In terms of the 2024 season, Ashtyn Davis leads the league in rushing yds per attempt with 21.0. Ranking in second place is Chigoziem Okonkwo, owning a rushing yards per attempt total of 17.0. Having earned a total of 15., Ricky Pearsall comes in at the third position. With the 4th and 5th spot are Tony Jones (13.8) along with Malachi Corley (13.0).
2024 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Ashtyn Davis |
21.0 |
2nd |
Chigoziem Okonkwo |
17.0 |
3rd |
Ricky Pearsall |
15.0 |
4th |
Tony Jones |
13.8 |
5th |
Malachi Corley |
13.0 |
6th |
Jahan Dotson |
13.0 |
7th |
Mecole Hardman |
12.4 |
8th |
Josh Downs |
12.0 |
9th |
Jakobi Meyers |
11.5 |
10th |
Matthew Hayball |
11.0 |
11th |
Jalen McMillan |
10.8 |
12th |
Ja’Marr Chase |
10.7 |
13th |
Taylor Heinicke |
10.0 |
14th |
Dane Belton |
10.0 |
15th |
Emari Demercado |
9.3 |
16th |
Ashton Dulin |
9.0 |
17th |
Xavier Smith |
9.0 |
18th |
Kevin Austin |
9.0 |
19th |
Keon Coleman |
9.0 |
20th |
Dyami Brown |
8.7 |
21st |
Sterling Shepard |
8.6 |
22nd |
Darius Slayton |
8.5 |
23rd |
Jayden Reed |
8.2 |
24th |
Spencer Rattler |
8.1 |
25th |
Brian Thomas |
8.0 |
26th |
Olamide Zaccheaus |
8.0 |
27th |
Ray-Ray McCloud |
7.9 |
28th |
Drake Maye |
7.8 |
29th |
Tyler Badie |
7.8 |
30th |
Drew Lock |
7.4 |
2022 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Jameson Williams |
40.0 |
2nd |
C.J. Moore |
27.5 |
3rd |
Ray-Ray McCloud |
19.5 |
4th |
Dante Pettis |
18.5 |
5th |
Ben Skowronek |
17.0 |
6th |
Dyami Brown |
15.0 |
7th |
Anthony Schwartz |
14.3 |
8th |
Rashid Shaheed |
14.3 |
9th |
Tyrod Taylor |
14.0 |
10th |
Connor Heyward |
13.5 |
11th |
Armani Rogers |
13.0 |
12th |
Deven Thompkins |
13.0 |
13th |
Treylon Burks |
11.8 |
14th |
Kadarius Toney |
11.7 |
15th |
Parris Campbell |
11.6 |
16th |
Brandon Aiyuk |
11.5 |
17th |
KJ Hamler |
11.5 |
18th |
Velus Jones Jr. |
11.4 |
19th |
Christian Watson |
11.4 |
20th |
Romeo Doubs |
11.0 |
21st |
Trenton Irwin |
11.0 |
22nd |
Amon-Ra St. Brown |
10.6 |
23rd |
Braxton Berrios |
10.1 |
24th |
Pierre Strong |
10.0 |
25th |
Mack Hollins |
10.0 |
26th |
Jerry Jeudy |
10.0 |
27th |
Michael Pittman Jr. |
10.0 |
28th |
Trey Sermon |
9.5 |
29th |
Equanimeous St. Brown |
9.0 |
30th |
Julio Jones |
9.0 |
2021 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
C.J. Moore |
28.0 |
2nd |
Greg Dortch |
24.0 |
3rd |
Scott Miller |
21.5 |
4th |
John Ross |
16.0 |
5th |
Jamal Agnew |
15.9 |
6th |
Emmanuel Sanders |
15.5 |
7th |
D’Wayne Eskridge |
14.8 |
8th |
Sean Chandler |
14.0 |
9th |
Cyril Grayson |
14.0 |
10th |
Chosen Anderson |
12.0 |
11th |
Terry McLaurin |
12.0 |
12th |
Tyler Boyd |
11.0 |
13th |
Jaelon Darden |
11.0 |
14th |
Christian Kirk |
11.0 |
15th |
Amari Rodgers |
11.0 |
16th |
Elijah Moore |
10.8 |
17th |
Tyreek Hill |
10.7 |
18th |
Ashton Dulin |
10.7 |
19th |
Allen Lazard |
10.7 |
20th |
Diontae Johnson |
10.6 |
21st |
Mason Rudolph |
10.6 |
22nd |
Brandin Cooks |
10.5 |
23rd |
Zach Pascal |
10.5 |
24th |
Kendrick Bourne |
10.4 |
25th |
Van Jefferson |
10.0 |
26th |
Raheem Mostert |
10.0 |
27th |
Mike Evans |
10.0 |
28th |
K.J. Osborn |
10.0 |
29th |
Jakobi Meyers |
9.0 |
30th |
Gunner Olszewski |
9.0 |
2020 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Odell Beckham Jr. |
24.0 |
2nd |
Shawn Williams |
23.0 |
3rd |
Antonio Gandy-Golden |
22.0 |
4th |
Penny Hart |
19.0 |
5th |
David Blough |
18.0 |
6th |
Steven Sims |
18.0 |
7th |
Devin Duvernay |
17.5 |
8th |
Ray-Ray McCloud |
16.3 |
9th |
Terry McLaurin |
15.0 |
10th |
Jeremy Chinn |
14.5 |
11th |
Jamison Crowder |
14.0 |
12th |
Jake Luton |
13.0 |
13th |
Brandon Aiyuk |
12.8 |
14th |
DeSean Jackson |
12.0 |
15th |
Josh Malone |
12.0 |
16th |
Emmanuel Sanders |
12.0 |
17th |
Clayton Fejedelem |
11.5 |
18th |
Julian Edelman |
11.0 |
19th |
D.J. Moore |
11.0 |
20th |
Barkevious Mingo |
11.0 |
21st |
Isaiah Zuber |
10.5 |
22nd |
Joshua Dobbs |
10.0 |
23rd |
Marcus Mariota |
9.8 |
24th |
Tyler Boyd |
9.8 |
25th |
Braxton Berrios |
9.7 |
26th |
Tyreek Hill |
9.5 |
27th |
John Wolford |
9.3 |
28th |
Garrett Gilbert |
9.3 |
29th |
Nathan Peterman |
9.0 |
30th |
Malik Taylor |
9.0 |
2019 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Anthony Levine |
31.0 |
2nd |
Derek Carrier |
27.0 |
3rd |
Allen Lazard |
21.0 |
4th |
A.J. Brown |
20.0 |
5th |
Bennie Fowler |
20.0 |
6th |
Jonnu Smith |
19.5 |
7th |
Trevor Davis |
18.3 |
8th |
Chester Rogers |
18.0 |
9th |
Vyncint Smith |
17.3 |
10th |
Calvin Ridley |
17.0 |
11th |
Golden Tate |
16.0 |
12th |
Marquise Goodwin |
15.0 |
13th |
Robert Foster |
14.5 |
14th |
Stefon Diggs |
12.2 |
15th |
Sterling Shepard |
12.0 |
16th |
Deebo Samuel |
11.4 |
17th |
Isaiah Ford |
11.0 |
18th |
John Franklin |
11.0 |
19th |
Diontae Johnson |
10.3 |
20th |
DJ Chark |
10.0 |
21st |
Tyler Ervin |
10.0 |
22nd |
Jarvis Landry |
10.0 |
23rd |
N’Keal Harry |
9.8 |
24th |
Steven Sims |
9.4 |
25th |
Christian Kirk |
9.3 |
26th |
Albert Wilson |
9.0 |
27th |
DeAndre Hopkins |
9.0 |
28th |
Jamal Agnew |
9.0 |
29th |
Johnny Holton |
9.0 |
30th |
Dawson Knox |
9.0 |
2018 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Johnny Townsend |
42.0 |
2nd |
Raven Greene |
26.0 |
3rd |
Darren Waller |
21.0 |
4th |
Jarvis Landry |
20.0 |
5th |
Jarius Wright |
19.5 |
6th |
Jamal Agnew |
17.0 |
7th |
Tajae Sharpe |
16.0 |
8th |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling |
14.5 |
9th |
Leonte Carroo |
14.0 |
10th |
Riley Dixon |
14.0 |
11th |
Emmanuel Sanders |
13.3 |
12th |
D.J. Moore |
13.2 |
13th |
JuJu Smith-Schuster |
13.0 |
14th |
Willie Snead |
13.0 |
15th |
Evan Engram |
12.0 |
16th |
Julian Edelman |
11.9 |
17th |
Christian Kirk |
11.7 |
18th |
Brandon Bolden |
11.4 |
19th |
Sterling Shepard |
11.0 |
20th |
Dede Westbrook |
10.9 |
21st |
Nelson Agholor |
10.7 |
22nd |
Curtis Samuel |
10.5 |
23rd |
Sammy Watkins |
10.4 |
24th |
Amari Cooper |
10.0 |
25th |
Andre Roberts |
10.0 |
26th |
