bears most rushing yards in a game by a single player all-time

Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards for the Bears in a game, with 275 yards against the Vikings on November 20, 1977.

Interpreted as:
Bears most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a single player all-time
NAMERUSH YDSDATETMOPPATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
2Matt Forte
M. Forte
205
10/2/2011
CHI CHI
vs
CAR CAR
25
8.2
1
23
4
5
5.8
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
205
10/30/1977
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
23
8.9
2
5
1
5.0
0
4Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
205
11/3/1968
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
24
8.5
0
0
0
0
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
197
12/18/1966
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
17
11.6
1
26
1
26.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
192
11/3/1985
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
28
6.9
1
14
3
4.7
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
192
11/13/1977
CHI CHI
vs
KC KC
33
5.8
3
29
1
29.0
0
8Rick Casares
R. Casares
190
12/16/1956
CHB CHB
vs
DET DET
17
11.2
1
20
1
20.0
0
9Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
188
10/21/2001
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
22
8.5
1
0
0
0
0
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
183
9/14/1980
CHI CHI
vs
NO NO
18
10.2
1
26
3
8.7
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
183
12/5/1976
CHI CHI
@
SEA SEA
27
6.8
0
30
2
15.0
0
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
182
9/9/1979
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
23
7.9
2
14
3
4.7
0
13Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
181
9/16/1962
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
22
8.2
2
7
1
7.0
0
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
179
9/9/1984
CHI CHI
vs
DEN DEN
20
9.0
1
7
2
3.5
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
179
11/26/1981
CHI CHI
@
DAL DAL
38
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
16Justin Fields
J. Fields
178
11/6/2022
CHI CHI
vs
MIA MIA
15
11.9
1
0
0
0
0
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
177
9/14/1986
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
34
5.2
1
-2
1
-2.0
0
18Walter Payton
W. Payton
175
12/9/1984
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
35
5.0
1
0
0
0
19Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
173
12/16/2001
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
31
5.6
1
5
1
1
5.0
0
20Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
172
11/27/1966
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
19
9.1
0
65
5
13.0
0
21Jordan Howard
J. Howard
167
10/15/2017
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
36
4.6
0
9
1
1
9.0
0
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
166
10/10/2010
CHI CHI
@
CAR CAR
22
7.5
2
22
2
2
11.0
0
23James Allen
J. Allen
163
12/20/1998
CHI CHI
vs
BAL BAL
23
7.1
1
11
3
3.7
0
24Walter Payton
W. Payton
163
12/11/1977
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
32
5.1
2
0
0
0
25Walter Payton
W. Payton
162
10/28/1979
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
23
7.0
3
9
1
9.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

24.0

15th

OPP PPG

26.4

25th

RUSH YDS/G

124.6

10th

PASS YDS/G

237.6

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

4 - 3 - 0

16

Final

30

BAL Ravens

2 - 5 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

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
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM