who led the vikings in rushing yards

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most career 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
2Robert Smith
R. Smith
6,818
98
1,411
4.8
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
3Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
5,993
73
1,282
4.7
82.1
47
1,794
221
287
8.1
24.6
5
4Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
5,887
93
1,533
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
5Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,757
180
1,627
3.5
32.0
52
3,177
284
11.2
17.7
23
6Ted Brown
T. Brown
4,546
104
1,117
4.1
43.7
40
2,850
339
8.4
27.4
13
7Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
4,320
137
1,173
3.7
31.5
29
1,412
173
8.2
10.3
7
8Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
4,231
129
981
4.3
32.8
18
2,202
251
8.8
17.1
5
9Tommy Mason
T. Mason
3,252
70
761
4.3
46.5
28
1,689
151
11.2
24.1
11
10Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
3,174
64
713
4.5
49.6
12
1,040
126
147
8.3
16.3
5
11Chester Taylor
C. Taylor
2,797
61
655
4.3
45.9
18
1,357
160
208
8.5
22.2
3
12Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,795
47
641
4.4
59.5
23
675
72
9.4
14.4
3
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
2,548
177
464
5.5
14.4
22
-12
0
-0.1
0
14Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,476
81
454
5.5
30.6
29
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
15Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
2,374
108
626
3.8
22.0
22
1,042
114
9.1
9.6
5
16Alexander Mattison
A. Mattison
2,370
75
584
4.1
31.6
11
718
100
128
7.2
9.6
6
17Herschel Walker
H. Walker
2,264
42
551
4.1
53.9
20
681
86
7.9
16.2
5
18Clint Jones
C. Jones
2,008
75
547
3.7
26.8
19
306
31
9.9
4.1
0
19Oscar Reed
O. Reed
1,968
79
490
4.0
24.9
8
676
92
7.3
8.6
3
20Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
1,918
58
474
4.0
33.1
7
984
142
191
6.9
17.0
5
21Rickey Young
R. Young
1,744
89
554
3.1
19.6
10
2,255
292
7.7
25.3
14
22Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
1,689
49
438
3.9
34.5
26
577
60
20
9.6
11.8
1
23Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
1,686
29
387
4.4
58.1
7
607
79
103
7.7
20.9
3
24Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,535
117
370
4.1
13.1
21
1,301
131
177
9.9
11.1
4
25Rick Fenney
R. Fenney
1,508
63
358
4.2
23.9
11
628
71
8.8
10.0
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Vikings Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,632

McCarthy

J.J. McCarthy

RUSH

758

Mason

Jordan Mason

REC

1,048

Jefferson

Justin Jefferson
Team Rankings

PPG

20.2

26th

OPP PPG

19.6

7th

RUSH YDS/G

108.3

23rd

PASS YDS/G

188.7

30th

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10
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12
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9
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11
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14
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