vikings leading rushers in 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards for the Vikings, with 4,484 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4,484
46
915
4.9
97.5
40
829
83
124
10.0
18.0
1
2Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
3,174
64
713
4.5
49.6
12
1,040
126
147
8.3
16.3
5
3Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
2,797
61
655
4.3
45.9
18
1,357
160
208
8.5
22.2
3
4Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,470
80
451
5.5
30.9
29
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
5Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,521
16
295
5.2
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
6Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,407
68
324
4.3
20.7
19
1,211
125
174
9.7
17.8
4
7Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
1,285
54
264
4.9
23.8
1
1,093
116
151
9.4
20.2
3
8Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
1,123
26
231
4.9
43.2
7
523
51
65
10.3
20.1
2
9Tarvaris Jackson
T. Jackson
472
33
112
4.2
14.3
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Doug Chapman
D. Chapman
317
26
90
3.5
12.2
0
143
17
20
8.4
5.5
1
11Artose Pinner
A. Pinner
190
12
43
4.4
15.8
3
15
2
4
7.5
1.3
0
12Ciatrick Fason
C. Fason
161
18
50
3.2
8.9
5
19
3
5
6.3
1.1
0
13Jimmy Kleinsasser
J. Kleinsasser
147
136
43
3.4
1.1
1
1,523
168
237
9.1
11.2
6
14Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
135
15
15
9.0
9.0
0
790
60
91
13.2
52.7
6
15Brad Johnson
B. Johnson
135
30
47
2.9
4.5
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Randy Moss
R. Moss
112
77
18
6.2
1.5
0
6,416
425
723
15.1
83.3
62
17Kelly Campbell
K. Campbell
86
37
14
6.1
2.3
0
1,062
57
108
18.6
28.7
8
18Todd Bouman
T. Bouman
70
6
10
7.0
11.7
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Harold Morrow
H. Morrow
67
48
12
5.6
1.4
0
144
14
19
10.3
3.0
0
20Spergon Wynn
S. Wynn
61
3
8
7.6
20.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Troy Williamson
T. Williamson
57
39
5
11.4
1.5
0
1,067
79
166
13.5
27.4
3
22Albert Young
A. Young
53
7
12
4.4
7.6
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
43
44
8
5.4
1.0
0
1,789
127
211
14.1
40.7
12
24Koren Robinson
K. Robinson
27
14
4
6.8
1.9
1
347
22
37
15.8
24.8
1
25Bernard Berrian
B. Berrian
26
32
4
6.5
0.8
0
1,582
103
187
15.4
49.4
11
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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