most rushing yards in a game since 1980

Since 1980, Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a regular-season game since 1980
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
296
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
295
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
3Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
286
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
278
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
266
11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
6Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
259
1/3/2010
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
7Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
255
11/24/2024
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
8Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
253
1/3/2021
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
30
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
9DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
253
10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
10Doug Martin
D. Martin
251
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
11Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
251
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
250
1/3/2021
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
34
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
246
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
14Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
244
11/9/2025
IND IND
vs
ATL ATL
32
7.6
3
42
3
3
14.0
0
15LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
243
12/28/2003
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
238
12/6/2018
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
237
11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
237
10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
19Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
236
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
20Doug Martin
D. Martin
235
11/22/2015
TB TB
@
PHI PHI
27
8.7
0
0
0
1
0
21Tiki Barber
T. Barber
234
12/30/2006
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
23
10.2
3
24
3
4
8.0
0
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
234
11/19/2000
JAX JAX
@
PIT PIT
30
7.8
3
14
3
7
4.7
1
23Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
233
9/23/2012
KC KC
@
NO NO
33
7.1
1
55
6
8
9.2
0
24Arian Foster
A. Foster
231
9/12/2010
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
33
7.0
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
25Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
229
11/27/2022
LV LV
@
SEA SEA
33
6.9
2
74
6
7
12.3
0

More Vikings Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

21.8

22nd

OPP PPG

23.2

16th

RUSH YDS/G

103.4

25th

PASS YDS/G

213.2

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
7
3
0
.700
Packers Packers
6
3
1
.650
Lions Lions
6
4
0
.600
Vikings Vikings
4
6
0
.400
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

7 - 3

19

Final

17

MIN Vikings

4 - 6

Sun 16 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
9
2
0
.818
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
4
0
.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
2
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
6
4
0
.600
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Cowboys Cowboys
4
5
1
.450
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
7
3
0
.700
Packers Packers
6
3
1
.650
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
8
2
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/23
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NE NE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
1:00 PM