most return yards by a rb in a game ever

Eddie Payton has gained the most return yards by a running back in a game, with 289 yards versus 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	Eddie Payton E. Payton	289	12/17/1977	DET	vs	MIN	5	184	36.8	1	3	105	35.0	1
2	Chad Morton C. Morton	278	9/8/2002	NYJ	@	BUF	6	278	46.3	2	0	0		0
3	Tony Smith T. Smith	261	9/27/1993	ATL	vs	PIT	6	249	41.5	1	1	12	12.0	0
4	Clifton Smith C. Smith	259	11/2/2008	TB	@	KC	6	232	38.7	1	2	27	13.5	0
5	Leon Washington L. Washington	253	9/26/2010	SEA	vs	SD	4	253	63.3	2	0	0		0
6	Derrick Witherspoon D. Witherspoon	253	11/24/1996	PHI	@	ARI	8	253	31.6	1	0	0		0
7	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	252	9/28/2003	ARI	@	STL	7	252	36.0	1	0	0		0
8	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	251	10/4/1998	ARI	vs	OAK	6	194	32.3	0	4	57	14.3	0
9	Jon Vaughn 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	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	250	11/18/2001	SD	@	OAK	6	250	41.7	1	0	0		0
12	Dexter Carter D. Carter	248	12/18/1995	SF	vs	MIN	5	122	24.4	0	4	126	31.5	1
13	Felix Jones F. Jones	247	9/15/2008	DAL	vs	PHI	6	247	41.2	1	0	0		0
14	Travis Williams T. Williams	247	11/2/1969	GB	@	PIT	4	164	41.0	1	1	83	83.0	1
15	Timmy Brown T. Brown	247	11/6/1966	PHI	vs	DAL	5	247	49.4	2	0	0		0
16	Vernon Turner V. Turner	242	10/30/1994	TB	vs	MIN	8	242	30.3	0	1	0	0.0	0
17	Nyheim Miller-Hines N. Miller-Hines	241	1/8/2023	BUF	vs	NE	4	235	58.8	2	1	6	6.0	0
18	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	240	9/17/1995	WAS	@	DEN	5	188	37.6	0	1	52	52.0	0
19	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	237	9/15/2002	BUF	@	MIN	8	221	27.6	1	1	16	16.0	0
20	Dominic Rhodes D. Rhodes	236	12/26/2004	IND	vs	SD	6	236	39.3	1	0	0		0
21	Pierre Thomas 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	Clifton Smith C. Smith	232	11/23/2008	TB	@	DET	5	142	28.4	0	4	90	22.5	1
24	Maurice Morris M. Morris	231	10/20/2002	SEA	@	STL	7	231	33.0	1	0	0		0
25	Chad Morton C. Morton	231	9/10/2000	NO	@	SD	6	138	23.0	0	4	93	23.3	0

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