most rushing yards after age 26

Frank Gore has the most career rushing yards by a player older than 26, with 10,439 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after age 26
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
10,439
168
2,567
4.1
62.1
49
2,154
260
378
8.3
12.8
11
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
9,399
133
2,402
3.9
70.7
68
1,273
214
130
5.9
9.6
7
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
8,340
101
1,973
4.2
82.6
45
2,747
290
9.5
27.2
10
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
8,166
111
1,824
4.5
73.6
56
1,165
168
226
6.9
10.5
3
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8,115
114
1,910
4.2
71.2
41
2,265
253
9.0
19.9
9
6Thomas Jones
T. Jones
7,752
111
1,939
4.0
69.8
49
944
155
207
6.1
8.5
3
7Tiki Barber
T. Barber
7,643
80
1,588
4.8
95.5
40
2,631
302
423
8.7
32.9
5
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
7,551
92
1,824
4.1
82.1
45
1,815
279
348
6.5
19.7
4
9John Riggins
J. Riggins
7,472
114
1,988
3.8
65.5
79
928
121
7.7
8.1
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
7,158
75
1,480
4.8
95.4
67
1,109
113
140
9.8
14.8
2
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
6,987
107
1,814
3.9
65.3
49
1,473
202
7.3
13.8
6
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
6,911
97
1,502
4.6
71.2
26
1,219
149
220
8.2
12.6
3
13Marcus Allen
M. Allen
6,846
152
1,733
4.0
45.0
74
2,654
304
8.7
17.5
6
14Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
6,767
105
1,599
4.2
64.4
32
1,965
251
347
7.8
18.7
6
15Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,597
64
1,299
5.1
103.1
37
1,139
142
8.0
17.8
4
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
6,530
85
1,632
4.0
76.8
42
2,364
265
176
8.9
27.8
4
17Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
6,327
76
1,387
4.6
83.3
78
2,470
267
333
9.3
32.5
7
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
6,323
91
1,472
4.3
69.5
73
2,380
282
413
8.4
26.2
9
19Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6,291
84
1,531
4.1
74.9
35
1,263
163
7.7
15.0
4
20Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
6,290
99
1,672
3.8
63.5
57
484
72
100
6.7
4.9
0
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6,055
72
1,296
4.7
84.1
31
1,230
109
11.3
17.1
11
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
5,906
82
1,422
4.2
72.0
54
963
126
182
7.6
11.7
4
23Terry Allen
T. Allen
5,819
83
1,511
3.9
70.1
50
926
132
40
7.0
11.2
3
24Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
5,758
104
1,501
3.8
55.4
30
1,792
225
29
8.0
17.2
7
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5,578
83
1,194
4.7
67.2
51
3,023
383
503
7.9
36.4
22
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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12
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13
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6
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8
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9
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8
9
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8
9
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6
11
0
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14
3
0
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12
5
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5
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14
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