most rushing yards by a viking in a season

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards for the Vikings in a season, with 2,097 yards in 2012.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,097	2012	MIN	16	348	6.0	131.1	12	217	40	51	5.4	13.6	1
2	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,760	2008	MIN	16	363	4.8	110.0	10	125	21	39	6.0	7.8	0
3	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1,557	2020	MIN	14	312	5.0	111.2	16	361	44	54	8.2	25.8	1
4	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,521	2000	MIN	16	295	5.2	95.1	7	348	36	44	9.7	21.8	3
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,485	2015	MIN	16	327	4.5	92.8	11	222	30	36	7.4	13.9	0
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,383	2009	MIN	16	314	4.4	86.4	18	436	43	57	10.1	27.3	0
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,341	2007	MIN	14	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
8	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,298	2010	MIN	15	283	4.6	86.5	12	341	36	50	9.5	22.7	1
9	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	1,296	2002	MIN	16	255	5.1	81.0	5	351	37	41	9.5	21.9	1
10	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,266	2013	MIN	14	279	4.5	90.4	10	171	29	40	5.9	12.2	1
11	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,266	1997	MIN	14	232	5.5	90.4	6	197	37		5.3	14.1	1
12	Chester Taylor C. Taylor	1,216	2006	MIN	15	303	4.0	81.1	6	288	42	51	6.9	19.2	0
13	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,201	1992	MIN	16	266	4.5	75.1	13	478	49		9.8	29.9	2
14	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,187	1998	MIN	14	249	4.8	84.8	6	291	28		10.4	20.8	2
15	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1,173	2022	MIN	17	264	4.4	69.0	8	295	39	56	7.6	17.4	2
16	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1,159	2021	MIN	13	249	4.7	89.2	6	224	34	49	6.6	17.2	0
17	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,155	1976	MIN	14	278	4.2	82.5	13	567	55		10.3	40.5	1
18	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	1,138	2024	MIN	17	255	4.5	66.9	5	408	51	62	8.0	24.0	2
19	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1,135	2019	MIN	14	250	4.5	81.1	13	519	53	63	9.8	37.1	0
20	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,112	1977	MIN	14	270	4.1	79.4	6	308	38		8.1	22.0	3
21	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	1,070	1975	MIN	14	280	3.8	76.4	13	691	73		9.5	49.4	9
22	Ted Brown T. Brown	1,063	1981	MIN	16	274	3.9	66.4	6	694	83		8.4	43.4	2
23	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,031	1994	MIN	16	255	4.0	64.4	8	148	17		8.7	9.3	0
24	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,015	1999	MIN	13	221	4.6	78.1	2	166	24	30	6.9	12.8	0
25	Dave Osborn D. Osborn	972	1967	MIN	14	215	4.5	69.4	2	272	34		8.0	19.4	1

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