top 3 rushing yards leaders in a game for the chicago bears

Walter Payton has the most rushing yards for the Bears in a game, with 275 yards against the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	275	11/20/1977	CHI	vs	MIN	40	6.9	1	6	1		6.0	0
2	Matt Forte M. Forte	205	10/2/2011	CHI	vs	CAR	25	8.2	1	23	4	5	5.8	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	205	10/30/1977	CHI	@	GB	23	8.9	2	5	1		5.0	0
4	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	205	11/3/1968	CHI	@	GB	24	8.5	0	0	0			0
5	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	197	12/18/1966	CHI	vs	MIN	17	11.6	1	26	1		26.0	0
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	192	11/3/1985	CHI	@	GB	28	6.9	1	14	3		4.7	0
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	192	11/13/1977	CHI	vs	KC	33	5.8	3	29	1		29.0	0
8	Rick Casares R. Casares	190	12/16/1956	CHB	vs	DET	17	11.2	1	20	1		20.0	0
9	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	188	10/21/2001	CHI	@	CIN	22	8.5	1	0	0	0		0
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	183	9/14/1980	CHI	vs	NO	18	10.2	1	26	3		8.7	0
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	183	12/5/1976	CHI	@	SEA	27	6.8	0	30	2		15.0	0
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	182	9/9/1979	CHI	vs	MIN	23	7.9	2	14	3		4.7	0
13	Willie Galimore W. Galimore	181	9/16/1962	CHI	@	SF	22	8.2	2	7	1		7.0	0
14	Walter Payton W. Payton	179	9/9/1984	CHI	vs	DEN	20	9.0	1	7	2		3.5	0
15	Walter Payton W. Payton	179	11/26/1981	CHI	@	DAL	38	4.7	0	4	2		2.0	0
16	Justin Fields J. Fields	178	11/6/2022	CHI	vs	MIA	15	11.9	1	0	0	0		0
17	Walter Payton W. Payton	177	9/14/1986	CHI	vs	PHI	34	5.2	1	-2	1		-2.0	0
18	Kyle Monangai K. Monangai	176	11/2/2025	CHI	@	CIN	26	6.8	0	22	3	5	7.3	0
19	Walter Payton W. Payton	175	12/9/1984	CHI	vs	GB	35	5.0	1	0	0			0
20	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	173	12/16/2001	CHI	vs	TB	31	5.6	1	5	1	1	5.0	0
21	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	172	11/27/1966	CHI	vs	ATL	19	9.1	0	65	5		13.0	0
22	Jordan Howard J. Howard	167	10/15/2017	CHI	@	BAL	36	4.6	0	9	1	1	9.0	0
23	Matt Forte M. Forte	166	10/10/2010	CHI	@	CAR	22	7.5	2	22	2	2	11.0	0
24	James Allen J. Allen	163	12/20/1998	CHI	vs	BAL	23	7.1	1	11	3		3.7	0
25	Walter Payton W. Payton	163	12/11/1977	CHI	vs	GB	32	5.1	2	0	0			0

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