nfl player most rushing yard in month

Walter Payton has the most rushing yards, with 4,811 yards in Novembers.

NAMERUSH YDSMONTHGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
4,811
November
55
1,083
4.4
87.5
33
1,379
145
9.5
25.1
2
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,785
October
55
1,163
4.1
87.0
44
687
125
42
5.5
12.5
3
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,782
November
59
1,131
4.2
81.1
51
1,101
159
20
6.9
18.7
2
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4,538
November
44
866
5.2
103.1
32
585
87
6.7
13.3
2
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
4,440
October
48
997
4.5
92.5
32
924
115
8.0
19.3
3
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4,286
December
49
965
4.4
87.5
40
1,189
177
249
6.7
24.3
8
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
4,282
October
61
909
4.7
70.2
15
958
127
182
7.5
15.7
4
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,201
December
55
1,039
4.0
76.4
34
668
103
33
6.5
12.1
3
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
4,178
December
62
979
4.3
67.4
20
987
107
155
9.2
15.9
6
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,082
September
52
955
4.3
78.5
34
650
111
30
5.9
12.5
2
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4,039
November
48
852
4.7
84.1
32
621
85
120
7.3
12.9
1
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
4,020
November
48
889
4.5
83.8
23
661
87
7.6
13.8
2
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
3,954
October
48
891
4.4
82.4
21
686
70
9.8
14.3
3
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,911
November
46
973
4.0
85.0
29
895
122
87
7.3
19.5
0
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,880
September
40
822
4.7
97.0
23
752
91
8.3
18.8
2
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,777
October
49
953
4.0
77.1
30
380
46
24
8.3
7.8
1
17Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,767
November
51
984
3.8
73.9
23
449
59
27
7.6
8.8
1
18Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,728
September
45
873
4.3
82.8
20
1,112
132
8.4
24.7
6
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,706
October
43
905
4.1
86.2
30
762
118
97
6.5
17.7
1
20Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,692
November
58
930
4.0
63.7
17
1,025
132
183
7.8
17.7
3
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
3,683
December
38
700
5.3
96.9
36
408
47
56
8.7
10.7
1
22Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,651
November
38
826
4.4
96.1
25
365
57
6.4
9.6
0
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,638
December
41
859
4.2
88.7
25
1,106
97
11.4
27.0
4
24Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,629
September
43
783
4.6
84.4
27
764
90
116
8.5
17.8
2
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,574
October
43
784
4.6
83.1
28
607
73
102
8.3
14.1
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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5
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10
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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12
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9
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14
3
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11
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14
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
0
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