Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most career yards for the Vikings in the regular-season and playoffs, with 12,159 yards.
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most rushing yards by a player including postseason,vikings history| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | A. Peterson | 12,159 | 128 | 2,534 | 4.8 | 95.0 | 102 | 1,999 | 247 | 343 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 5 |
| 2 |  | R. Smith | 7,408 | 107 | 1,556 | 4.8 | 69.2 | 33 | 1,445 | 198 | 92 | 7.3 | 13.5 | 7 |
| 3 | | C. Foreman | 6,747 | 106 | 1,762 | 3.8 | 63.7 | 59 | 3,504 | 381 | 9.2 | 33.1 | 23 | |
| 4 |  | D. Cook | 6,165 | 76 | 1,334 | 4.6 | 81.1 | 49 | 1,848 | 236 | 307 | 7.8 | 24.3 | 5 |
| 5 | | B. Brown | 5,896 | 192 | 1,669 | 3.5 | 30.7 | 53 | 3,319 | 299 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 24 | |
| 6 | | T. Brown | 4,706 | 107 | 1,159 | 4.1 | 44.0 | 43 | 2,946 | 351 | 8.4 | 27.5 | 13 | |
| 7 | | D. Osborn | 4,700 | 150 | 1,282 | 3.7 | 31.3 | 34 | 1,465 | 183 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7 | |
| 8 | | D. Nelson | 4,401 | 137 | 1,027 | 4.3 | 32.1 | 18 | 2,306 | 259 | 8.9 | 16.8 | 5 | |
| 9 | | T. Mason | 3,252 | 70 | 761 | 4.3 | 46.5 | 28 | 1,689 | 151 | 11.2 | 24.1 | 11 | |
| 10 | | M. Bennett | 3,242 | 66 | 730 | 4.4 | 49.1 | 12 | 1,051 | 130 | 153 | 8.1 | 15.9 | 5 |
| 11 | | C. Taylor | 2,896 | 64 | 677 | 4.3 | 45.3 | 18 | 1,427 | 170 | 223 | 8.4 | 22.3 | 3 |
| 12 | | T. Allen | 2,870 | 49 | 663 | 4.3 | 58.6 | 24 | 687 | 75 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 3 | |
| 13 | | F. Tarkenton | 2,618 | 188 | 489 | 5.4 | 13.9 | 23 | -12 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | D. Culpepper | 2,609 | 85 | 472 | 5.5 | 30.7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 15 | | A. Anderson | 2,475 | 114 | 653 | 3.8 | 21.7 | 24 | 1,109 | 125 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 5 | |
| 16 |  | A. Mattison | 2,393 | 78 | 590 | 4.1 | 30.7 | 11 | 730 | 102 | 131 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 6 |
| 17 | | H. Walker | 2,293 | 43 | 560 | 4.1 | 53.3 | 20 | 695 | 88 | 7.9 | 16.2 | 5 | |
| 18 | | O. Reed | 2,197 | 88 | 546 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 8 | 788 | 108 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 3 | |
| 19 | | C. Jones | 2,127 | 81 | 581 | 3.7 | 26.3 | 19 | 311 | 32 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| 20 |  | J. McKinnon | 1,999 | 61 | 494 | 4.0 | 32.8 | 8 | 1,098 | 159 | 212 | 6.9 | 18.0 | 5 |
| 21 | | L. Hoard | 1,844 | 56 | 479 | 3.8 | 32.9 | 30 | 647 | 68 | 23 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 2 |
| 22 | | R. Young | 1,750 | 93 | 557 | 3.1 | 18.8 | 10 | 2,374 | 304 | 7.8 | 25.5 | 14 | |
| 23 | | R. Fenney | 1,563 | 69 | 379 | 4.1 | 22.7 | 12 | 658 | 79 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| 24 | | M. Williams | 1,535 | 124 | 370 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 21 | 1,373 | 133 | 179 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 5 |
| 25 |  | L. Murray | 1,488 | 34 | 381 | 3.9 | 43.8 | 15 | 272 | 41 | 47 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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