which player has the most rushing yards in a game

Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in a game, with 296 yards against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007.

Interpreted as:
Which player has the most rushing yards in a regular-season game?
NAME RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
296
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
30
9.9
3
19
1
2
19.0
0
2 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
295
9/14/2003
BAL BAL
vs
CLE CLE
30
9.8
2
0
0
1
0
3 Jerome Harrison
J. Harrison
286
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
34
8.4
3
12
2
3
6.0
0
4 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
278
10/22/2000
CIN CIN
vs
DEN DEN
22
12.6
2
0
0
0
0
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
275
11/20/1977
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
40
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
6 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
273
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
7 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
266
11/11/2001
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
35
7.6
3
7
1
1
7.0
0
8 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
259
1/3/2010
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
25
10.4
2
3
1
1
3.0
0
9 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
255
11/24/2024
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
26
9.8
2
47
4
4
11.8
0
10 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
253
1/3/2021
IND IND
vs
JAX JAX
30
8.4
2
1
1
2
1.0
0
11 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
253
10/23/2011
DAL DAL
vs
STL STL
25
10.1
1
0
0
2
0
12 Doug Martin
D. Martin
251
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
25
10.0
4
21
4
5
5.3
0
13 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
251
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
37
6.8
4
5
1
1
5.0
0
14 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
250
1/3/2021
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
34
7.4
2
0
0
0
0
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
250
9/16/1973
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
29
8.6
2
0
0
0
16 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
247
12/5/1971
LA LA
vs
NO NO
26
9.5
1
0
0
0
17 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
246
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
39
6.3
4
30
2
15.0
0
18 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
243
12/28/2003
SD SD
vs
OAK OAK
31
7.8
2
17
8
15
2.1
0
19 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
243
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
20 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
238
12/6/2018
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
17
14.0
4
0
0
0
0
21 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
237
11/13/1994
DET DET
vs
TB TB
26
9.1
0
16
1
16.0
0
22 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
237
10/31/1993
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
30
7.9
1
0
0
0
23 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/19/1961
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
34
7.0
4
52
3
17.3
0
24 Jim Brown
J. Brown
237
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
31
7.6
4
21
3
7.0
0
25 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
236
12/11/2016
PIT PIT
@
BUF BUF
38
6.2
3
62
4
5
15.5
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

24.9

9th

OPP PPG

17.9

5th

RUSH YDS/G

117.1

15th

PASS YDS/G

252.5

10th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
Packers Packers
8
3
0
.727
Bears Bears
4
7
0
.364
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Sun
12/8
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

4 - 7 - 0

27

Final

30

MIN Vikings

9 - 2 - 0

Sun 24 Nov 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
5
0
.583
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
10
1
0
.909
Vikings Vikings
9
2
0
.818
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
6
0
.455
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
5
0
.545
Cardinals Cardinals
6
5
0
.545
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
5
6
0
.455
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
5
0
.583
Colts Colts
5
7
0
.417
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
10
1
0
.909
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
11/23
PHI PHI
@
LAR LAR
37-20
Sat
11/23
SF SF
@
GB GB
10-38
Sat
11/23
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
6-16
Sat
11/23
DEN DEN
@
LV LV
29-19
Sat
11/23
KC KC
@
CAR CAR
30-27

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
12/8
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM