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

most rushing yards in a game by a defensive player
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most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a defensive player
11/4/2007 Peterson 9/14/2003 Lewis 12/20/2009 Harrison 10/22/2000 Dillon 11/20/1977 Payton 11/25/1976 Simpson 11/11/2001 Alexander 1/3/2010 Charles 1/3/2021 Taylor 10/23/2011 Murray 11/4/2012 Martin 12/3/2000 Anderson 1/3/2021 Henry 9/16/1973 Simpson 12/5/1971 Ellison 12/4/1997 Dillon 12/28/2003 Tomlinson 12/8/1963 Gilchrist 12/6/2018 Henry 11/13/1994 Sanders 10/31/1993 Smith 11/19/1961 Brown 11/24/1957 Brown 12/11/2016 Bell 11/22/2015 Martin 12/30/2006 Barber 11/19/2000 Taylor 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 296 295 286 278 275 273 266 259 253 253 251 251 250 250 247 246 243 243 238 237 237 237 237 236 235 234 234
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 296 11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30 9.9 3 19 1 2 19.0 0
Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis 295 9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
30 9.8 2 0 0 1 0
Jerome Harrison Jerome Harrison 286 12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
34 8.4 3 12 2 3 6.0 0
Corey Dillon Corey Dillon 278 10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
22 12.6 2 0 0 0 0
Walter Payton Walter Payton 275 11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40 6.9 1 6 1 6.0 0
O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 273 11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29 9.4 2 0 0 0
Shaun Alexander Shaun Alexander 266 11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
35 7.6 3 7 1 1 7.0 0
Jamaal Charles Jamaal Charles 259 1/3/2010
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
25 10.4 2 3 1 1 3.0 0
Jonathan Taylor Jonathan Taylor 253 1/3/2021
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
30 8.4 2 1 1 2 1.0 0
DeMarco Murray DeMarco Murray 253 10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25 10.1 1 0 0 2 0
Doug Martin Doug Martin 251 11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
25 10.0 4 21 4 5 5.3 0
Mike Anderson Mike Anderson 251 12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
37 6.8 4 5 1 1 5.0 0
Derrick Henry Derrick Henry 250 1/3/2021
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
34 7.4 2 0 0 0 0
O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 250 9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29 8.6 2 0 0 0
Willie Ellison Willie Ellison 247 12/5/1971
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26 9.5 1 0 0 0
Corey Dillon Corey Dillon 246 12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
39 6.3 4 30 2 15.0 0
LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tomlinson 243 12/28/2003
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
31 7.8 2 17 8 15 2.1 0
Cookie Gilchrist Cookie Gilchrist 243 12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36 6.8 5 0 0 0
Derrick Henry Derrick Henry 238 12/6/2018
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
17 14.0 4 0 0 0 0
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 237 11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26 9.1 0 16 1 16.0 0
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 237 10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30 7.9 1 0 0 0
Jim Brown Jim Brown 237 11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34 7.0 4 52 3 17.3 0
Jim Brown Jim Brown 237 11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31 7.6 4 21 3 7.0 0
Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Bell 236 12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
38 6.2 3 62 4 5 15.5 0
Doug Martin Doug Martin 235 11/22/2015
TB TB
@
PHI PHI
27 8.7 0 0 0 1 0
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