Between the 1920 and 2007 seasons, Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.
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most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game 1920 to 2007| 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. Lewis | 295 | 9/14/2003 |  BAL | vs |  CLE | 30 | 9.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | | C. Dillon | 278 | 10/22/2000 |  CIN | vs |  DEN | 22 | 12.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | W. Payton | 275 | 11/20/1977 |  CHI | vs | MIN | 40 | 6.9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | O.J. Simpson | 273 | 11/25/1976 |  BUF | @ |  DET | 29 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | S. Alexander | 266 | 11/11/2001 |  SEA | vs |  OAK | 35 | 7.6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 7 | | M. Anderson | 251 | 12/3/2000 | DEN | @ |  NO | 37 | 6.8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 8 | | O.J. Simpson | 250 | 9/16/1973 | BUF | @ |  NE | 29 | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | W. Ellison | 247 | 12/5/1971 |  LA | vs | NO | 26 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | C. Dillon | 246 | 12/4/1997 | CIN | vs |  TEN | 39 | 6.3 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| 11 |  | L. Tomlinson | 243 | 12/28/2003 | SD | vs | OAK | 31 | 7.8 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 12 | | C. Gilchrist | 243 | 12/8/1963 | BUF | vs |  NYJ | 36 | 6.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | B. Sanders | 237 | 11/13/1994 | DET | vs |  TB | 26 | 9.1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 14 |  | E. Smith | 237 | 10/31/1993 |  DAL | @ |  PHI | 30 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | J. Brown | 237 | 11/19/1961 | CLE | vs | PHI | 34 | 7.0 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| 16 | | J. Brown | 237 | 11/24/1957 | CLE | vs | LA | 31 | 7.6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | T. Barber | 234 | 12/30/2006 |  NYG | @ |  WAS | 23 | 10.2 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 18 | | F. Taylor | 234 | 11/19/2000 |  JAX | @ |  PIT | 30 | 7.8 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 19 | | J. Brown | 232 | 9/22/1963 | CLE | @ | DAL | 20 | 11.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Mitchell | 232 | 11/15/1959 | CLE | @ | WAS | 14 | 16.6 | 3 | -6 | 2 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | C. Portis | 228 | 12/29/2002 | DEN | vs |  ARI | 24 | 9.5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 22 | | R. Williams | 228 | 12/1/2002 |  MIA | @ | BUF | 27 | 8.4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 23 | | P. Holmes | 227 | 11/22/1998 | BAL | @ | CIN | 36 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | N. Kaufman | 227 | 10/19/1997 | OAK | vs | DEN | 28 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | O.J. Simpson | 227 | 9/28/1975 | BUF | @ | PIT | 28 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 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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