New York Giants Yards per Carry Leaders

Career totals with the Giants and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Figures before 1932 are reconstructions; the NFL kept no official statistics.

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Tiki Barber holds the Giants career record with 4.82 yards per carry. The single-season record is 6.54, by Ward Cuff in 1943.

YDS TD Y/A ATT Y/G 1D FL

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 6.25 carries per team game with the club, a career 750+ carries with the club.

All-time Giants leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Tiki Barber	1999–2006	4.82	126
2	Ahmad Bradshaw	2007–2012	4.60	82
3	Brandon Jacobs	2005–2013	4.49	106
4	Saquon Barkley	2018–2023	4.34	74
5	Frank Gifford	1952–1964	4.30	136
6	Joe Morris	1982–1988	4.02	94
7	Eddie Price	1950–1955	3.89	63
8	Alex Webster	1955–1964	3.88	109
9	Rodney Hampton	1990–1997	3.78	104
10	Doug Kotar	1974–1981	3.76	90
11	Ron Johnson	1970–1975	3.60	67
12	Tuffy Leemans	1936–1943	3.41	80

Single-season Giants records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Ward Cuff	1943	6.54	10
2	Daniel Jones	2022	5.90	16
3	Derrick Ward	2008	5.63	16
4	Brandon Jacobs	2010	5.60	16
5	Ward Cuff	1944	5.59	10
6	Eddie Price	1950	5.58	10
7	Tiki Barber	2001	5.21	14
8	Tiki Barber	2005	5.21	16
9	Frank Gifford	1956	5.15	12
10	Frank Gifford	1959	5.09	11
11	Tiki Barber	2006	5.08	16
12	Brandon Jacobs	2007	5.06	11
13	Saquon Barkley	2018	5.01	16
14	Brandon Jacobs	2008	4.97	13
15	Alex Webster	1955	4.95	12
16	Lewis Tillman	1993	4.83	16
17	Ernie Koy	1967	4.82	14
18	Jarrod Bunch	1992	4.82	16
19	Derrick Ward	2007	4.82	8
20	Joe Morrison	1963	4.77	14
21	Ahmad Bradshaw	2009	4.77	15
22	Alex Webster	1961	4.73	14
23	Tiki Barber	2000	4.72	16
24	Tiki Barber	2004	4.71	16
25	Wayne Gallman	2020	4.64	14