most rushing yards a rookie in a playoff game

Timmy Smith has the most rushing yards by a player in his rookie season in a playoff game, with 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII against the Broncos on January 31, 1988.

NAMERUSH YDSDATEROUNDTMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Timmy Smith
T. Smith
204
1/31/1988
Super Bowl
@
22
9.3
2
9
1
9.0
0
2Ryan Grant
R. Grant
201
1/12/2008
NFC Divisional
vs
27
7.4
3
6
2
2
3.0
0
3Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
165
1/1/1961
AFL Championship
@
21
7.9
1
5
3
1.7
0
4Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
162
1/3/1999
AFC Wild Card
vs
33
4.9
1
0
0
0
5Zack Crockett
Z. Crockett
147
12/31/1995
AFC Wild Card
@
13
11.3
2
10
2
5.0
0
6Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
143
1/3/1971
NFC Championship
@
27
5.3
1
24
2
12.0
0
7Shonn Greene
S. Greene
135
1/9/2010
AFC Wild Card
@
21
6.4
1
0
0
0
0
8Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
135
12/26/1970
NFC Divisional
vs
30
4.5
0
0
0
0
9Cam Akers
C. Akers
131
1/9/2021
NFC Wild Card
@
28
4.7
1
45
2
2
22.5
0
10Sony Michel
S. Michel
129
1/13/2019
AFC Divisional
vs
24
5.4
3
9
1
1
9.0
0
11Shonn Greene
S. Greene
128
1/17/2010
AFC Divisional
@
23
5.6
1
4
1
1
4.0
0
12Ickey Woods
I. Woods
126
12/31/1988
AFC Divisional
vs
23
5.5
1
0
0
0
13Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
125
1/15/2017
NFC Divisional
vs
22
5.7
0
-2
1
1
-2.0
0
14James Starks
J. Starks
123
1/9/2011
NFC Wild Card
@
23
5.3
0
9
2
2
4.5
0
15Joseph Addai
J. Addai
122
1/6/2007
AFC Wild Card
vs
25
4.9
1
26
7
7
3.7
0
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
118
12/31/1978
AFC Divisional
@
27
4.4
1
10
1
10.0
0
17Norm Bulaich
N. Bulaich
116
12/26/1970
AFC Divisional
vs
25
4.6
0
0
0
0
18Sony Michel
S. Michel
113
1/20/2019
AFC Championship
@
29
3.9
2
0
0
0
0
19Curt Warner
C. Warner
113
12/31/1983
AFC Divisional
@
29
3.9
2
38
5
7.6
0
20Woody Marks
W. Marks
112
1/12/2026
AFC Wild Card
@
19
5.9
1
0
0
1
0
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
110
12/31/2000
AFC Wild Card
vs
30
3.7
2
15
1
3
15.0
0
22Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
109
1/14/2018
AFC Divisional
@
25
4.4
3
10
2
4
5.0
0
23Nick Bell
N. Bell
107
12/28/1991
AFC Wild Card
@
20
5.4
0
0
0
0
24Ricky Ervins
R. Ervins
104
1/4/1992
NFC Divisional
vs
23
4.5
1
24
3
8.0
0
25Bernard Pierce
B. Pierce
103
1/6/2013
AFC Wild Card
vs
13
7.9
0
0
0
0
0

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