first player to record 238 rushing yard in a game

Cookie Gilchrist had 243 rushing yards against the Jets on December 8, 1963.

Interpreted as:
first player to record 238 or more rushing yard in a game
NAME DATE RUSH YDS TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
12/8/1963
243
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
2 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
12/5/1971
247
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9/16/1973
250
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
4 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11/25/1976
273
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
11/20/1977
275
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1/4/1986
248
RAM RAM
vs
DAL DAL
34
7.3
2
-4
1
-4.0
0
7 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
12/4/1997
246
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
8 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
10/22/2000
278
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
9 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
12/3/2000
251
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
10 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
11/11/2001
266
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
11 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9/14/2003
295
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
12 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12/28/2003
243
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
13 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11/4/2007
296
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
14 Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
12/20/2009
286
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
15 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1/3/2010
259
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
16 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
10/23/2011
253
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
17 Doug Martin
D. Martin
11/4/2012
251
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
18 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12/6/2018
238
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
19 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1/3/2021
253
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
30
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
20 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1/3/2021
250
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
34
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
21 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
11/24/2024
255
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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