vikings leaders in rushing yards from 2000 to 2021

Between the 2000 and 2021 seasons, Adrian Peterson rushed for the most yards for the Vikings, with 11,747 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,747
123
2,418
4.9
95.5
97
1,945
241
333
8.1
15.8
5
2Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
4,820
56
1,018
4.7
86.1
39
1,499
182
231
8.2
26.8
3
3Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
3,174
64
713
4.5
49.6
12
1,040
126
147
8.3
16.3
5
4Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
2,797
61
655
4.3
45.9
18
1,357
160
208
8.5
22.2
3
5Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,470
80
451
5.5
30.9
29
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
1,918
58
474
4.0
33.1
7
984
142
191
6.9
17.0
5
7Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,521
16
295
5.2
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
8Latavius Murray
L. Murray
1,420
32
356
4.0
44.4
14
244
37
43
6.6
7.6
0
9Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,407
68
324
4.3
20.7
19
1,211
125
174
9.7
17.8
4
10Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
1,387
42
330
4.2
33.0
6
435
55
66
7.9
10.4
2
11Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
1,305
61
276
4.7
21.4
5
600
77
103
7.8
9.8
3
12Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
1,285
54
264
4.9
23.8
1
1,093
116
151
9.4
20.2
3
13Matt Asiata
M. Asiata
1,259
74
361
3.5
17.0
18
722
101
132
7.1
9.8
1
14Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
1,123
26
231
4.9
43.2
7
523
51
65
10.3
20.1
2
15Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
683
54
107
6.4
12.6
4
3,302
280
407
11.8
61.1
20
16Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
639
38
126
5.1
16.8
7
-15
1
1
-15.0
-0.4
0
17Tarvaris Jackson
T. Jackson
535
36
119
4.5
14.9
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
457
63
136
3.4
7.3
4
-1
1
2
-1.0
0.0
0
19Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
398
30
94
4.2
13.3
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Mike Boone
M. Boone
379
40
71
5.3
9.5
4
28
7
9
4.0
0.7
0
21Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
333
64
31
10.7
5.2
4
1,316
132
216
10.0
20.6
7
22Doug Chapman
D. Chapman
317
26
90
3.5
12.2
0
143
17
20
8.4
5.5
1
23Joe Webb
J. Webb
273
33
41
6.7
8.3
4
42
6
16
7.0
1.3
0
24Artose Pinner
A. Pinner
190
12
43
4.4
15.8
3
15
2
4
7.5
1.3
0
25Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
187
45
38
4.9
4.2
0
173
27
36
6.4
3.8
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

19.6

27th

OPP PPG

21.6

12th

RUSH YDS/G

104.2

24th

PASS YDS/G

192.9

29th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
5
8
0
.385
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 10

0

Final

31

MIN Vikings

5 - 8

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM