most rushing yards by a vikings player in a game

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards for the Vikings in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a vikings player in a regular-season game
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
296
11/4/2007
vs
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
224
10/14/2007
@
20
11.2
3
9
1
2
9.0
0
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
212
12/16/2012
@
24
8.8
1
0
0
0
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
211
12/1/2013
vs
35
6.0
0
0
2
4
0.0
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
210
12/2/2012
@
21
10.0
1
10
1
2
10.0
0
6Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
206
11/8/2020
vs
22
9.4
2
46
2
2
23.0
0
7Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
205
12/9/2021
vs
27
7.6
2
17
1
3
17.0
0
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
203
11/15/2015
@
26
7.8
1
13
2
3
6.5
0
9Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
200
10/24/1976
@
28
7.1
2
65
6
10.8
0
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
199
12/30/2012
vs
34
5.9
1
2
1
2
2.0
1
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
192
11/9/2008
vs
30
6.4
1
33
3
4
11.0
0
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
182
11/4/2012
@
17
10.7
2
11
3
4
3.7
0
13Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
181
9/27/2020
vs
22
8.2
1
18
2
5
9.0
0
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
180
9/13/2009
@
25
7.2
3
18
1
1
18.0
0
15Robert Smith
R. Smith
179
9/13/1998
@
23
7.8
2
7
3
2.3
0
16Ted Brown
T. Brown
179
10/23/1983
@
29
6.2
1
19
2
9.5
0
17Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
175
10/23/2011
vs
24
7.3
1
0
1
1
0.0
0
18Terry Allen
T. Allen
172
12/20/1992
@
33
5.2
0
0
0
0
19Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
171
11/11/2012
vs
27
6.3
1
5
3
4
1.7
0
20Robert Smith
R. Smith
170
10/15/2000
@
23
7.4
1
7
1
2
7.0
0
21Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
169
10/22/2006
@
26
6.5
1
19
4
4
4.8
0
22Robert Smith
R. Smith
169
8/31/1997
@
16
10.6
1
5
1
5.0
0
23Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
167
11/10/2002
vs
15
11.1
1
9
2
3
4.5
0
24Scottie Graham
S. Graham
166
12/26/1993
vs
33
5.0
1
13
2
6.5
0
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
165
12/14/2008
@
28
5.9
0
0
0
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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