Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is having an outstanding season. Through 6 games, the former Stanford star has 923 yards from scrimmage, which represents 41% of Carolina’s 2,250 total yards. He has a huge lead in “percentage of team yards” over everyone else: Dalvin Cook, Le’Veon Bell, and Leonard Fournette all have just a hair over 1/3 of their team’s total yards.
Only two players in NFL history have picked up over 45% of their team’s total yards from scrimmage: O.J. Simpson in 1973 and Maurice Jones-Drew in 2011.
The table below shows the top 100 seasons in NFL history in percentage of team yards from scrimmage.
What stands out to you?
