most career rushing yards by a vikings player

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most career yards for the Vikings, with 11,747 yards.

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	11,747	123	2,418	4.9	95.5	97	1,945	241	333	8.1	15.8	5
2	Robert Smith R. Smith	6,818	98	1,411	4.8	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
3	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	5,993	73	1,282	4.7	82.1	47	1,794	221	287	8.1	24.6	5
4	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,887	93	1,533	3.8	63.3	52	3,057	336		9.1	32.9	23
5	Bill Brown B. Brown	5,757	180	1,627	3.5	32.0	52	3,177	284		11.2	17.7	23
6	Ted Brown T. Brown	4,546	104	1,117	4.1	43.7	40	2,850	339		8.4	27.4	13
7	Dave Osborn D. Osborn	4,320	137	1,173	3.7	31.5	29	1,412	173		8.2	10.3	7
8	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	4,231	129	981	4.3	32.8	18	2,202	251		8.8	17.1	5
9	Tommy Mason T. Mason	3,252	70	761	4.3	46.5	28	1,689	151		11.2	24.1	11
10	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	3,174	64	713	4.5	49.6	12	1,040	126	147	8.3	16.3	5
11	Chester Taylor C. Taylor	2,797	61	655	4.3	45.9	18	1,357	160	208	8.5	22.2	3
12	Terry Allen T. Allen	2,795	47	641	4.4	59.5	23	675	72		9.4	14.4	3
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	2,548	177	464	5.5	14.4	22	-12	0			-0.1	0
14	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	2,476	81	454	5.5	30.6	29	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0
15	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	2,374	108	626	3.8	22.0	22	1,042	114		9.1	9.6	5
16	Alexander Mattison A. Mattison	2,370	75	584	4.1	31.6	11	718	100	128	7.2	9.6	6
17	Herschel Walker H. Walker	2,264	42	551	4.1	53.9	20	681	86		7.9	16.2	5
18	Clint Jones C. Jones	2,008	75	547	3.7	26.8	19	306	31		9.9	4.1	0
19	Oscar Reed O. Reed	1,968	79	490	4.0	24.9	8	676	92		7.3	8.6	3
20	Jerick McKinnon J. McKinnon	1,918	58	474	4.0	33.1	7	984	142	191	6.9	17.0	5
21	Rickey Young R. Young	1,744	89	554	3.1	19.6	10	2,255	292		7.7	25.3	14
22	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	1,726	30	399	4.3	57.5	8	607	79	104	7.7	20.2	3
23	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	1,689	49	438	3.9	34.5	26	577	60	20	9.6	11.8	1
24	Moe Williams M. Williams	1,535	117	370	4.1	13.1	21	1,301	131	177	9.9	11.1	4
25	Rick Fenney R. Fenney	1,508	63	358	4.2	23.9	11	628	71		8.8	10.0	2

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