minnesota vikings player with most rushing yards in a game

Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards for the Vikings in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
minnesota vikings player with most rushing yards in a regular-season game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
296
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
224
10/14/2007
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
20
11.2
3
9
1
2
9.0
0
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
212
12/16/2012
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
24
8.8
1
0
0
0
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
211
12/1/2013
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
35
6.0
0
0
2
4
0.0
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
210
12/2/2012
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
21
10.0
1
10
1
2
10.0
0
6Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
206
11/8/2020
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
22
9.4
2
46
2
2
23.0
0
7Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
205
12/9/2021
MIN MIN
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
2
17
1
3
17.0
0
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
203
11/15/2015
MIN MIN
@
OAK OAK
26
7.8
1
13
2
3
6.5
0
9Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
200
10/24/1976
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
28
7.1
2
65
6
10.8
0
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
199
12/30/2012
MIN MIN
vs
GB GB
34
5.9
1
2
1
2
2.0
1
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
192
11/9/2008
MIN MIN
vs
GB GB
30
6.4
1
33
3
4
11.0
0
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
182
11/4/2012
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
17
10.7
2
11
3
4
3.7
0
13Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
181
9/27/2020
MIN MIN
vs
TEN TEN
22
8.2
1
18
2
5
9.0
0
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
180
9/13/2009
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
25
7.2
3
18
1
1
18.0
0
15Robert Smith
R. Smith
179
9/13/1998
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
23
7.8
2
7
3
2.3
0
16Ted Brown
T. Brown
179
10/23/1983
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
29
6.2
1
19
2
9.5
0
17Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
175
10/23/2011
MIN MIN
vs
GB GB
24
7.3
1
0
1
1
0.0
0
18Terry Allen
T. Allen
172
12/20/1992
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
33
5.2
0
0
0
0
19Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
171
11/11/2012
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
27
6.3
1
5
3
4
1.7
0
20Robert Smith
R. Smith
170
10/15/2000
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
23
7.4
1
7
1
2
7.0
0
21Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
169
10/22/2006
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
26
6.5
1
19
4
4
4.8
0
22Robert Smith
R. Smith
169
8/31/1997
MIN MIN
@
BUF BUF
16
10.6
1
5
1
5.0
0
23Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
167
11/10/2002
MIN MIN
vs
NYG NYG
15
11.1
1
9
2
3
4.5
0
24Scottie Graham
S. Graham
166
12/26/1993
MIN MIN
vs
KC KC
33
5.0
1
13
2
6.5
0
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
165
12/14/2008
MIN MIN
@
ARI ARI
28
5.9
0
0
0
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

19.6

26th

OPP PPG

21.6

12th

RUSH YDS/G

104.2

24th

PASS YDS/G

192.9

29th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
5
8
0
.385
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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
Sun
1/4
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 10

0

Final

31

MIN Vikings

5 - 8

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
6-21
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM