which vikings rookie has the most rushing yards in a season

Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards by a Vikings rookie, with 1,341 yards in 2007.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
2007
MIN MIN
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
2Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
801
1973
MIN MIN
12
182
4.4
66.8
4
362
37
9.8
30.2
2
3Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
773
1984
MIN MIN
16
201
3.8
48.3
2
102
17
6.0
6.4
1
4Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
682
2001
MIN MIN
13
172
4.0
52.5
2
226
29
38
7.8
17.4
1
5Onterrio Smith
O. Smith
579
2003
MIN MIN
15
107
5.4
38.6
5
129
15
20
8.6
8.6
0
6Terry Allen
T. Allen
563
1991
MIN MIN
15
120
4.7
37.5
2
49
6
8.2
3.3
1
7Ted Brown
T. Brown
551
1979
MIN MIN
14
130
4.2
39.4
1
197
31
6.4
14.1
0
8Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
538
2014
MIN MIN
11
113
4.8
48.9
0
135
27
41
5.0
12.3
0
9Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
462
2019
MIN MIN
13
100
4.6
35.5
1
82
10
12
8.2
6.3
0
10Robert Smith
R. Smith
399
1993
MIN MIN
10
82
4.9
39.9
2
111
24
4.6
11.1
0
11Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
379
2004
MIN MIN
10
65
5.8
37.9
0
238
27
32
8.8
23.8
0
12Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
354
2017
MIN MIN
4
74
4.8
88.5
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
13Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
322
2010
MIN MIN
15
81
4.0
21.5
1
167
21
29
8.0
11.1
0
14Ray Hayes
R. Hayes
319
1961
MIN MIN
13
73
4.4
24.5
2
121
16
7.6
9.3
0
15Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
308
1961
MIN MIN
14
56
5.5
22.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
16D.J. Dozier
D.J. Dozier
257
1987
MIN MIN
9
69
3.7
28.6
5
89
12
7.4
9.9
2
17Tommy Mason
T. Mason
226
1961
MIN MIN
13
60
3.8
17.4
3
122
20
6.1
9.4
0
18Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
223
1972
MIN MIN
10
66
3.4
22.3
0
218
28
7.8
21.8
1
19Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
219
2011
MIN MIN
11
28
7.8
19.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Teddy Bridgewater
T. Bridgewater
209
2014
MIN MIN
13
47
4.4
16.1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Doug Chapman
D. Chapman
195
2001
MIN MIN
16
63
3.1
12.2
0
135
16
18
8.4
8.4
1
22Rick Fenney
R. Fenney
174
1987
MIN MIN
11
42
4.1
15.8
2
27
7
3.9
2.5
0
23Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
167
1967
MIN MIN
13
27
6.2
12.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
158
2013
MIN MIN
16
12
13.2
9.9
3
469
45
77
10.4
29.3
4
25Darryl Harris
D. Harris
151
1988
MIN MIN
14
34
4.4
10.8
1
30
6
5.0
2.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.8

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23.3

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99.9

23rd

PASS YDS/G

216.8

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