minnesota vikings career rushing yards leaders

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most career 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
2Robert Smith
R. Smith
6,818
98
1,411
4.8
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
3Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
5,993
73
1,282
4.7
82.1
47
1,794
221
287
8.1
24.6
5
4Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
5Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,757
180
1,627
3.5
32.0
52
3,177
284
11.2
17.7
23
6Ted Brown
T. Brown
4,546
104
1,117
4.1
43.7
40
2,850
339
8.4
27.4
13
7Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
4,320
137
1,173
3.7
31.5
29
1,412
173
8.2
10.3
7
8Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
4,231
129
981
4.3
32.8
18
2,202
251
8.8
17.1
5
9Tommy Mason
T. Mason
3,252
70
761
4.3
46.5
28
1,689
151
11.2
24.1
11
10Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
3,174
64
713
4.5
49.6
12
1,040
126
147
8.3
16.3
5
11Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
2,797
61
655
4.3
45.9
18
1,357
160
208
8.5
22.2
3
12Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,795
47
641
4.4
59.5
23
675
72
9.4
14.4
3
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,548
177
464
5.5
14.4
22
-12
0
-0.1
0
14Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,476
81
454
5.5
30.6
29
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
15Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
2,374
108
626
3.8
22.0
22
1,042
114
9.1
9.6
5
16Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
2,370
75
584
4.1
31.6
11
718
100
128
7.2
9.6
6
17Herschel Walker
H. Walker
2,264
42
551
4.1
53.9
20
681
86
7.9
16.2
5
18Clint Jones
C. Jones
2,008
75
547
3.7
26.8
19
306
31
9.9
4.1
0
19Oscar Reed
O. Reed
1,968
79
490
4.0
24.9
8
676
92
7.3
8.6
3
20Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
1,918
58
474
4.0
33.1
7
984
142
191
6.9
17.0
5
21Rickey Young
R. Young
1,744
89
554
3.1
19.6
10
2,255
292
7.7
25.3
14
22Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
1,689
49
438
3.9
34.5
26
577
60
20
9.6
11.8
1
23Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,535
117
370
4.1
13.1
21
1,301
131
177
9.9
11.1
4
24Rick Fenney
R. Fenney
1,508
63
358
4.2
23.9
11
628
71
8.8
10.0
2
25Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
1,435
24
316
4.5
59.8
6
536
67
88
8.0
22.3
3
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Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

25th

OPP PPG

23.2

18th

RUSH YDS/G

102.5

24th

PASS YDS/G

201.7

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
Lions Lions
7
5
0
.583
Vikings Vikings
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/30
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

4 - 7

6

Final

23

GB Packers

7 - 3 - 1

Sun 23 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
Jaguars Jaguars
7
4
0
.636
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
6
5
1
.542
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

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)
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Sun
11/30
JAX JAX
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
LAR LAR
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
NO NO
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM