chicago bears player most rushing yard in a game by rookie

Anthony Thomas has the most rushing yards by a Bears rookie in a game, with 188 yards versus the Bengals on October 21, 2001.

Interpreted as:
chicago bears player most rushing yard in a regular-season game by rookie
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
188
10/21/2001
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
22
8.5
1
0
0
0
0
2Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
173
12/16/2001
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
31
5.6
1
5
1
1
5.0
0
3James Allen
J. Allen
163
12/20/1998
CHI CHI
vs
BAL BAL
23
7.1
1
11
3
3.7
0
4Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
160
1/6/2002
CHI CHI
vs
JAX JAX
33
4.8
1
11
1
1
11.0
0
5Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
155
10/28/1934
CHB CHB
vs
GB GB
15
10.3
1
6Jordan Howard
J. Howard
153
10/31/2016
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
26
5.9
1
49
4
4
12.3
0
7Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
153
10/20/1957
CHB CHB
vs
LA LA
24
6.4
3
60
2
30.0
1
8Al Grygo
A. Grygo
144
10/29/1944
CHB CHB
vs
CLE CLE
13
11.1
1
9Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
140
9/30/1934
CHB CHB
@
CIN CIN
18
7.8
1
10Matt Forte
M. Forte
139
11/23/2008
CHI CHI
@
STL STL
21
6.6
2
7
1
2
7.0
0
11David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
135
10/27/2019
CHI CHI
vs
LAC LAC
27
5.0
1
12
4
5
3.0
0
12Jordan Howard
J. Howard
135
1/1/2017
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
23
5.9
0
0
0
0
0
13Brock Forsey
B. Forsey
134
11/30/2003
CHI CHI
vs
ARI ARI
27
5.0
1
27
2
2
13.5
0
14Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
134
12/17/1995
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
27
5.0
3
7
1
7.0
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
134
12/21/1975
CHI CHI
@
NO NO
25
5.4
1
62
5
12.4
0
16Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
132
10/7/1934
CHB CHB
@
BKN
14
9.4
1
17Bob Margarita
B. Margarita
129
12/3/1944
CHB CHB
@
C-P C-P
9
14.3
1
18Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
127
10/28/2001
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
27
4.7
1
9
2
3
4.5
0
19Matt Forte
M. Forte
126
11/2/2008
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
22
5.7
0
5
1
4
5.0
0
20Matt Forte
M. Forte
123
9/7/2008
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
23
5.3
1
18
3
3
6.0
0
21Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
122
12/24/1995
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
30
4.1
0
0
0
0
22Jordan Howard
J. Howard
119
12/24/2016
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
18
6.6
0
9
1
3
9.0
0
23Chuck Hunsinger
C. Hunsinger
119
11/12/1950
CHB CHB
vs
NYY NYY
14
8.5
1
24Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
119
10/15/1939
CHB CHB
vs
CHC CHC
15
7.9
2
25Jordan Howard
J. Howard
118
10/9/2016
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
16
7.4
0
45
3
3
15.0
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

25.3

10th

OPP PPG

25.8

25th

RUSH YDS/G

129.3

8th

PASS YDS/G

229.7

15th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
2
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Last Game
NO Saints

1 - 6 - 0

14

Final

26

CHI Bears

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC WestWLTPCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM