LaDainian Tomlinson has the most rushing yards for the San Diego Chargers in a game by a running back, with 243 yards against the Oakland Raiders on December 28, 2003.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Tomlinson | 243 | 12/28/2003 | vs | 31 | 7.8 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | L. Tomlinson | 220 | 12/1/2002 | vs | 37 | 5.9 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 14 | 4.6 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | L. Tomlinson | 217 | 9/29/2002 | vs | 27 | 8.0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | G. Anderson | 217 | 12/18/1988 | vs | 34 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | L. Tomlinson | 200 | 10/19/2003 | @ | 26 | 7.7 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | L. Tomlinson | 199 | 12/17/2006 | vs | 25 | 8.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | L. Tomlinson | 198 | 10/14/2007 | vs | 24 | 8.3 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | M. Gordon | 196 | 11/6/2016 | vs | 32 | 6.1 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | L. Tomlinson | 192 | 9/25/2005 | vs | 21 | 9.1 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | B. Hubbert | 189 | 12/24/1967 | vs | 15 | 12.6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | L. Tomlinson | 187 | 9/28/2003 | @ | 28 | 6.7 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 3.4 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | L. Tomlinson | 184 | 11/27/2005 | @ | 25 | 7.4 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 4.8 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | L. Tomlinson | 183 | 10/29/2006 | vs | 25 | 7.3 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | | J. Fazande | 183 | 1/2/2000 | @ | 30 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | P. Lowe | 183 | 12/22/1963 | vs | 17 | 10.8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | G. Brown | 181 | 10/5/1997 | @ | 36 | 5.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | L. Tomlinson | 178 | 12/3/2006 | @ | 28 | 6.4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | L. Tomlinson | 177 | 12/2/2007 | @ | 23 | 7.7 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | M. Butts | 176 | 12/17/1989 | @ | 39 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 |  | A. Ekeler | 173 | 10/9/2022 | @ | 16 | 10.8 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 6.5 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | L. Tomlinson | 172 | 11/5/2006 | vs | 18 | 9.6 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | G. Anderson | 170 | 12/11/1988 | vs | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4.0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | G. Brown | 169 | 10/26/1997 | vs | 28 | 6.0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15.0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | K. Lincoln | 166 | 9/30/1962 | @ | 12 | 13.8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29.0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | N. Means | 165 | 9/20/1998 | @ | 22 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Rams| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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