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1969 NFL Yards per Carry Leaders

Rushing yards per attempt

1969 running backs only → All-time career leaders →

Carl Garrett led the whole NFL in yards per carry in 1969 with 5.04, 0.05 ahead of Floyd Little (4.99).

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Carl Garrett Led the whole NFL in 1969 Carl Garrett BOS
5.04 Yards per Carry 0.05 clear of Floyd Little
Showing Yards per Carry and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team Y/A G ATT YDS TD
1 Carl Garrett Carl Garrett BOS 5.04 14 137 691 5
2 Floyd Little Floyd Little DEN 4.99 9 146 729 6
3 Jess Phillips Jess Phillips CIN 4.90 14 118 578 3
4 Dickie Post Dickie Post SD 4.80 14 182 873 6
5 Tony Baker NO 4.79 14 134 642 1
6 Warren McVea Warren McVea KC 4.72 11 106 500 7
7 Cid Edwards SLC 4.71 14 107 504 3
8 Walt Garrison Walt Garrison DAL 4.65 13 176 818 2
9 Emerson Boozer Emerson Boozer NYJ 4.65 14 130 604 4
10 Calvin Hill Calvin Hill DAL 4.62 13 204 942 8
11 Tom Woodeshick Tom Woodeshick PHI 4.47 12 186 831 4
12 Larry Brown Larry Brown WAS 4.40 14 202 888 4
13 Gale Sayers Gale Sayers CHI 4.37 14 236 1,032 8
14 Mike Garrett Mike Garrett KC 4.36 14 168 732 6
15 Larry Csonka Larry Csonka MIA 4.32 11 131 566 2
16 Pete Banaszak OAK 4.28 12 88 377 0
17 Fran Lynch DEN 4.24 11 96 407 2
18 Andy Livingston NO 4.20 14 181 761 5
19 Leroy Kelly Leroy Kelly CLE 4.17 13 196 817 9
20 Travis Williams GB 4.16 13 129 536 4
21 Robert Holmes Robert Holmes KC 4.08 14 150 612 2
22 Cannonball Butler ATL 4.02 14 163 655 3
23 Hoyle Granger Hoyle Granger HOO 3.98 13 186 740 3
24 Junior Coffey ATL 3.90 12 131 511 2
25 Jim Nance Jim Nance BOS 3.89 14 193 750 6
26 Tom Matte Tom Matte BAC 3.87 14 235 909 11
27 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson BUF 3.85 13 181 697 2
28 Hewritt Dixon Hewritt Dixon OAK 3.72 11 107 398 0
29 Les Josephson LAN 3.72 14 124 461 0
30 Bill Mathis Bill Mathis NYJ 3.70 14 96 355 4
31 Doug Cunningham SF 3.68 14 147 541 3
32 Matt Snell Matt Snell NYJ 3.64 14 191 695 4
33 Joe Morrison Joe Morrison NYG 3.62 14 107 387 4
34 Roy Hopkins HOO 3.61 14 131 473 4
35 Johnny Roland SLC 3.61 14 138 498 5
36 Larry Smith Larry Smith LAN 3.61 14 166 599 1
37 Brad Hubbert SD 3.54 14 94 333 4
38 Dick Hoak Dick Hoak PIT 3.52 14 151 531 2
39 Dave Osborn Dave Osborn MIN 3.46 14 186 643 7
40 Ron Johnson Ron Johnson CLE 3.42 14 138 472 7
41 Bill Brown Bill Brown MIN 3.41 12 126 430 3
42 Bill Triplett Bill Triplett DET 3.40 14 111 377 3
43 Charlie Smith Charlie Smith OAK 3.39 14 177 600 2
44 Ken Willard Ken Willard SF 3.26 14 171 557 7
45 Jim Kiick Jim Kiick MIA 3.19 14 180 575 9
46 Paul Robinson Paul Robinson CIN 3.06 14 160 489 4
47 Charlie Harraway WAS 3.04 14 141 428 6
48 Leroy Keyes PHI 2.98 14 121 361 3
49 Earl Gros Earl Gros PIT 2.96 13 116 343 4
50 Altie Taylor Altie Taylor DET 2.95 10 118 348 0