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Minnesota Vikings Rushing Career Register

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 426-355-9
Playoff Record (all-time) : 19-27 (Last appearance after 2012 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 0 out of 4 appearances
 Championships Won: 0
Passing Leader (all-time): Fran Tarkenton - 33,098 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Adrian Peterson - 8,849 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Cris Carter - 12,383 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Bud Grant - 158 wins
Top Player by Approximate Value (all-time): Carl Eller - 192 AV

Minnesota Vikings Rushing Career Register

Single-seasonPassingRushingReceivingReturnsKickingScoring
CareerPassingRushingReceivingReturnsKickingScoringDefenseApproximate Value

Rushing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Adrian Peterson 2007 2012 89 77 1754 8849 76 82 5.0 99.4 26
2 Robert Smith 1993 2000 98 68 1411 6818 32 78 4.8 69.6 9
3 Chuck Foreman 1973 1979 93 90 1533 5887 52 51 3.8 63.3 52
4 Bill Brown 1962 1974 180 88 1627 5757 52 48 3.5 32.0 54
5 Ted Brown 1979 1986 104 58 1117 4546 40 60 4.1 43.7 20
6 Dave Osborn 1965 1975 137 55 1173 4320 29 73 3.7 31.5 27
7 Darrin Nelson 1982 1992 129 52 981 4231 18 72 4.3 32.8 30
8 Tommy Mason 1961 1966 70 44 761 3252 28 71 4.3 46.5 54
9 Michael Bennett 2001 2005 64 32 713 3174 12 85 4.5 49.6 12
10 Chester Taylor 2006 2009 61 27 655 2797 18 95 4.3 45.9 14
11 Terry Allen 1991 1994 47 26 641 2795 23 55 4.4 59.5 16
12 Fran Tarkenton 1961 1978 177 164 464 2548 22 52 5.5 14.4 64
13 Daunte Culpepper 1999 2005 81 89 454 2476 29 42 5.5 30.6 81
14 Alfred Anderson 1984 1991 108 25 626 2374 22 29 3.8 22.0 19
15 Herschel Walker 1989 1991 42 23 551 2264 20 71 4.1 53.9 11
16 Clint Jones 1967 1972 75 25 547 2008 19 80 3.7 26.8 17
17 Oscar Reed 1968 1974 79 28 490 1968 8 43 4.0 24.9 13
18 Rickey Young 1978 1983 89 32 554 1744 10 26 3.1 19.6 14
19 Leroy Hoard 1996 1999 49 18 438 1689 26 53 3.9 34.5 8
20 Moe Williams 1997 2005 96 26 370 1535 21 61 4.1 16.0 4
21 Rick Fenney 1987 1991 63 16 358 1508 11 28 4.2 23.9 7
22 Mewelde Moore 2004 2007 54 19 264 1285 1 33 4.9 23.8 6
23 Scottie Graham 1993 1996 50 8 349 1239 7 31 3.6 24.8 0
24 Brent McClanahan 1973 1979 95 19 367 1207 6 22 3.3 12.7 16
25 Onterrio Smith 2003 2004 26 14 231 1123 7 47 4.9 43.2 3
26 Toby Gerhart 2010 2012 47 11 240 1022 3 67 4.3 21.7 6
27 Ed Marinaro 1972 1975 51 23 306 1007 4 27 3.3 19.7 13
28 Robert Miller 1975 1980 89 16 275 951 7 36 3.5 10.7 8
29 Allen Rice 1984 1990 89 17 307 934 13 24 3.0 10.5 9
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
30 Tony Galbreath 1981 1983 35 12 194 788 7 52 4.1 22.5 7
31 Hugh McElhenny 1961 1962 24 12 170 770 3 41 4.5 32.1 11
32 Rich Gannon 1988 1992 44 26 144 720 3 42 5.0 16.4 17
33 Percy Harvin 2009 2012 54 42 107 683 4 39 6.4 12.6 6
34 Wade Wilson 1983 1991 69 40 159 679 9 38 4.3 9.8 24
35 D.J. Dozier 1987 1990 37 8 163 643 7 38 3.9 17.4 4
36 Amp Lee 1994 1996 45 14 149 636 2 66 4.3 14.1 6
37 Mel Triplett 1961 1962 28 8 132 567 3 37 4.3 20.3 6
38 Jim Lindsey 1966 1972 84 13 178 566 6 19 3.2 6.7 7
39 Joe Kapp 1967 1969 40 25 99 540 5 27 5.5 13.5 8
40 Roger Craig 1992 1993 29 7 143 535 5 21 3.7 18.4 3
41 Tarvaris Jackson 2006 2010 36 13 119 535 4 33 4.5 14.9 15
42 Tommy Kramer 1977 1989 128 85 214 531 8 20 2.5 4.1 59
43 Christian Ponder 2011 2012 27 16 88 472 2 29 5.4 17.5 13
44 Barry Word 1993 1993 13 4 142 458 2 14 3.2 35.2 3
45 Phil King 1965 1966 28 5 89 396 0 21 4.4 14.1 3
46 Brad Johnson 1994 2006 68 34 139 368 2 28 2.6 5.4 26
47 Charles Evans 1993 1998 81 10 118 364 4 13 3.1 4.5 0
48 Sammy Johnson 1976 1978 25 3 83 356 2 26 4.3 14.2 0
49 Ray Hayes 1961 1961 13 5 73 319 2 22 4.4 24.5 5
50 Doug Chapman 2001 2003 26 3 90 317 0 27 3.5 12.2 2
51 Randall Cunningham 1997 1999 27 28 61 317 1 28 5.2 11.7 8
52 Doug Mayberry 1961 1962 17 5 87 314 1 17 3.6 18.5 5
53 Anthony Carter 1986 1993 105 59 47 289 2 32 6.1 2.8 6
54 Tommy Wilson 1963 1963 8 3 73 282 4 30 3.9 35.3 2
55 Joe Webb 2010 2012 17 4 41 273 4 65 6.7 16.1 2
56 Artose Pinner 2006 2006 12 1 43 190 3 21 4.4 15.8 1
57 Billy Ray Barnes 1965 1966 16 1 53 164 1 18 3.1 10.3 1
58 Ciatrick Fason 2005 2006 18 1 50 161 5 15 3.2 8.9 1
59 Randy Moss 1998 2003 96 90 23 159 0 25 6.9 1.7 9
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
60 Darryl Harris 1988 1988 14 1 34 151 1 34 4.4 10.8 1
61 Jim Kleinsasser 2000 2003 55 20 43 147 1 12 3.4 2.7 2
62 Bob Grim 1967 1971 27 11 7 147 0 54 21.0 5.4 3
63 James Stewart 1995 1995 4 1 31 144 0 51 4.6 36.0 2
64 Warren Moon 1994 1996 39 28 69 143 0 16 2.1 3.7 29
65 John Gilliam 1972 1975 56 46 18 136 1 44 7.6 2.4 4
66 Tom Michel 1964 1964 11 1 39 129 0 14 3.3 11.7 3
67 David Palmer 1994 1999 78 10 34 125 1 15 3.7 1.6 11
68 Ron Vander Kelen 1963 1967 29 6 26 116 1 20 4.5 4.0 6
69 Keith Henderson 1992 1992 13 2 34 113 1 12 3.3 8.7 1
70 Bobby Reed 1962 1963 16 2 27 110 0 16 4.1 6.9 4
71 Jessie Clark 1989 1990 8 0 26 106 0 14 4.1 13.3 1
72 Bobby Walden 1964 1966 28 1 6 100 0 45 16.7 3.6 1
73 Sammy White 1976 1983 88 43 18 97 0 45 5.4 1.1 6
74 Jim McMahon 1993 1993 12 6 33 96 0 16 2.9 8.0 4
75 Terry LeCount 1981 1983 36 9 6 90 0 40 15.0 2.5 1
76 Kelly Campbell 2002 2004 37 12 14 86 0 19 6.1 2.3 4
77 Gary Cuozzo 1968 1971 33 17 36 85 0 15 2.4 2.6 8
78 Greg Coleman 1978 1986 82 0 10 85 0 30 8.5 1.0 1
79 Albert Young 2009 2010 10 0 25 82 0 10 3.3 8.2 0
80 Harold Morrow 1998 2001 43 5 17 75 0 15 4.4 1.7 1
81 Mark Kellar 1976 1978 33 0 25 74 0 11 3.0 2.2 1
82 Steve Dils 1980 1983 43 11 24 73 0 19 3.0 1.7 16
83 Jarvis Redwine 1981 1983 26 0 17 70 0 21 4.1 2.7 3
84 Todd Bouman 2001 2002 6 3 10 70 0 21 7.0 11.7 3
85 Spergon Wynn 2001 2001 3 2 8 61 0 14 7.6 20.3 3
86 Bill McWatters 1964 1964 11 1 14 60 1 16 4.3 5.5 2
87 Mike A. Jones 1983 1985 48 12 7 60 0 36 8.6 1.3 1
88 Bill Butler 1963 1964 28 9 22 59 0 11 2.7 2.1 12
89 Donovan McNabb 2011 2011 6 4 14 59 1 23 4.2 9.8 2
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
90 Troy Williamson 2005 2007 25 5 5 57 0 26 11.4 2.3 0
91 Doug Paschal 1980 1980 16 1 15 53 1 10 3.5 3.3 0
92 Lorenzo Booker 2011 2011 15 1 13 52 0 25 4.0 3.5 3
93 Hassan Jones 1986 1992 72 29 5 52 0 37 10.4 0.7 3
94 Nate Burleson 2004 2005 28 14 8 43 0 11 5.4 1.5 1
95 Jeff George 1999 1999 12 11 16 41 0 17 2.6 3.4 8
96 Archie Manning 1983 1984 8 2 12 41 0 16 3.4 5.1 4
97 George Shaw 1961 1961 8 2 10 39 0 19 3.9 4.9 1
98 Bob Lee 1969 1977 47 9 39 37 2 10 0.9 0.8 11
99 James Brim 1987 1987 3 3 2 36 1 38 18.0 12.0 0
100 Tony Adams 1987 1987 3 2 11 31 0 12 2.8 10.3 3
101 Ted Dean 1964 1964 2 1 5 30 0 9 6.0 15.0 0
102 Koren Robinson 2005 2005 14 4 4 27 1 13 6.8 1.9 2
103 Bobby Phillips 1995 1995 8 0 14 26 0 7 1.9 3.3 1
104 Joe P. Johnson 1992 1992 15 2 4 26 0 9 6.5 1.7 0
105 Tony Richardson 2006 2007 23 4 12 25 0 4 2.1 1.1 0
106 Bob Berry 1966 1975 20 4 7 25 0 8 3.6 1.3 1
107 Cris Carter 1990 2001 76 44 10 24 0 8 2.4 0.3 3
108 Adam Walker 1987 1987 2 0 5 24 0 11 4.8 12.0 0
109 Billy Waddy 1984 1984 4 0 3 24 0 11 8.0 6.0 1
110 Jeff Dugan 2007 2010 57 6 11 23 0 5 2.1 0.4 1
111 Robert Green 1997 1997 3 0 6 22 0 8 3.7 7.3 0
112 Naufahu Tahi 2007 2010 40 1 10 21 0 6 2.1 0.5 0
113 Qadry Ismail 1993 1995 31 7 4 21 0 7 5.3 0.7 4
114 Jeff Womack 1987 1987 2 1 9 20 0 13 2.2 10.0 0
115 Bubby Brister 2000 2000 2 0 5 20 0 12 4.0 10.0 1
116 Leo Lewis 1981 1989 88 25 14 19 0 16 1.4 0.2 10
117 Cedric Smith 1990 1990 15 1 9 19 0 7 2.1 1.3 0
118 Bernard Berrian 2008 2010 30 12 5 18 0 14 3.6 0.6 3
119 Brooks Bollinger 2007 2007 5 1 5 18 0 10 3.6 3.6 1
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
120 Darrell Lester 1964 1964 6 1 4 18 0 7 4.5 3.0 0
121 Ron Groce 1976 1976 4 0 3 18 0 13 6.0 4.5 1
122 Brett Wilson 1987 1987 3 0 5 16 0 6 3.2 5.3 0
123 Brett Favre 2009 2010 29 21 26 15 0 10 0.6 0.5 9
124 Sam Harrell 1981 1987 5 0 6 15 0 7 2.5 3.0 1
125 Eddie Johnson 2003 2003 14 0 2 15 0 15 7.5 1.1 2
126 Eddie Payton 1980 1980 16 0 2 15 0 8 7.5 0.9 3
127 Wayne Wilson 1986 1986 7 0 8 14 0 6 1.8 2.0 0
128 Travis Prentice 2001 2001 14 0 14 13 2 6 0.9 0.9 1
129 Jimmy K. Smith 1987 1987 1 0 7 13 0 5 1.9 13.0 0
130 Billy Harris 1969 1969 13 0 6 13 0 5 2.2 1.0 0
131 Leonard Moore 1987 1987 1 0 4 11 0 4 2.8 11.0 0
132 Jamie Caleb 1961 1961 10 0 3 11 0 4 3.7 1.1 0
133 Jarius Wright 2012 2012 7 3 2 11 0 8 5.5 1.6 0
134 Nick Davis 2002 2002 15 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.7 4
135 Matt Asiata 2012 2012 14 1 3 9 0 5 3.0 0.6 0
136 Earl Denny 1968 1968 14 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 0.6 1
137 Bethel Johnson 2006 2006 11 1 4 8 0 5 2.0 0.7 1
138 Travis Taylor 2005 2006 32 9 3 8 0 5 2.7 0.3 3
139 Ahmad Rashad 1980 1980 16 10 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.5 0
140 Norm Snead 1971 1971 7 2 6 6 1 5 1.0 0.9 2
141 Gus Frerotte 2003 2008 27 8 31 5 1 5 0.2 0.2 6
142 Andre Thomas 1987 1987 1 0 6 4 0 5 0.7 4.0 0
143 Phil Frye 1987 1987 1 0 4 4 0 2 1.0 4.0 0
144 Aundrae Allison 2007 2008 26 3 3 4 0 3 1.3 0.2 4
145 Jim Young 1965 1965 2 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 2.0 1
146 John McCormick 1962 1962 13 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 1
147 Steve Jordan 1984 1984 14 5 1 4 1 4 4.0 0.3 0
148 Brian Russell 2004 2004 16 5 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0
149 Robert Tate 1999 1999 16 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 1
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
150 Steve Harris 1987 1987 2 0 4 3 0 2 0.8 1.5 0
151 Stu Voigt 1972 1973 27 9 2 3 1 2 1.5 0.1 1
152 David Nelson 1984 1984 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0
153 Troy Walters 2000 2000 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 2
154 Willie Spencer 1976 1976 3 0 4 2 0 2 0.5 0.7 1
155 Gordie Smith 1964 1964 12 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0
156 Jeff Williams 1966 1966 3 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.7 1
157 Sean Salisbury 1992 1994 22 10 24 1 0 6 0.0 0.0 7
158 Bob Ferguson 1963 1963 2 0 3 1 0 1 0.3 0.5 0
159 Randall McDaniel 1996 1996 16 10 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.1 0
160 Joe Senser 1980 1981 32 14 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.0 3
161 John Avery 2003 2003 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
162 Mitch Berger 1997 1997 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
163 Al Denson 1971 1971 7 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
164 Paul Krause 1972 1972 14 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
165 Kyle Richardson 2002 2002 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
166 Mike Saxon 1994 1994 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
167 Jeff Siemon 1981 1981 16 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1
168 Charles Stackhouse 2003 2003 14 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
169 Larry Miller 1987 1987 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0
170 Lance Rentzel 1965 1965 11 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 4
171 Shaun Hill 2005 2005 1 0 2 -2 0 -1 -1.0 -2.0 0
172 Harry Newsome 1990 1990 16 0 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.1 1
173 Jim Gustafson 1987 1987 12 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0
174 Jerry Reichow 1961 1963 28 15 4 -3 0 21 -0.8 -0.1 0
175 Tom Hall 1964 1964 14 4 4 -4 0 5 -1.0 -0.3 0
176 Jay Fiedler 1998 1998 5 0 4 -6 0 -1 -1.5 -1.2 0
177 Mike Mularkey 1988 1988 16 1 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0
178 Bucky Scribner 1987 1988 20 0 2 -7 0 0 -3.5 -0.4 2
179 Bobby Wade 2007 2007 16 6 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 3
Rushing
Rk From To G AV Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
180 Preston Carpenter 1966 1966 12 5 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.8 0
181 Mike Eischeid 1972 1972 14 0 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -0.9 2
182 Dwight Collins 1984 1984 16 1 3 -14 0 1 -4.7 -0.9 0
183 Chris Kluwe 2008 2011 32 0 3 -19 0 0 -6.3 -0.6 2
184 Mike Mercer 1961 1961 14 0 1 -32 0 -32 -32.0 -2.3 0