most rushing yards in one game last 20 years

Between February 25, 2006 and February 25, 2026, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in a game, with 296 yards versus the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in one regular-season game last 20 years
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
296
11/4/2007
vs
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
286
12/20/2009
@
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
3Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
259
1/3/2010
@
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
4Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
255
11/24/2024
@
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
253
1/3/2021
vs
30
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
6DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
253
10/23/2011
vs
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
7Doug Martin
D. Martin
251
11/4/2012
@
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
250
1/3/2021
@
34
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
9Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
244
11/9/2025
vs
32
7.6
3
42
3
3
14.0
0
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
238
12/6/2018
vs
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
11Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
236
12/11/2016
@
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
12Doug Martin
D. Martin
235
11/22/2015
@
27
8.7
0
0
0
1
0
13Tiki Barber
T. Barber
234
12/30/2006
@
23
10.2
3
24
3
4
8.0
0
14Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
233
9/23/2012
@
33
7.1
1
55
6
8
9.2
0
15Arian Foster
A. Foster
231
9/12/2010
vs
33
7.0
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
16Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
229
11/27/2022
@
33
6.9
2
74
6
7
12.3
0
17Beanie Wells
B. Wells
228
11/27/2011
@
27
8.4
1
0
0
0
0
18Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
228
11/1/2009
vs
24
9.5
2
11
2
3
5.5
0
19Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
226
12/23/2012
vs
22
10.3
1
4
1
3
4.0
0
20Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
225
9/29/2019
@
29
7.8
0
20
2
3
10.0
0
21Knowshon Moreno
K. Moreno
224
11/24/2013
@
37
6.1
1
6
1
1
6.0
0
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
224
10/14/2007
@
20
11.2
3
9
1
2
9.0
0
23Willie Parker
W. Parker
223
12/7/2006
vs
32
7.0
1
0
0
1
0
24Michael Turner
M. Turner
220
9/7/2008
vs
22
10.0
2
6
1
1
6.0
0
25Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
219
11/23/2025
vs
15
14.6
2
45
11
12
4.1
1

More Vikings Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,632

McCarthy

J.J. McCarthy

RUSH

758

Mason

Jordan Mason

REC

1,048

Jefferson

Justin Jefferson
Team Rankings

PPG

20.2

26th

OPP PPG

19.6

7th

RUSH YDS/G

108.3

23rd

PASS YDS/G

188.7

30th

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0
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Last Game
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Final

16

MIN Vikings

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