top 10 total yards by a running back in a game

Glyn Milburn has the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 404 yards versus the Seahawks on December 10, 1995.

Interpreted as:
top 10 total yards by a running back in a regular-season game
NAME YDS DATE TM OPP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
404
12/10/1995
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
131
18
7.3
0
45
5
9.0
0
2 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
373
12/10/1961
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
216
25
8.6
3
114
5
22.8
2
3 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
361
10/14/2007
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
224
20
11.2
3
9
1
2
9.0
0
4 Lionel James
L. James
345
11/10/1985
SD SD
vs
RAI RAI
51
7
7.3
1
168
11
15.3
1
5 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
341
12/16/1962
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
50
10
5.0
0
199
5
39.8
2
6 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
339
12/18/1966
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
197
17
11.6
1
26
1
26.0
0
7 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
336
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
113
9
12.6
4
89
2
44.5
1
8 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
334
12/29/2013
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
189
24
7.9
2
0
0
0
0
9 David Wilson
D. Wilson
327
12/9/2012
NYG NYG
vs
NO NO
100
13
7.7
2
0
0
0
0
10 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
317
9/14/2008
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
53
7
7.6
0
72
2
2
36.0
1
11 Lionel James
L. James
316
9/22/1985
SD SD
@
CIN CIN
127
12
10.6
1
118
5
23.6
1
12 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
315
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
296
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
13 Travis Williams
T. Williams
314
11/2/1969
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
48
5
9.6
1
19
1
19.0
0
14 Jim Brown
J. Brown
313
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
237
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
15 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
307
11/24/2002
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
197
23
8.6
2
110
7
7
15.7
1
16 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
304
11/23/1975
CLE CLE
vs
CIN CIN
121
17
7.1
1
106
7
15.1
1
17 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
303
11/27/2022
LV LV
@
SEA SEA
229
33
6.9
2
74
6
7
12.3
0
18 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
19 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
303
10/4/1970
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
99
21
4.7
1
63
3
21.0
0
20 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
302
11/24/2024
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
255
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
21 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
302
11/1/1970
MIA MIA
@
BAL BAL
89
8
11.1
0
68
3
22.7
0
22 Walter Payton
W. Payton
300
12/21/1975
CHI CHI
@
NO NO
134
25
5.4
1
62
5
12.4
0
23 Eddie Payton
E. Payton
299
12/17/1977
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
14
2
7.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
0
24 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
299
12/4/1966
CLE CLE
vs
NYG NYG
126
13
9.7
3
71
4
17.8
0
25 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
298
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
236
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0

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Team Rankings

PPG

22.7

17th

OPP PPG

21.3

16th

RUSH YDS/G

129.0

8th

PASS YDS/G

178.3

28th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Broncos Broncos
1
2
0
.333
Chiefs Chiefs
1
2
0
.333
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

3 - 0 - 0

23

Final

20

DEN Broncos

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

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
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM