nfl most yards rushed in a game by a player in 2021

Dalvin Cook had the most rushing yards in a game in 2021, with 205 yards against the Steelers on December 9, 2021.

Interpreted as:
NFL most yards rushed in a regular-season game by a player in 2021
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
205
12/9/2021
MIN MIN
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
2
17
1
3
17.0
0
2 Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
190
1/9/2022
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
23
8.3
1
0
0
0
0
3 Najee Harris
N. Harris
188
1/3/2022
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
28
6.7
1
18
3
3
6.0
0
4 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
185
11/21/2021
IND IND
@
BUF BUF
32
5.8
4
19
3
3
6.3
1
5 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
182
9/19/2021
TEN TEN
@
SEA SEA
35
5.2
3
55
6
6
9.2
0
6 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
172
11/4/2021
IND IND
vs
NYJ NYJ
19
9.1
2
28
2
2
14.0
0
7 Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
170
1/2/2022
SEA SEA
vs
DET DET
25
6.8
2
15
2
3
7.5
0
8 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
170
12/18/2021
IND IND
vs
NE NE
29
5.9
1
0
0
0
0
9 Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
165
11/28/2021
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
28
5.9
2
-2
4
4
-0.5
0
10 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
161
10/10/2021
CLE CLE
@
LAC LAC
21
7.7
1
9
1
1
9.0
0
11 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
157
10/3/2021
TEN TEN
@
NYJ NYJ
33
4.8
1
20
2
2
10.0
0
12 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
150
1/9/2022
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
16
9.4
1
0
0
0
0
13 Rex Burkhead
R. Burkhead
149
12/26/2021
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
22
6.8
2
0
2
2
0.0
0
14 James Robinson
J. Robinson
149
10/10/2021
JAX JAX
vs
TEN TEN
18
8.3
1
-2
1
1
-2.0
0
15 Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
146
1/9/2022
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
21
7.0
1
5
1
3
5.0
0
16 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
146
1/9/2022
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
30
4.9
0
16
2
2
8.0
0
17 D'Ernest Johnson
D. Johnson
146
10/21/2021
CLE CLE
vs
DEN DEN
22
6.6
1
22
2
2
11.0
0
18 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
145
10/17/2021
IND IND
vs
HOU HOU
14
10.4
2
13
1
2
13.0
0
19 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
143
12/5/2021
IND IND
@
HOU HOU
32
4.5
2
0
0
0
0
20 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
143
10/18/2021
TEN TEN
vs
BUF BUF
20
7.2
3
13
2
3
6.5
0
21 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
143
10/3/2021
DAL DAL
vs
CAR CAR
20
7.2
1
0
0
1
0
22 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
140
10/17/2021
MIN MIN
@
CAR CAR
29
4.8
1
3
2
2
1.5
0
23 Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
137
12/12/2021
SEA SEA
@
HOU HOU
16
8.6
2
1
1
1
1.0
0
24 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
137
11/7/2021
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
14
9.8
2
26
2
2
13.0
0
25 Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
137
10/31/2021
SF SF
@
CHI CHI
18
7.6
1
0
0
0
0

More Vikings Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

24.6

13th

OPP PPG

19.4

7th

RUSH YDS/G

106.8

23rd

PASS YDS/G

224.2

16th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Vikings Vikings
3
2
0
.600
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
PHI PHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
BAL BAL
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

1 - 4 - 0

17

Final

21

MIN Vikings

3 - 2 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM