minnesota gophers leading rushers since 2000

Since 2000, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards for the Vikings, with 11,747 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,747
123
2,418
4.9
95.5
97
1,945
241
333
8.1
15.8
5
2Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
5,993
73
1,282
4.7
82.1
47
1,794
221
287
8.1
24.6
5
3Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
3,174
64
713
4.5
49.6
12
1,040
126
147
8.3
16.3
5
4Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
2,797
61
655
4.3
45.9
18
1,357
160
208
8.5
22.2
3
5Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,470
80
451
5.5
30.9
29
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
2,370
75
584
4.1
31.6
11
718
100
128
7.2
9.6
6
7Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
1,918
58
474
4.0
33.1
7
984
142
191
6.9
17.0
5
8Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
1,686
29
387
4.4
58.1
7
607
79
103
7.7
20.9
3
9Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,521
16
295
5.2
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
10Latavius Murray
L. Murray
1,420
32
356
4.0
44.4
14
244
37
43
6.6
7.6
0
11Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,407
68
324
4.3
20.7
19
1,211
125
174
9.7
17.8
4
12Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
1,305
61
276
4.7
21.4
5
600
77
103
7.8
9.8
3
13Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
1,285
54
264
4.9
23.8
1
1,093
116
151
9.4
20.2
3
14Matt Asiata
M. Asiata
1,259
74
361
3.5
17.0
18
722
101
132
7.1
9.8
1
15Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
1,123
26
231
4.9
43.2
7
523
51
65
10.3
20.1
2
16Jordan Mason
J. Mason
758
16
159
4.8
47.4
6
51
14
16
3.6
3.2
0
17Ty Chandler
T. Chandler
710
40
181
3.9
17.8
3
212
30
35
7.1
5.3
0
18Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
683
54
107
6.4
12.6
4
3,302
280
407
11.8
61.1
20
19Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
639
38
126
5.1
16.8
7
-15
1
1
-15.0
-0.4
0
20Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
579
88
181
3.2
6.6
6
-1
1
2
-1.0
0.0
0
21Tarvaris Jackson
T. Jackson
535
36
119
4.5
14.9
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Cam Akers
C. Akers
454
21
107
4.2
21.6
2
122
21
24
5.8
5.8
2
23Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
398
30
94
4.2
13.3
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Mike Boone
M. Boone
379
40
71
5.3
9.5
4
28
7
9
4.0
0.7
0
25Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
333
64
31
10.7
5.2
4
1,316
132
216
10.0
20.6
7
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