Buffalo Bills Yards per Carry Leaders

Career totals with the Bills and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 14: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. AFL seasons (1960-1969) are not loaded, so franchise totals start in 1970.

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Josh Allen holds the Bills career record with 5.41 yards per carry. The single-season record is 6.25, by Josh Allen in 2021.

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 Bills leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/A	G
1	Josh Allen	2018–2026	5.41	127
2	James Cook	2022–2026	5.05	67
3	O.J. Simpson	1970–1977	4.89	99
4	Fred Jackson	2007–2014	4.41	105
5	LeSean McCoy	2015–2018	4.31	57
6	Thurman Thomas	1988–1999	4.19	172
7	Joe Cribbs	1980–1985	4.11	64
8	Travis Henry	2001–2004	3.99	53
9	Willis McGahee	2004–2006	3.88	45
10	Antowain Smith	1997–2000	3.86	56

Single-season Bills records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/A	G
1	Josh Allen	2021	6.25	17
2	Josh Allen	2022	6.15	16
3	O.J. Simpson	1973	6.03	14
4	C.J. Spiller	2012	6.01	16
5	Mike Gillislee	2016	5.71	15
6	O.J. Simpson	1975	5.52	14
7	Fred Jackson	2011	5.49	10
8	Tyrod Taylor	2015	5.46	14
9	LeSean McCoy	2016	5.42	15
10	James Cook	2025	5.25	17
11	C.J. Spiller	2011	5.24	16
12	O.J. Simpson	1976	5.18	14
13	Josh Allen	2025	5.17	16
14	Devin Singletary	2019	5.13	12
15	Thurman Thomas	1991	4.89	15
16	James Cook	2024	4.87	16
17	Kenneth Davis	1991	4.84	16
18	Thurman Thomas	1990	4.79	16
19	Thurman Thomas	1992	4.77	16
20	James Cook	2023	4.73	17
21	Joe Cribbs	1982	4.72	7
22	Josh Allen	2023	4.72	17
23	Josh Allen	2019	4.68	16
24	Devin Singletary	2021	4.63	17
25	Devin Singletary	2022	4.63	16