Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards in his first 8 games in his rookie season in 2007, with 1,036 yards.
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| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Peterson | 1,036 | 2007 | 8 | 158 | 6.6 | 129.5 | 8 | 206 | 12 | 18 | 17.2 | 25.8 | 1 | |
| 2 |  | E. Dickerson | 995 | 1983 | 8 | 203 | 4.9 | 124.4 | 12 | 240 | 27 | 8.9 | 30.0 | 2 | ||
| 3 |  | E. Elliott | 891 | 2016 | 8 | 177 | 5.0 | 111.4 | 7 | 155 | 16 | 20 | 9.7 | 19.4 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | G. Rogers | 859 | 1981 | 8 | 178 | 4.8 | 107.4 | 5 | 74 | 8 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | B. Sims | 859 | 1980 | 8 | 173 | 5.0 | 107.4 | 9 | 316 | 20 | 15.8 | 39.5 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | J. Jones | 819 | 2004 | 8 | 197 | 4.2 | 102.4 | 7 | 109 | 17 | 26 | 6.4 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| 7 | | E. Campbell | 799 | 1978 | 8 | 158 | 5.1 | 99.9 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | D. Martin | 794 | 2012 | 8 | 154 | 5.2 | 99.3 | 7 | 245 | 20 | 33 | 12.3 | 30.6 | 1 | |
| 9 | | D. Woods | 790 | 1974 | 8 | 138 | 5.7 | 98.8 | 5 | 235 | 16 | 14.7 | 29.4 | 2 | ||
| 10 |  | J. Brown | 780 | 1960 | 8 | 140 | 5.6 | 97.5 | 7 | 98 | 13 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| 11 |  | T. Gurley | 775 | 2015 | 8 | 155 | 5.0 | 96.9 | 6 | 132 | 16 | 19 | 8.3 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| 12 | | O. Anderson | 768 | 1979 | 8 | 161 | 4.8 | 96.0 | 3 | 189 | 26 | 7.3 | 23.6 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | K. Hunt | 763 | 2017 | 8 | 146 | 5.2 | 95.4 | 4 | 307 | 28 | 32 | 11.0 | 38.4 | 2 | |
| 14 |  | E. James | 746 | 1999 | 8 | 196 | 3.8 | 93.3 | 5 | 295 | 29 | 45 | 10.2 | 36.9 | 1 | |
| 15 |  | J. Jacobs | 740 | 2019 | 8 | 152 | 4.9 | 92.5 | 6 | 102 | 11 | 15 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| 16 |  | L. Fournette | 740 | 2017 | 8 | 175 | 4.2 | 92.5 | 6 | 156 | 19 | 27 | 8.2 | 19.5 | 1 | |
| 17 | | A. Morris | 717 | 2012 | 8 | 151 | 4.7 | 89.6 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| 18 | | E. George | 717 | 1996 | 8 | 162 | 4.4 | 89.6 | 3 | 66 | 11 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | C. Johnson | 715 | 2008 | 8 | 146 | 4.9 | 89.4 | 5 | 164 | 24 | 35 | 6.8 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| 20 |  | M. Faulk | 702 | 1994 | 8 | 172 | 4.1 | 87.8 | 6 | 349 | 31 | 11.3 | 43.6 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | J. Taylor | 696 | 1960 | 8 | 152 | 4.6 | 87.0 | 10 | 87 | 11 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  | E. Mitchell | 693 | 2021 | 8 | 143 | 4.8 | 86.6 | 4 | 108 | 14 | 15 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| 23 |  | M. Lynch | 690 | 2007 | 8 | 177 | 3.9 | 86.3 | 5 | 96 | 12 | 16 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | B. Sanders | 688 | 1989 | 8 | 131 | 5.3 | 86.0 | 5 | 153 | 13 | 11.8 | 19.1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | O. Gary | 686 | 1999 | 8 | 187 | 3.7 | 85.8 | 5 | 127 | 15 | 20 | 8.5 | 15.9 | 0 | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
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| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
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