most scrimmage yards by vikings running back in franchise history

Adrian Peterson has the most career yards from scrimmage for the Vikings by a running back, with 13,692 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	13,692	123	11,747	2,418	4.9	95.5	97	1,945	241	333	8.1	15.8	5
2	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	8,944	93	5,887	1,533	3.8	63.3	52	3,057	336		9.1	32.9	23
3	Bill Brown B. Brown	8,934	180	5,757	1,627	3.5	32.0	52	3,177	284		11.2	17.7	23
4	Robert Smith R. Smith	8,110	98	6,818	1,411	4.8	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
5	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	7,787	73	5,993	1,282	4.7	82.1	47	1,794	221	287	8.1	24.6	5
6	Ted Brown T. Brown	7,396	104	4,546	1,117	4.1	43.7	40	2,850	339		8.4	27.4	13
7	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	6,433	129	4,231	981	4.3	32.8	18	2,202	251		8.8	17.1	5
8	Dave Osborn D. Osborn	5,732	137	4,320	1,173	3.7	31.5	29	1,412	173		8.2	10.3	7
9	Tommy Mason T. Mason	4,941	70	3,252	761	4.3	46.5	28	1,689	151		11.2	24.1	11
10	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	4,214	64	3,174	713	4.5	49.6	12	1,040	126	147	8.3	16.3	5
11	Chester Taylor C. Taylor	4,154	61	2,797	655	4.3	45.9	18	1,357	160	208	8.5	22.2	3
12	Rickey Young R. Young	3,999	89	1,744	554	3.1	19.6	10	2,255	292		7.7	25.3	14
13	Terry Allen T. Allen	3,470	47	2,795	641	4.4	59.5	23	675	72		9.4	14.4	3
14	Alfred Anderson A. Anderson	3,416	108	2,374	626	3.8	22.0	22	1,042	114		9.1	9.6	5
15	Alexander Mattison A. Mattison	3,088	75	2,370	584	4.1	31.6	11	718	100	128	7.2	9.6	6
16	Herschel Walker H. Walker	2,945	42	2,264	551	4.1	53.9	20	681	86		7.9	16.2	5
17	Jerick McKinnon J. McKinnon	2,902	58	1,918	474	4.0	33.1	7	984	142	191	6.9	17.0	5
18	Moe Williams M. Williams	2,836	117	1,535	370	4.1	13.1	21	1,301	131	177	9.9	11.1	4
19	Oscar Reed O. Reed	2,644	79	1,968	490	4.0	24.9	8	676	92		7.3	8.6	3
20	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	2,530	32	1,889	439	4.3	59.0	8	641	84	110	7.6	20.0	3
21	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	2,378	54	1,285	264	4.9	23.8	1	1,093	116	151	9.4	20.2	3
22	Clint Jones C. Jones	2,314	75	2,008	547	3.7	26.8	19	306	31		9.9	4.1	0
23	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	2,266	49	1,689	438	3.9	34.5	26	577	60	20	9.6	11.8	1
24	Rick Fenney R. Fenney	2,136	63	1,508	358	4.2	23.9	11	628	71		8.8	10.0	2
25	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	2,015	51	1,007	306	3.3	19.7	4	1,008	125		8.1	19.8	7

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Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
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Giants	2	1	0	.667
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
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Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
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Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
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