Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards by a rookie in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.
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most rush yds in a single regular-season game by a rookie| 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. Taylor | 253 | 1/3/2021 |  IND | vs |  JAX | 30 | 8.4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | D. Murray | 253 | 10/23/2011 |  DAL | vs |  STL | 25 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | D. Martin | 251 | 11/4/2012 |  TB | @ |  OAK | 25 | 10.0 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 5 |  | M. Anderson | 251 | 12/3/2000 |  DEN | @ |  NO | 37 | 6.8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 6 | | C. Dillon | 246 | 12/4/1997 |  CIN | vs |  TEN | 39 | 6.3 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| 7 |  | J. Brown | 237 | 11/24/1957 |  CLE | vs |  LA | 31 | 7.6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | C. Portis | 228 | 12/29/2002 | DEN | vs |  ARI | 24 | 9.5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 9 | | A. Peterson | 224 | 10/14/2007 | MIN | @ |  CHI | 20 | 11.2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 10 | | T. Wilson | 223 | 12/16/1956 | LA | vs |  GB | 23 | 9.7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Jackson | 221 | 11/30/1987 | RAI | @ |  SEA | 18 | 12.3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  | J. Bettis | 212 | 12/12/1993 | RAM | @ | NO | 28 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | T. Rawls | 209 | 11/22/2015 | SEA | vs |  SF | 30 | 7.0 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 15.3 | 1 |
| 14 | | T. Miller | 208 | 11/26/1978 |  BUF | vs |  NYG | 21 | 9.9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| 15 | | C. Warner | 207 | 11/27/1983 | SEA | vs |  KC | 32 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | G. Bell | 206 | 11/18/1984 | BUF | vs | DAL | 27 | 7.6 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| 17 | | T. Dorsett | 206 | 12/4/1977 | DAL | vs |  PHI | 23 | 9.0 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | D. Achane | 203 | 9/24/2023 |  MIA | vs | DEN | 18 | 11.3 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 19 | | R. Mayes | 203 | 12/7/1986 | NO | vs | MIA | 28 | 7.3 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | J. Gray | 201 | 11/16/2014 |  NE | @ | IND | 37 | 5.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | A. Morris | 200 | 12/30/2012 |  WAS | vs | DAL | 33 | 6.1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | E. Dickerson | 199 | 10/2/1983 | RAM | vs |  DET | 30 | 6.6 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | E. Campbell | 199 | 11/20/1978 |  HOU | vs | MIA | 28 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Jones | 198 | 12/6/2004 | DAL | @ | SEA | 30 | 6.6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 25 | | M. Farr | 197 | 11/12/1967 | DET | @ | MIN | 24 | 8.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.
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