who rushed for the most rushing yards in a single game

5 players attempted 30 rushes. The first three are Adrian Peterson on November 4, 2007, Jamal Lewis on September 14, 2003 and Jonathan Taylor on January 3, 2021.

Interpreted as:
Who rushed for the most rushing yards in a single regular-season game?
NAMEATTRUSH YDSDATETMOPPYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
30
296
11/4/2007
vs
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
30
295
9/14/2003
vs
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
3Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
34
286
12/20/2009
@
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
22
278
10/22/2000
vs
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
40
275
11/20/1977
vs
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
29
273
11/25/1976
@
9.4
2
0
0
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
35
266
11/11/2001
vs
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
8Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
25
259
1/3/2010
@
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
9Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
26
255
11/24/2024
@
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
10Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
30
253
1/3/2021
vs
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
25
253
10/23/2011
vs
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
12Doug Martin
D. Martin
25
251
11/4/2012
@
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
13Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
37
251
12/3/2000
@
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
34
250
1/3/2021
@
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
29
250
9/16/1973
@
8.6
2
0
0
0
16Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
26
247
12/5/1971
vs
9.5
1
0
0
0
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
39
246
12/4/1997
vs
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
32
244
11/9/2025
vs
7.6
3
42
3
3
14.0
0
19LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
31
243
12/28/2003
vs
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
20Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
36
243
12/8/1963
vs
6.8
5
0
0
0
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
17
238
12/6/2018
vs
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
22Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
26
237
11/13/1994
vs
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
23Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
30
237
10/31/1993
@
7.9
1
0
0
0
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
34
237
11/19/1961
vs
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
25Jim Brown
J. Brown
31
237
11/24/1957
vs
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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