nfl most rush yards by a player in a single game since 1990

Since 1990, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	296	11/4/2007	MIN	vs	SD	30	9.9	3	19	1	2	19.0	0
2	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	295	9/14/2003	BAL	vs	CLE	30	9.8	2	0	0	1		0
3	Jerome Harrison J. Harrison	286	12/20/2009	CLE	@	KC	34	8.4	3	12	2	3	6.0	0
4	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	278	10/22/2000	CIN	vs	DEN	22	12.6	2	0	0	0		0
5	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	266	11/11/2001	SEA	vs	OAK	35	7.6	3	7	1	1	7.0	0
6	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	259	1/3/2010	KC	@	DEN	25	10.4	2	3	1	1	3.0	0
7	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	255	11/24/2024	PHI	@	LAR	26	9.8	2	47	4	4	11.8	0
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	253	1/3/2021	IND	vs	JAX	30	8.4	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
9	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	253	10/23/2011	DAL	vs	STL	25	10.1	1	0	0	2		0
10	Doug Martin D. Martin	251	11/4/2012	TB	@	OAK	25	10.0	4	21	4	5	5.3	0
11	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	251	12/3/2000	DEN	@	NO	37	6.8	4	5	1	1	5.0	0
12	Derrick Henry D. Henry	250	1/3/2021	TEN	@	HOU	34	7.4	2	0	0	0		0
13	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	246	12/4/1997	CIN	vs	TEN	39	6.3	4	30	2		15.0	0
14	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	244	11/9/2025	IND	vs	ATL	32	7.6	3	42	3	3	14.0	0
15	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	243	12/28/2003	SD	vs	OAK	31	7.8	2	17	8	15	2.1	0
16	Derrick Henry D. Henry	238	12/6/2018	TEN	vs	JAX	17	14.0	4	0	0	0		0
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	237	11/13/1994	DET	vs	TB	26	9.1	0	16	1		16.0	0
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	237	10/31/1993	DAL	@	PHI	30	7.9	1	0	0			0
19	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	236	12/11/2016	PIT	@	BUF	38	6.2	3	62	4	5	15.5	0
20	Doug Martin D. Martin	235	11/22/2015	TB	@	PHI	27	8.7	0	0	0	1		0
21	Tiki Barber T. Barber	234	12/30/2006	NYG	@	WAS	23	10.2	3	24	3	4	8.0	0
22	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	234	11/19/2000	JAX	@	PIT	30	7.8	3	14	3	7	4.7	1
23	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	233	9/23/2012	KC	@	NO	33	7.1	1	55	6	8	9.2	0
24	Arian Foster A. Foster	231	9/12/2010	HOU	vs	IND	33	7.0	3	7	1	1	7.0	0
25	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	229	11/27/2022	LV	@	SEA	33	6.9	2	74	6	7	12.3	0

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