Eddie Payton has gained the most return yards by a running back in a game, with 289 yards against the Vikings on December 17, 1977.
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most return yards by a rb in a regular-season game ever| NAME | RET YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Payton | 289 | 12/17/1977 |  DET | vs |  MIN | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 1 |
| 2 | | C. Morton | 278 | 9/8/2002 |  NYJ | @ |  BUF | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | T. Smith | 261 | 9/27/1993 |  ATL | vs |  PIT | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | C. Smith | 259 | 11/2/2008 |  TB | @ |  KC | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 5 | | L. Washington | 253 | 9/26/2010 |  SEA | vs |  SD | 4 | 253 | 63.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | D. Witherspoon | 253 | 11/24/1996 |  PHI | @ |  ARI | 8 | 253 | 31.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | J. Scobey | 252 | 9/28/2003 | ARI | @ |  STL | 7 | 252 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | E. Metcalf | 251 | 10/4/1998 | ARI | vs |  OAK | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 |
| 9 | | J. Vaughn | 251 | 12/12/1994 | KC | @ |  MIA | 8 | 251 | 31.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B.J. Sams | 250 | 10/4/2004 |  BAL | vs | KC | 6 | 183 | 30.5 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 1 |
| 11 | | R. Jenkins | 250 | 11/18/2001 | SD | @ | OAK | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | D. Carter | 248 | 12/18/1995 |  SF | vs | MIN | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 1 |
| 13 | | F. Jones | 247 | 9/15/2008 |  DAL | vs | PHI | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | T. Williams | 247 | 11/2/1969 |  GB | @ | PIT | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 1 |
| 15 | | T. Brown | 247 | 11/6/1966 | PHI | vs | DAL | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | V. Turner | 242 | 10/30/1994 | TB | vs | MIN | 8 | 242 | 30.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 17 | | N. Hines | 241 | 1/8/2023 | BUF | vs |  NE | 4 | 235 | 58.8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 18 | | B. Mitchell | 240 | 9/17/1995 |  WAS | @ |  DEN | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | C. Rogers | 237 | 9/15/2002 | BUF | @ | MIN | 8 | 221 | 27.6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 20 | | D. Rhodes | 236 | 12/26/2004 |  IND | vs | SD | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | P. Thomas | 233 | 11/11/2007 |  NO | vs | STL | 8 | 233 | 29.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | J.J. Arrington | 232 | 11/23/2008 | ARI | vs |  NYG | 8 | 232 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | C. Smith | 232 | 11/23/2008 | TB | @ | DET | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 |
| 24 | | M. Morris | 231 | 10/20/2002 | SEA | @ | STL | 7 | 231 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | C. Morton | 231 | 9/10/2000 | NO | @ | SD | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 |
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