most rushing yards in a game maximum 7 carries

Hugh McElhenny has the most rushing yards in a game with at most 7 rush attempts, with 170 yards versus the Dallas Texans on October 5, 1952.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game maximum 7 carries
NAMERUSH YDSATTDATETMOPPYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
170
7
10/5/1952
@
24.3
1
33
1
33.0
1
2Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
151
7
12/20/2014
vs
21.6
1
0
0
0
0
3Taysom Hill
T. Hill
138
7
11/17/2024
vs
19.7
3
50
8
10
6.3
0
4Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
138
6
10/5/1997
vs
23.0
2
4
2
2.0
0
5Max Krause
M. Krause
132
6
9/11/1938
@
22.0
2
6Rhamondre Stevenson
R. Stevenson
131
7
1/4/2026
vs
18.7
2
22
2
2
11.0
1
7Sid Blanks
S. Blanks
127
6
9/19/1964
vs
21.2
0
9
1
9.0
0
8Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
126
7
10/24/1954
vs
18.0
1
9
1
9.0
0
9Herschel Walker
H. Walker
122
6
12/14/1986
vs
20.3
1
170
9
18.9
1
10Lenny Moore
L. Moore
122
6
11/26/1961
@
20.3
1
11
2
5.5
0
11Cliff Battles
C. Battles
122
6
10/21/1934
vs
20.3
1
12Oran Pape
O. Pape
122
4
11/6/1932
vs
30.5
0
13Jimmy Thomas
J. Thomas
118
6
12/6/1969
vs
19.7
1
80
2
40.0
1
14Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
116
7
9/22/1996
vs
16.6
0
4
1
4.0
0
15Wayne Crow
W. Crow
115
6
10/13/1962
vs
19.2
1
0
0
0
16Johnny Morris
J. Morris
114
7
10/16/1960
vs
16.3
2
8
1
8.0
0
17Tom Harmon
T. Harmon
114
6
10/13/1946
@
19.0
1
18Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
114
7
10/21/1934
vs
16.3
2
19J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
113
7
12/7/1958
vs
16.1
1
7
2
3.5
0
20Latavius Murray
L. Murray
112
4
11/20/2014
vs
28.0
2
0
0
0
0
21Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
111
7
12/23/2007
vs
15.9
1
0
0
0
0
22Joe Webb
J. Webb
109
7
12/11/2011
@
15.6
1
0
0
0
0
23Rashad Jennings
R. Jennings
109
5
12/12/2010
vs
21.8
1
0
0
1
0
24Essex Johnson
E. Johnson
109
4
12/5/1971
@
27.3
1
23
1
23.0
0
25Jack Spikes
J. Spikes
109
7
9/10/1961
vs
15.6
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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