most rushing yards after age 22

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by a player older than 22, with 15,855 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after age 22
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15,855
194
3,803
4.2
81.7
141
2,738
442
130
6.2
14.1
10
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
15,392
227
3,608
4.3
67.8
78
3,854
469
674
8.2
17.0
18
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,657
163
3,331
4.4
89.9
90
4,176
444
9.4
25.6
15
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13,577
170
2,992
4.5
79.9
108
2,206
286
395
7.7
13.0
5
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
12,614
152
3,150
4.0
83.0
76
3,068
454
409
6.8
20.2
9
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,528
138
2,552
4.9
90.8
117
1,664
176
230
9.5
12.1
5
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12,495
122
2,527
4.9
102.4
72
2,159
292
7.4
17.7
7
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12,448
154
2,835
4.4
80.8
135
4,405
565
794
7.8
28.6
17
11Marcus Allen
M. Allen
11,546
213
2,862
4.0
54.2
112
5,010
549
9.1
23.5
18
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
11,208
160
2,866
3.9
70.1
81
912
143
100
6.4
5.7
2
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
11,193
167
2,670
4.2
67.0
63
4,250
454
29
9.4
25.4
23
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
11,065
159
2,761
4.0
69.6
81
2,107
286
7.4
13.3
8
15Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,053
143
2,584
4.3
77.3
81
1,822
235
278
7.8
12.7
7
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
10,583
161
2,736
3.9
65.7
103
1,859
214
8.7
11.5
10
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
19Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
10,472
138
2,270
4.6
75.9
52
1,963
246
348
8.0
14.2
5
20Thomas Jones
T. Jones
10,218
166
2,566
4.0
61.6
66
1,815
276
364
6.6
10.9
3
21Eddie George
E. George
10,174
138
2,810
3.6
73.7
67
2,221
266
269
8.3
16.1
10
22Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
9,989
165
2,445
4.1
60.5
45
3,877
471
594
8.2
23.5
12
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
9,938
142
2,081
4.8
70.0
52
4,884
552
707
8.8
34.4
11
24Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
9,919
144
2,233
4.4
68.9
78
5,878
659
606
8.9
40.8
32
25Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,719
131
2,376
4.1
74.2
57
3,174
399
548
8.0
24.2
7
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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