what is the biggest game for rushing yards

Frank Gore had the most games with more than 0 rushing yards, with 239 games.

Interpreted as:
What is the biggest regular-season game for rushing yards by a player?
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
239
16,000
3,729
4.3
66.9
81
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
18
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
224
18,359
4,402
4.2
82.0
164
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
217
12,248
3,005
4.1
56.4
123
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
198
3,637
704
5.2
18.4
34
-7
2
2
-3.5
0.0
0
5John Elway
J. Elway
193
3,449
723
4.8
17.9
31
38
2
19.0
0.2
0
6Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
192
5,569
1,021
5.5
29.0
31
22
4
4
5.5
0.1
1
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
189
13,662
3,477
3.9
72.3
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
188
16,726
3,820
4.4
89.0
110
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
183
14,918
3,226
4.6
81.5
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
6
10Tom Brady
T. Brady
181
1,263
477
2.6
7.0
25
36
1
1
36.0
0.2
0
11Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
180
10,967
2,668
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
12Earnest Byner
E. Byner
179
8,266
2,086
4.0
46.2
56
4,385
486
9.0
24.5
14
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
179
3,745
606
6.2
20.9
32
-12
0
-0.1
0
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
178
12,074
2,872
4.2
67.8
65
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
15Thomas Jones
T. Jones
175
10,595
2,675
4.0
60.5
68
1,935
300
399
6.5
11.1
3
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
173
12,279
2,835
4.3
71.0
100
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
173
11,352
2,916
3.9
65.6
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
18Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
172
12,739
2,936
4.3
74.1
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
19Franco Harris
F. Harris
172
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.5
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
20LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
13,687
3,171
4.3
81.0
145
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
21Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
22Brett Favre
B. Favre
168
1,957
466
4.2
11.6
12
-7
1
0
-7.0
0.0
0
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
162
11,107
2,456
4.5
68.6
73
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
24Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
161
1,608
428
3.8
10.0
13
5
1
1
5.0
0.0
1
25Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
159
11,438
2,761
4.1
71.9
69
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

20.0

26th

OPP PPG

20.5

8th

RUSH YDS/G

89.4

30th

PASS YDS/G

272.9

2nd

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
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11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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11/9
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
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11/16
SF SF
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ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

5 - 3 - 0

15

Final

26

HOU Texans

3 - 4 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
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7
1
0
.875
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4
3
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.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
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6
2
0
.750
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3
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.625
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6
2
0
.750
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3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
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5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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34-32
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9/6
TB TB
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23-20
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9/6
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10/30
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11/2
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11/2
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DET DET
1:00 PM
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11/2
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CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM