Rushing Yards Per Attempt Single Season Leaders and Records

Minimum 300 rush attempts.
An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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Leaders

  • Since 1956
  • Minimum 6.25 rush attempts per school game.
Leaders Table
Rk Player Avg Year School
1Anthony Alridge*10.12006Houston
2Rachaad White102020Arizona State
3Chuck Weatherspoon9.61989Houston
4Leon Burton9.61957Arizona State
5Jhurell Pressley9.52014New Mexico
6Pervis Atkins9.41960New Mexico State
7Greg Pruitt9.41971Oklahoma
8Khalil Tate*9.22017Arizona
9Percy Harvin*9.22007Florida
10Ty Johnson*9.12016Maryland
11Dri Archer*92012Kent State
12Darrell Henderson*8.92018Memphis
13Billy Walik8.91969Villanova
14Greg McCrae*8.92018UCF
15Darrell Henderson*8.92017Memphis
16Kennedy Brooks*8.92018Oklahoma
17Teriyon Gipson*8.82016New Mexico
18Felix Jones*8.72007Arkansas
19Reggie Bush*8.72005USC
20Matt Breida8.72014Georgia Southern
21Jake Funk8.62020Maryland
22Devon Johnson*8.62014Marshall
23Malcolm Perry*8.62017Navy
24Timothy McVey*8.52016Air Force
25Mike Brown8.51983Air Force
26Onterio McCalebb*8.52010Auburn
27Leeland McElroy8.51993Texas A&M
28Chuck Weatherspoon8.51988Houston
29Reggie Corbin8.52018Illinois
30Robert Farmer8.51996Notre Dame
31Tommy Lorino8.41956Auburn
32Tom Larscheid8.41960Utah State
33Jayden Daniels*8.42023LSU
34Elijah McGuire*8.42013Louisiana
35Calvin Jones8.31991Nebraska
36Brent Fullwood8.31986Auburn
37Cecil Collins8.31997LSU
38Shun White*8.32008Navy
39Benny Malone8.21971Arizona State
40Santonio Beard8.22001Alabama
41Alex Green*8.22010Hawaii
42Rashard Mendenhall8.22006Illinois
43David Sims8.21975Georgia Tech
44Bijan Robinson*8.22020Texas
45Jahvid Best*8.12008California
46Luke Staley8.12001Brigham Young
47Travis Etienne*8.12018Clemson
48Nick Chubb*8.12015Georgia
49Henry Josey*8.12011Missouri
50Bryce Love*8.12017Stanford
51Reggie Brooks81992Notre Dame
52Karlos Williams*82013Florida State
53Kevin Lowe81984Wyoming
54Tyrone Owens*82016New Mexico
55Xavier Williams82020Kent State
Matt Jones82001Arkansas
57Michael Carter*82020North Carolina
58Terion Stewart82020Bowling Green State
59Kareem Hunt*82014Toledo
60Curtis Samuel*7.92016Ohio State
61Lynn Bowden Jr.*7.92019Kentucky
62Matt Breida*7.92015Georgia Southern
63Ke'Shawn Vaughn*7.92018Vanderbilt
64Wilbur Jackson7.91973Alabama
65Jimmy Saxton7.91961Texas
66Gerry Gdowski7.91989Nebraska
67Terry Baggett7.92013Army
68Anthony McFarland7.92018Maryland
69Ja'Terian Douglas*7.92011Tulsa
70Henry White7.91977Colgate
71Kenny King7.91978Oklahoma
72Sony Michel*7.92017Georgia
73George Stripling*7.92005Louisville
74Clendon Thomas7.91956Oklahoma
75Ernie Davis7.81960Syracuse
76Vai Taua*7.82009Nevada
77Mike Rozier7.81983Nebraska
78Melvin Gordon*7.82013Wisconsin
79Tyler Nevens*7.82020San Jose State
80Travis Etienne*7.82019Clemson
81Billy Brown7.81959New Mexico
82Kenton Keith7.82000New Mexico State
83Leonard Henry7.82001East Carolina
84Rashaad Penny*7.82017San Diego State
85Ki-Jana Carter7.81994Penn State
86Gwain Durden7.81979Chattanooga
Gralyn Wyatt7.81974Texas
88Robert Parham7.81977Grambling State
89Aaron Jones7.72016UTEP
90John Lee Eldridge III*7.72022Air Force
91Quinton Flowers*7.72016South Florida
92Lache Seastrunk*7.72012Baylor
93Jahiem White*7.72023West Virginia
94Luke Lippincott*7.72009Nevada
95Joshua Cribbs7.72002Kent State
96Harry Jones7.71965Arkansas
97Lawrence Phillips7.71995Nebraska
98Ahman Green7.71995Nebraska
99Larry Johnson*7.72002Penn State
100Lewis Walker7.71979Utah