Bill Osmanski (23)	5.8	1939	CHI
	Gene Ronzani (25)	5.8	1934	CHI
	Lamar Jackson (24)	5.8	2021	BAL
88	Daunte Culpepper (25)	5.7	2002	MIN
	Dan Towler (24)	5.7	1952	RAM
	Billy Grimes (23)	5.7	1950	GNB
	Mike Gillislee (25)	5.7	2016	BUF
	Paul Lowe (26)	5.7	1963	SDG
	Barry Sanders+ (26)	5.7	1994	DET
	Bobby Mitchell+ (24)	5.7	1959	CLE
	Maurice Jones-Drew (21)	5.7	2006	JAX
	Khalil Herbert (24)	5.7	2022	CHI
97	Thomas Rawls (22)	5.6	2015	SEA
	Ernie Caddel (26)	5.6	1937	DET
	Jalen Hurts (23)	5.6	2021	PHI
	Wray Carlton (25)	5.6	1962	BUF
	Raheem Mostert (27)	5.6	2019	SFO
	Adrian Peterson (22)	5.6	2007	MIN
	Derrick Ward (28)	5.6	2008	NYG
	Nick Chubb (24)	5.6	2020	CLE
	Franco Harris+ (22)	5.6	1972	PIT
	Abner Haynes (22)	5.6	1960	DTX
	Bob Hoernschemeyer (24)	5.6	1950	DET
	James Brooks (30)	5.6	1989	CIN
	Chris Johnson (23)	5.6	2009	TEN
	Cam Newton (22)	5.6	2011	CAR
	Brandon Jacobs (28)	5.6	2010	NYG
	Chet Mutryn (27)	5.6	1948	BUF
	Ward Cuff (32)	5.6	1944	NYG
	Don Calhoun (24)	5.6	1976	NWE
	Bobby Douglass (26)	5.6	1973	CHI
	Bo Jackson (27)	5.6	1990	RAI
	Eddie Price (25)	5.6	1950	NYG
	Amos Marsh (23)	5.6	1962	DAL
	Eric Dickerson+ (24)	5.6	1984	RAM
	Steve Van Buren+ (23)	5.6	1944	PHI
121	DeAngelo Williams (25)	5.5	2008	CAR
	Lamar Jackson (26)	5.5	2023	BAL
	Brad Hubbert (26)	5.5	1967	SDG
	Tony Pollard (24)	5.5	2021	DAL
	Andre Ellington (24)	5.5	2013	ARI
	Clinton Portis (21)	5.5	2002	DEN
	O.J. Simpson+ (28)	5.5	1975	BUF
	Nick Chubb (25)	5.5	2021	CLE
	Swede Hanson (26)	5.5	1934	PHI
	Bilal Powell (27)	5.5	2016	NYJ
	Miles Sanders (24)	5.5	2021	PHI
	Stump Mitchell (26)	5.5	1985	STL
	Fred Jackson (30)	5.5	2011	BUF
	Aaron Jones (25)	5.5	2020	GNB
	Bo Jackson (26)	5.5	1989	RAI
	Gerry Ellis (27)	5.5	1985	GNB
	Clinton Portis (22)	5.5	2003	DEN
	Mack Lee Hill (24)	5.5	1964	KAN
	Aaron Jones (23)	5.5	2018	GNB
	DeMarco Murray (23)	5.5	2011	DAL
	Walter Payton+ (24)	5.5	1977	CHI
	Tyrod Taylor (26)	5.5	2015	BUF
	Leroy Kelly+ (24)	5.5	1966	CLE
	Marshall Faulk+ (26)	5.5	1999	STL
	Robert Smith (25)	5.5	1997	MIN
	Jonathan Taylor (22)	5.5	2021	IND
	Greg Pruitt (27)	5.5	1978	CLE
	Mosi Tatupu (28)	5.5	1983	NWE
149	Timmy Brown (28)	5.4	1965	PHI
	Mike Garrett (22)	5.4	1966	KAN
	Charlie Garner (23)	5.4	1995	PHI
	Curtis McClinton (23)	5.4	1962	DTX
	Darren McFadden (24)	5.4	2011	OAK
	Frank Gore (23)	5.4	2006	SFO
	Kerryon Johnson (21)	5.4	2018	DET
	Justin Forsett (23)	5.4	2009	SEA
	Bert Coan (26)	5.4	1966	KAN
	Doug Russell (23)	5.4	1934	CRD
	Bobby Mitchell+ (26)	5.4	1961	CLE
	Cam Newton (28)	5.4	2017	CAR
	Frank Akins (26)	5.4	1945	WAS
	Cliff Battles+ (23)	5.4	1933	BOS
	Jim Taylor+ (26)	5.4	1962	GNB
	Nick Pietrosante (22)	5.4	1960	DET
	LeSean McCoy (28)	5.4	2016	BUF
	Don Bosseler (23)	5.4	1959	WAS
	Onterrio Smith (22)	5.4	2003	MIN
	Tim Tebow (24)	5.4	2011	DEN
	Clarence Peaks (24)	5.4	1960	PHI
	Phillip Lindsay (24)	5.4	2018	DEN
	Pierre Thomas (24)	5.4	2009	NOR
	DeAngelo Williams (28)	5.4	2011	CAR
	Delvin Williams (24)	5.4	1975	SFO
	Elmer Angsman (23)	5.4	1949	CRD
	Charley Trippi+ (26)	5.4	1948	CRD
	Fred Taylor (31)	5.4	2007	JAX
	Larry Csonka+ (24)	5.4	1971	MIA
	Justin Forsett (28)	5.4	2014	BAL
	Ben Tate (23)	5.4	2011	HOU
	Jim Taylor+ (25)	5.4	1961	GNB
	Rick Casares (24)	5.4	1955	CHI
	Warrick Dunn (28)	5.4	2003	ATL
	Chester Taylor (27)	5.4	2007	MIN
	Gale Sayers+ (23)	5.4	1966	CHI
	Marshall Faulk+ (27)	5.4	2000	STL
	Russell Wilson (26)	5.4	2015	SEA
	Dick Todd (25)	5.4	1940	WAS
	Christian McCaffrey (27)	5.4	2023	SFO
	Derrick Henry (26)	5.4	2020	TEN
	Ollie Matson+ (29)	5.4	1959	RAM
	Jonathan Stewart (24)	5.4	2011	CAR
	Charlie Justice (29)	5.4	1953	WAS
	Wayne Crow (24)	5.4	1962	BUF
	Correll Buckhalter (30)	5.4	2009	DEN
195	Otis Armstrong (23)	5.3	1974	DEN
	Gus Edwards (24)	5.3	2019	BAL
	Lou Tomasetti (32)	5.3	1948	BUF
	Jim Brown+ (29)	5.3	1965	CLE
	Jamal Lewis (24)	5.3	2003	BAL
	Robert Green (24)	5.3	1995	CHI
	Joe Washington (29)	5.3	1983	WAS
	Tatum Bell (24)	5.3	2005	DEN
	Matt Breida (23)	5.3	2018	SFO
	Tony Nathan (24)	5.3	1981	MIA
	Duane Thomas (23)	5.3	1970	DAL
	Marshall Faulk+ (28)	5.3	2001	STL
	Chet Mutryn (28)	5.3	1949	BUF
	Charlie Smith (22)	5.3	1968	OAK
	Ahman Green (26)	5.3	2003	GNB
	James Brooks (27)	5.3	1986	CIN
	Billy Kilmer (22)	5.3	1961	SFO
	Joe Perry+ (26)	5.3	1953	SFO
	Bill Osmanski (25)	5.3	1941	CHI
	Justin Fields (24)	5.3	2023	CHI
	Jamaal Charles (25)	5.3	2012	KAN
	Don Johnson (21)	5.3	1953	PHI
	Miles Sanders (23)	5.3	2020	PHI
	Charlie Garner (30)	5.3	2002	OAK
	Billy Sims (28)	5.3	1984	DET
	Fred Morrison (28)	5.3	1955	CLE
	John Henry Johnson+ (24)	5.3	1954	SFO
	John Dottley (23)	5.3	1951	CHI
	Ray Rice (22)	5.3	2009	BAL
	Dick Bass (25)	5.3	1962	RAM
	Cam Newton (24)	5.3	2013	CAR
	Donald Brown (26)	5.3	2013	IND
	Mercury Morris (25)	5.3	1972	MIA
	Aaron Jones (27)	5.3	2022	GNB
	John Henry Johnson+ (30)	5.3	1960	PIT
	Jaylen Warren (24)	5.3	2023	PIT
	Bob Margarita (23)	5.3	1944	CHI
	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (24)	5.3	2003	SDG
	Billy Lott (25)	5.3	1960	OAK
	Ickey Woods (22)	5.3	1988	CIN
	Emmitt Smith+ (24)	5.3	1993	DAL
	Mel Bleeker (24)	5.3	1944	PHI
	Clarence Davis (24)	5.3	1973	OAK
	Barry Sanders+ (21)	5.3	1989	DET
239	Larry Csonka+ (25)	5.2	1972	MIA
	C.J. Spiller (24)	5.2	2011	BUF
	Gus Edwards (23)	5.2	2018	BAL
	Brian Westbrook (24)	5.2	2003	PHI
	Cecil Isbell (23)	5.2	1938	GNB
	Cam Newton (25)	5.2	2014	CAR
	Kenyan Drake (25)	5.2	2019	ARI
	Austin Ekeler (23)	5.2	2018	LAC
	Chris Ivory (22)	5.2	2010	NOR
	Fred Gehrke (28)	5.2	1946	RAM
	Lawrence McCutcheon (23)	5.2	1973	RAM
	Gale Sayers+ (22)	5.2	1965	CHI
	Jim Fordham (27)	5.2	1944	CHI
	Bob Hoernschemeyer (22)	5.2	1948	BDA
	Joe Perry+ (23)	5.2	1950	SFO
	Tony Pollard (25)	5.2	2022	DAL
	LeSean McCoy (22)	5.2	2010	PHI
	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (27)	5.2	2006	SDG
	Sid Blanks (24)	5.2	1964	HOU
	Tiki Barber (26)	5.2	2001	NYG
	Jordan Howard (21)	5.2	2016	CHI
	Tiki Barber (30)	5.2	2005	NYG
	Ernie Green (27)	5.2	1966	CLE
	Larry Johnson (25)	5.2	2005	KAN
	Selvin Young (23)	5.2	2007	DEN
	Heath Sherman (25)	5.2	1992	PHI
	Freeman McNeil (23)	5.2	1982	NYJ
	Tim Biakabutuka (25)	5.2	1999	CAR
	Tony Canadeo+ (24)	5.2	1943	GNB
	Johnny Clement (27)	5.2	1947	PIT
	Jahmyr Gibbs (21)	5.2	2023	DET
	George Wonsley (24)	5.2	1985	IND
	Darren McFadden (23)	5.2	2010	OAK
	Nick Chubb (22)	5.2	2018	CLE
	Earl Campbell+ (25)	5.2	1980	HOU
	O.J. Simpson+ (29)	5.2	1976	BUF
	Breezy Reid (26)	5.2	1953	GNB
	Napoleon Kaufman (26)	5.2	1999	OAK
	Ernie Caddel (24)	5.2	1935	DET
	DeAngelo Williams (26)	5.2	2009	CAR
	Billy Grimes (22)	5.2	1949	LAD
	DeMarco Murray (25)	5.2	2013	DAL
	Jim Brown+ (28)	5.2	1964	CLE
	Billy Wells (22)	5.2	1954	WAS
	Priest Holmes (28)	5.2	2002	KAN
	Robert Smith (28)	5.2	2000	MIN
	Johnny Olszewski (27)	5.2	1958	WAS
	Frank Gifford+ (26)	5.2	1956	NYG

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