Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.
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most negative rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game| NAME | RUSH YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Peterson | 296 | 11/4/2007 |  MIN | vs |  SD | 30 | 9.9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | J. Lewis | 295 | 9/14/2003 |  BAL | vs |  CLE | 30 | 9.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | | J. Harrison | 286 | 12/20/2009 | CLE | @ |  KC | 34 | 8.4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | C. Dillon | 278 | 10/22/2000 |  CIN | vs |  DEN | 22 | 12.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | W. Payton | 275 | 11/20/1977 |  CHI | vs | MIN | 40 | 6.9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | O.J. Simpson | 273 | 11/25/1976 |  BUF | @ |  DET | 29 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | S. Alexander | 266 | 11/11/2001 |  SEA | vs |  OAK | 35 | 7.6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 8 | | J. Charles | 259 | 1/3/2010 | KC | @ | DEN | 25 | 10.4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | S. Barkley | 255 | 11/24/2024 |  PHI | @ |  LAR | 26 | 9.8 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 10 |  | J. Taylor | 253 | 1/3/2021 |  IND | vs |  JAX | 30 | 8.4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | D. Murray | 253 | 10/23/2011 |  DAL | vs |  STL | 25 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | D. Martin | 251 | 11/4/2012 |  TB | @ | OAK | 25 | 10.0 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 13 | | M. Anderson | 251 | 12/3/2000 | DEN | @ |  NO | 37 | 6.8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 14 |  | D. Henry | 250 | 1/3/2021 |  TEN | @ |  HOU | 34 | 7.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | O.J. Simpson | 250 | 9/16/1973 | BUF | @ |  NE | 29 | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | W. Ellison | 247 | 12/5/1971 |  LA | vs | NO | 26 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | C. Dillon | 246 | 12/4/1997 | CIN | vs |  TEN | 39 | 6.3 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | L. Tomlinson | 243 | 12/28/2003 | SD | vs | OAK | 31 | 7.8 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 19 | | C. Gilchrist | 243 | 12/8/1963 | BUF | vs |  NYJ | 36 | 6.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | D. Henry | 238 | 12/6/2018 | TEN | vs | JAX | 17 | 14.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 |  | B. Sanders | 237 | 11/13/1994 | DET | vs | TB | 26 | 9.1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | E. Smith | 237 | 10/31/1993 | DAL | @ | PHI | 30 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | J. Brown | 237 | 11/19/1961 | CLE | vs | PHI | 34 | 7.0 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| 24 | | J. Brown | 237 | 11/24/1957 | CLE | vs | LA | 31 | 7.6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 25 |  | L. Bell | 236 | 12/11/2016 |  PIT | @ | BUF | 38 | 6.2 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 5 | 15.5 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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22.1
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OPP PPG
23.1
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RUSH YDS/G
93.9
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