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Minnesota Vikings Rushing Yards Leaders

Career totals with the Vikings and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 18: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Adrian Peterson holds the Vikings career record with 11,750 rushing yards. The single-season record is 2,097, by Adrian Peterson in 2012.

YDS TD Y/A ATT Y/G 1D FL

All-time Vikings leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YDS G
1 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2007–2016 11,750 123
2 Robert Smith Robert Smith 1993–2000 6,818 98
3 Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook 2017–2022 5,993 73
4 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman 1973–1979 5,887 93
5 Bill Brown Bill Brown 1962–1974 5,757 180
6 Ted Brown Ted Brown 1979–1986 4,546 104
7 Dave Osborn Dave Osborn 1965–1975 4,320 137
8 Darrin Nelson 1982–1992 4,231 129
9 Tommy Mason Tommy Mason 1961–1966 3,252 70
10 Michael Bennett Michael Bennett 2001–2005 3,174 63
11 Terry Allen Terry Allen 1991–1994 2,795 47
12 Chester Taylor Chester Taylor 2006–2009 2,789 61
13 Fran Tarkenton Fran Tarkenton 1961–1978 2,548 177
14 Daunte Culpepper Daunte Culpepper 1999–2005 2,470 81
15 Alfred Anderson 1984–1991 2,374 108
16 Alexander Mattison Alexander Mattison 2019–2023 2,370 75
17 Herschel Walker Herschel Walker 1989–1991 2,264 42
18 Aaron Jones Aaron Jones 2024–2026 2,096 34
19 Clint Jones 1967–1972 2,008 75
20 Oscar Reed 1968–1974 1,968 79
21 Jerick McKinnon Jerick McKinnon 2014–2017 1,918 58
22 Rickey Young Rickey Young 1978–1983 1,744 89
23 Leroy Hoard Leroy Hoard 1996–1999 1,689 49
24 Moe Williams 1996–2005 1,535 115
25 Rick Fenney 1987–1991 1,508 63

Single-season Vikings records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YDS G
1 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2012 2,097 16
2 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2008 1,757 16
3 Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook 2020 1,557 14
4 Robert Smith Robert Smith 2000 1,521 16
5 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2015 1,485 16
6 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2009 1,389 16
7 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2007 1,341 14
8 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2010 1,298 15
9 Michael Bennett Michael Bennett 2002 1,296 16
10 Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2013 1,266 14
10 Robert Smith Robert Smith 1997 1,266 14
12 Chester Taylor Chester Taylor 2006 1,214 15
13 Terry Allen Terry Allen 1992 1,201 16
14 Robert Smith Robert Smith 1998 1,187 14
15 Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook 2022 1,173 17
16 Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook 2021 1,159 13
17 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman 1976 1,155 14
18 Aaron Jones Aaron Jones 2024 1,138 17
19 Dalvin Cook Dalvin Cook 2019 1,135 14
20 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman 1977 1,112 14
21 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman 1975 1,070 14
22 Ted Brown Ted Brown 1981 1,063 16
23 Terry Allen Terry Allen 1994 1,031 16
24 Robert Smith Robert Smith 1999 1,015 13
25 Dave Osborn Dave Osborn 1967 972 14