most nfl rushing yards and receiving yards by a player in a game

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

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

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PPG

26.1

9th

OPP PPG

18.5

6th

RUSH YDS/G

113.2

17th

PASS YDS/G

258.4

4th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
.308
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

11 - 2 - 0

42

Final

21

ATL Falcons

6 - 7 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

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NFL Fantasy 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM