most rushing yards after age 24

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by a player older than 24, with 12,656 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after age 24
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
12,656
164
3,147
4.0
77.2
114
1,989
326
130
6.1
12.1
8
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
12,595
196
3,036
4.1
64.3
65
2,933
355
519
8.3
15.0
16
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
11,410
133
2,659
4.3
85.8
65
3,427
367
9.3
25.8
13
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
10,725
106
2,161
5.0
101.2
100
1,429
150
195
9.5
13.5
4
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
10,434
138
2,315
4.5
75.6
80
1,645
222
299
7.4
11.9
5
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
10,407
143
2,438
4.3
72.8
58
2,903
332
8.7
20.3
10
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10,302
123
2,560
4.0
83.8
58
2,439
367
409
6.6
19.8
5
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9,595
91
1,873
5.1
105.4
47
1,627
222
7.3
17.9
5
9Tiki Barber
T. Barber
9,514
110
1,967
4.8
86.5
52
3,927
444
616
8.8
35.7
6
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
9,364
181
2,321
4.0
51.7
90
3,662
417
8.8
20.2
11
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
9,361
135
2,365
4.0
69.3
73
1,838
253
7.3
13.6
7
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
9,346
114
2,227
4.2
82.0
58
1,594
209
7.6
14.0
4
13Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,327
141
2,316
4.0
66.1
59
1,551
235
310
6.6
11.0
3
14O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9,309
100
1,920
4.8
93.1
49
1,498
142
10.5
15.0
11
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
9,157
138
2,395
3.8
66.4
92
1,471
170
8.7
10.7
9
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
9,140
129
2,363
3.9
70.9
67
684
103
100
6.6
5.3
2
17LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
9,120
122
2,150
4.2
74.8
108
3,191
386
556
8.3
26.2
12
18Ricky Watters
R. Watters
8,680
117
2,208
3.9
74.2
59
3,517
393
176
8.9
30.1
10
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
8,652
135
2,101
4.1
64.1
46
3,049
345
29
8.8
22.6
15
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
8,481
113
2,011
4.2
75.1
67
1,416
180
262
7.9
12.5
6
21Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
8,347
134
2,005
4.2
62.3
43
2,944
363
511
8.1
22.0
10
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
8,341
115
1,819
4.6
72.5
34
1,640
200
280
8.2
14.3
3
23Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8,278
115
1,771
4.7
72.0
64
4,979
556
606
9.0
43.3
31
24Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
7,973
102
1,746
4.6
78.2
84
2,950
334
376
8.8
28.9
8
25Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
7,898
109
1,769
4.5
72.5
76
1,613
212
7.6
14.8
7
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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