Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards by a rookie for the Vikings, with 1,341 yards in 2007.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Peterson | 1,341 | 2007 | 14 | 238 | 5.6 | 95.8 | 12 | 268 | 19 | 28 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 1 | |
| 2 |  | C. Foreman | 801 | 1973 | 12 | 182 | 4.4 | 66.8 | 4 | 362 | 37 | 9.8 | 30.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | | A. Anderson | 773 | 1984 | 16 | 201 | 3.8 | 48.3 | 2 | 102 | 17 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | | M. Bennett | 682 | 2001 | 13 | 172 | 4.0 | 52.5 | 2 | 226 | 29 | 38 | 7.8 | 17.4 | 1 | |
| 5 | | O. Smith | 579 | 2003 | 15 | 107 | 5.4 | 38.6 | 5 | 129 | 15 | 20 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| 6 | | T. Allen | 563 | 1991 | 15 | 120 | 4.7 | 37.5 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 1 | ||
| 7 | | T. Brown | 551 | 1979 | 14 | 130 | 4.2 | 39.4 | 1 | 197 | 31 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | J. McKinnon | 538 | 2014 | 11 | 113 | 4.8 | 48.9 | 0 | 135 | 27 | 41 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | A. Mattison | 462 | 2019 | 13 | 100 | 4.6 | 35.5 | 1 | 82 | 10 | 12 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| 10 | | R. Smith | 399 | 1993 | 10 | 82 | 4.9 | 39.9 | 2 | 111 | 24 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | M. Moore | 379 | 2004 | 10 | 65 | 5.8 | 37.9 | 0 | 238 | 27 | 32 | 8.8 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | D. Cook | 354 | 2017 | 4 | 74 | 4.8 | 88.5 | 2 | 90 | 11 | 16 | 8.2 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| 13 | | T. Gerhart | 322 | 2010 | 15 | 81 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 1 | 167 | 21 | 29 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| 14 | | R. Hayes | 319 | 1961 | 13 | 73 | 4.4 | 24.5 | 2 | 121 | 16 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | F. Tarkenton | 308 | 1961 | 14 | 56 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | D.J. Dozier | 257 | 1987 | 9 | 69 | 3.7 | 28.6 | 5 | 89 | 12 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 2 | ||
| 17 | | T. Mason | 226 | 1961 | 13 | 60 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 3 | 122 | 20 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | E. Marinaro | 223 | 1972 | 10 | 66 | 3.4 | 22.3 | 0 | 218 | 28 | 7.8 | 21.8 | 1 | ||
| 19 | | C. Ponder | 219 | 2011 | 11 | 28 | 7.8 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 |  | T. Bridgewater | 209 | 2014 | 13 | 47 | 4.4 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. Chapman | 195 | 2001 | 16 | 63 | 3.1 | 12.2 | 0 | 135 | 16 | 18 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| 22 |  | J.J. McCarthy | 181 | 2025 | 10 | 37 | 4.9 | 18.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | R. Fenney | 174 | 1987 | 11 | 42 | 4.1 | 15.8 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Kapp | 167 | 1967 | 13 | 27 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 25 |  | C. Patterson | 158 | 2013 | 16 | 12 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 3 | 469 | 45 | 77 | 10.4 | 29.3 | 4 | |
MINStatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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