most total yards in a game by a running back in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Adrian Peterson had the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 361 yards against the Bears on October 14, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most total yards in a regular-season game by a running back in the 2000s
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
361
10/14/2007
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
224
20
11.2
3
9
1
2
9.0
0
2 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
317
9/14/2008
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
53
7
7.6
0
72
2
2
36.0
1
3 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
315
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
296
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
4 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
307
11/24/2002
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
197
23
8.6
2
110
7
7
15.7
1
5 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
303
12/10/2006
JAX JAX
vs
IND IND
166
15
11.1
2
15
1
1
15.0
0
6 Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
298
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
286
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
7 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
295
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
295
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
8 Chad Morton
C. Morton
292
11/19/2000
NO NO
vs
OAK OAK
45
5
9.0
0
62
6
7
10.3
0
9 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
290
10/1/2000
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
105
2
52.5
1
35
3
3
11.7
0
10 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
286
10/15/2000
STL STL
vs
ATL ATL
208
25
8.3
1
78
7
10
11.1
0
11 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
284
9/20/2009
TEN TEN
vs
HOU HOU
197
16
12.3
2
87
9
11
9.7
1
12 Chad Morton
C. Morton
283
9/8/2002
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
-1
1
-1.0
0
6
1
2
6.0
0
13 Clifton Smith
C. Smith
279
11/2/2008
TB TB
@
KC KC
17
3
5.7
0
3
1
1
3.0
0
14 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
278
9/20/2009
SD SD
vs
BAL BAL
26
10
2.6
0
124
7
9
17.7
1
15 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
278
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
278
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
16 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
277
12/9/2001
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
168
28
6.0
1
109
5
7
21.8
1
17 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
276
12/28/2002
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
203
32
6.3
0
73
8
11
9.1
0
18 Leon Washington
L. Washington
274
10/26/2008
NYJ NYJ
vs
KC KC
67
3
22.3
1
34
3
4
11.3
1
19 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
273
11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
266
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
20 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
272
10/26/2008
SD SD
@
NO NO
6
1
6.0
0
45
3
4
15.0
0
21 Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
271
12/22/2002
NE NE
vs
NYJ NYJ
13
2
6.5
0
38
4
6
9.5
0
22 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
271
12/1/2002
SD SD
vs
DEN DEN
220
37
5.9
3
51
11
14
4.6
0
23 Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
270
12/28/2008
ATL ATL
vs
STL STL
56
3
18.7
2
22
1
2
22.0
0
24 J.J. Arrington
J.J. Arrington
270
11/23/2008
ARI ARI
vs
NYG NYG
0
0
0
38
5
7
7.6
0
25 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
269
10/6/2008
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
29
12
2.4
0
64
7
9
9.1
0

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