Who has the most rushing yards in a game?

Adrian Peterson breaks Jamal Lewis' 2003 record for rushing yards in a game with 296 against the Chargers.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most rushing yards in a regular season game?
NAME DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT RUSH AVG RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG REC AVG REC TD
1 Adrian Peterson
Adrian Peterson
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs. SD vs. SD
296
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2 Jamal Lewis
Jamal Lewis
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs. CLE vs. CLE
295
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
3 Jerome Harrison
Jerome Harrison
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@ KC @ KC
286
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
4 Corey Dillon
Corey Dillon
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs. DEN vs. DEN
278
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
5 Walter Payton
Walter Payton
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs. MIN vs. MIN
275
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@ DET @ DET
273
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
7 Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs. OAK vs. OAK
266
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
8 Jamaal Charles
Jamaal Charles
1/3/2010
KC KC
@ DEN @ DEN
259
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
9 DeMarco Murray
DeMarco Murray
10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs. STL vs. STL
253
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
10 Doug Martin
Doug Martin
11/4/2012
TB TB
@ OAK @ OAK
251
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
11 Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@ NO @ NO
251
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
12 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@ NE @ NE
250
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
13 Willie Ellison
Willie Ellison
12/5/1971
LA LA
vs. NO vs. NO
247
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
14 Corey Dillon
Corey Dillon
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs. TEN vs. TEN
246
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
15 LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
12/28/2003
SD SD
vs. OAK vs. OAK
243
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
16 Cookie Gilchrist
Cookie Gilchrist
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs. NYJ vs. NYJ
243
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
17 Derrick Henry
Derrick Henry
12/6/2018
TEN TEN
vs. JAX vs. JAX
238
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
18 Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders
11/13/1994
DET DET
vs. TB vs. TB
237
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
19 Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@ PHI @ PHI
237
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
20 Jim Brown
Jim Brown
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs. PHI vs. PHI
237
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
21 Jim Brown
Jim Brown
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs. LA vs. LA
237
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
22 Le'Veon Bell
Le'Veon Bell
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@ BUF @ BUF
236
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
23 Doug Martin
Doug Martin
11/22/2015
TB TB
@ PHI @ PHI
235
27
8.7
0
0
0
1
0
24 Tiki Barber
Tiki Barber
12/30/2006
NYG NYG
@ WAS @ WAS
234
23
10.2
3
24
3
4
8.0
0
25 Fred Taylor
Fred Taylor
11/19/2000
JAX JAX
@ PIT @ PIT
234
30
7.8
3
14
3
7
4.7
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM