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