most rushing yards in a season by peterson

Adrian Peterson rushed for his most yards in a season in 2012, with 2,097 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
2012
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,760
2008
16
363
4.8
110.0
10
125
21
39
6.0
7.8
0
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,485
2015
16
327
4.5
92.8
11
222
30
36
7.4
13.9
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,383
2009
16
314
4.4
86.4
18
436
43
57
10.1
27.3
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
2007
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,298
2010
15
283
4.6
86.5
12
341
36
50
9.5
22.7
1
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,266
2013
14
279
4.5
90.4
10
171
29
40
5.9
12.2
1
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
2018
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
970
2011
12
208
4.7
80.8
12
139
18
23
7.7
11.6
1
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
898
2019
15
211
4.3
59.9
5
142
17
23
8.4
9.5
0
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
604
2020
16
156
3.9
37.8
7
101
12
18
8.4
6.3
0
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
529
2017
TOT
10
156
3.4
52.9
2
70
11
19
6.4
7.0
0
13Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
98
2021
TOT
4
38
2.6
24.5
2
8
4
4
2.0
2.0
0
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
75
2014
1
21
3.6
75.0
0
18
2
3
9.0
18.0
0
15Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
72
2016
3
37
1.9
24.0
0
8
3
6
2.7
2.7
0
16Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
21
2013
16
4
5.3
1.3
0
54
6
8
9.0
3.4
0
17Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
13
2012
16
2
6.5
0.8
0
11
3
3
3.7
0.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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