most rushing yards in a month

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards in a month, with 861 yards in December 2012.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a month
NAMERUSH YDSMONTHGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
861
December 2012
5
135
6.4
172.2
5
32
5
8
6.4
6.4
1
2Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
800
November 2009
5
122
6.6
160.0
7
168
17
21
9.9
33.6
0
3Ricky Williams
R. Williams
797
December 2002
5
131
6.1
159.4
6
69
14
20
4.9
13.8
0
4Tiki Barber
T. Barber
742
December 2005
5
135
5.5
148.4
3
218
23
29
9.5
43.6
1
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
701
November 1997
5
100
7.0
140.2
6
61
6
10.2
12.2
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
683
November 1977
4
111
6.2
170.8
5
157
8
19.6
39.3
1
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
680
November 1984
4
102
6.7
170.0
5
17
4
4.3
4.3
0
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
672
December 2002
5
104
6.5
134.4
8
154
12
17
12.8
30.8
1
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
669
December 2006
5
119
5.6
133.8
7
52
8
15
6.5
10.4
0
10Ladell Betts
L. Betts
666
December 2006
5
132
5.0
133.2
3
162
16
21
10.1
32.4
1
11Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
662
November 1980
5
139
4.8
132.4
5
10
2
5.0
2.0
0
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
662
October 1977
5
114
5.8
132.4
4
67
8
8.4
13.4
1
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
656
October 2000
5
101
6.5
131.2
4
20
3
5
6.7
4.0
0
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
650
October 1983
5
120
5.4
130.0
7
179
20
9.0
35.8
2
15Ahman Green
A. Green
649
November 2003
5
111
5.8
129.8
2
109
15
18
7.3
21.8
2
16Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
641
November 2020
5
127
5.0
128.2
6
191
17
18
11.2
38.2
1
17Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
636
November 1998
5
140
4.5
127.2
7
65
7
9.3
13.0
1
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
634
November 2015
5
117
5.4
126.8
5
82
10
13
8.2
16.4
0
19Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
633
October 1980
4
110
5.8
158.3
3
6
3
2.0
1.5
0
20Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
632
November 2003
4
103
6.1
158.0
4
159
21
27
7.6
39.8
0
21Alfred Morris
A. Morris
631
December 2012
5
127
5.0
126.2
7
35
5
6
7.0
7.0
0
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
627
November 2008
5
119
5.3
125.4
4
29
6
11
4.8
5.8
0
23Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
626
November 2024
4
93
6.7
156.5
5
151
10
12
15.1
37.8
1
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
625
December 2018
5
97
6.4
125.0
8
26
5
5
5.2
5.2
0
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
624
December 2003
4
103
6.1
156.0
6
34
4
5
8.5
8.5
0
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9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
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8
5
0
.615
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5
8
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11
2
0
.846
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9
4
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.692
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7
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0
.538
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6
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4
0
.692
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6
0
.538
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6
0
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3
0
.769
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