George Kittle |
10.0 |
27th |
Justin Davis |
9.5 |
28th |
De’Angelo Henderson |
9.5 |
29th |
Tavon Austin |
9.2 |
30th |
Corey Davis |
9.2 |
2017 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Chris Jones |
24.0 |
2nd |
Nate Sudfeld |
22.0 |
3rd |
Marqise Lee |
17.0 |
4th |
Chad Williams |
16.5 |
5th |
Curtis Samuel |
16.0 |
6th |
Darrius Heyward-Bey |
16.0 |
7th |
Julio Jones |
15.0 |
8th |
Jojo Natson |
15.0 |
9th |
Nate Ebner |
14.0 |
10th |
Evan Engram |
14.0 |
11th |
Gerald Everett |
13.0 |
12th |
DeSean Jackson |
12.7 |
13th |
JJ Nelson |
12.3 |
14th |
Damiere Byrd |
12.0 |
15th |
John Ross |
12.0 |
16th |
Adoree’ Jackson |
11.0 |
17th |
Marquise Goodwin |
11.0 |
18th |
Adam Thielen |
11.0 |
19th |
T.J. Yates |
10.2 |
20th |
John Brown |
10.0 |
21st |
Kasey Redfern |
10.0 |
22nd |
Russell Shepard |
9.5 |
23rd |
Cordarrelle Patterson |
9.3 |
24th |
Kaelin Clay |
9.0 |
25th |
Kenny Golladay |
9.0 |
26th |
Michael Campanaro |
8.4 |
27th |
Corey Grant |
8.3 |
28th |
Odell Beckham Jr. |
8.0 |
29th |
Bryce Petty |
7.9 |
30th |
Brett Hundley |
7.5 |
2016 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Darrius Heyward-Bey |
60.0 |
2nd |
Chris Jones |
30.0 |
3rd |
Albert Wilson |
25.0 |
4th |
Michael Campanaro |
24.0 |
5th |
JJ Nelson |
20.8 |
6th |
Tyler Lockett |
19.0 |
7th |
Jeff Janis |
19.0 |
8th |
Brandon Tate |
16.0 |
9th |
Colton Schmidt |
16.0 |
10th |
Marc Mariani |
15.0 |
11th |
Kendall Wright |
15.0 |
12th |
Tyler Boyd |
14.5 |
13th |
Chosen Anderson |
14.0 |
14th |
Marquette King |
13.5 |
15th |
Kevin Hogan |
13.1 |
16th |
Jon Ryan |
13.0 |
17th |
Taylor Gabriel |
12.8 |
18th |
Quincy Enunwa |
12.0 |
19th |
Tyreek Hill |
11.1 |
20th |
Percy Harvin |
11.0 |
21st |
Mack Brown |
10.3 |
22nd |
Sterling Shepard |
10.3 |
23rd |
John Brown |
10.0 |
24th |
Josh Bellamy |
9.3 |
25th |
Odell Beckham Jr. |
9.0 |
26th |
Russell Shepard |
9.0 |
27th |
Kevin White |
9.0 |
28th |
Kerwynn Williams |
8.7 |
29th |
Andy Janovich |
8.3 |
30th |
Lucky Whitehead |
8.2 |
2015 NFL Rushing Yards Per Attempt Leaders
Rank |
Player |
Stat |
1st |
Delanie Walker |
36.0 |
2nd |
Jarius Wright |
29.0 |
3rd |
Adam Thielen |
22.3 |
4th |
Pat McAfee |
18.0 |
5th |
Isa Abdul-Quddus |
17.0 |
6th |
Geno Smith |
17.0 |
7th |
Jerricho Cotchery |
16.0 |
8th |
Ted Ginn Jr. |
15.0 |
9th |
Lance Dunbar |
13.4 |
10th |
Javontee Herndon |
13.0 |
11th |
Richard Rodgers |
11.0 |
12th |
Antone Smith |
11.0 |
13th |
Lucky Whitehead |
10.7 |
14th |
Jordan Poyer |
10.0 |
15th |
Emmanuel Sanders |
9.7 |
16th |
Antonio Brown |
9.3 |
17th |
Michael Campanaro |
8.5 |
18th |
Tavon Austin |
8.3 |
19th |
Tre McBride |
8.0 |
20th |
Tony Washington |
8.0 |
21st |
Julian Edelman |
7.7 |
22nd |
Marqise Lee |
7.6 |
23rd |
Cordarrelle Patterson |
7.5 |
24th |
Marcus Mariota |
7.4 |
25th |
Martavis Bryant |
7.4 |
26th |
John Brown |
7.3 |
27th |
Mohamed Sanu |
7.1 |
28th |
Bruce Ellington |
7.0 |
29th |
Sam Koch |
7.0 |
30th |
Tim Masthay |
7.0 |