top nfl rushers per game

39 players played in 1 game. The first three are Adrian Peterson on November 4, 2007 and on October 14, 2007, Jamal Lewis on September 14, 2003 and Jerome Harrison on December 20, 2009.

NAMEGPRUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1
296
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1
295
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
3Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
1
286
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1
278
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
275
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1
273
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1
266
11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
8Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1
259
1/3/2010
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
9Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1
255
11/24/2024
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
10Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1
253
1/3/2021
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
30
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1
253
10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
12Doug Martin
D. Martin
1
251
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
13Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1
251
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1
250
1/3/2021
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
34
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1
250
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
16Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
1
247
12/5/1971
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1
246
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1
243
12/28/2003
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
19Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
1
243
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
20Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1
238
12/6/2018
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
21Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1
237
11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
22Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1
237
10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
23Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
237
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
237
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
25Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1
236
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
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Team Rankings

PPG

22.8

18th

OPP PPG

23.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

99.9

23rd

PASS YDS/G

216.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Bears Bears
5
3
0
.625
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
Vikings Vikings
4
4
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
BAL BAL
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

4 - 4 - 0

27

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 3 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
8
2
0
.800
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM