most rushing yards after age 27

Frank Gore has the most career rushing yards by a player older than 27, with 9,586 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after age 27
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
9,586
157
2,364
4.1
61.1
46
1,702
214
306
8.0
10.8
9
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
8,195
118
2,075
3.9
69.4
56
1,024
167
130
6.1
8.7
4
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
7,118
85
1,634
4.4
83.7
39
2,368
249
9.5
27.9
8
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
6,900
100
1,826
3.8
69.0
76
756
100
7.6
7.6
5
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,469
98
1,568
4.1
66.0
37
1,940
221
8.8
19.8
7
6Thomas Jones
T. Jones
6,417
96
1,625
3.9
66.8
40
801
129
168
6.2
8.3
3
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
6,347
76
1,508
4.2
83.5
36
1,307
209
251
6.3
17.2
2
8Tiki Barber
T. Barber
6,256
64
1,284
4.9
97.8
29
2,034
233
328
8.7
31.8
5
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
6,221
67
1,261
4.9
92.9
57
955
95
120
10.1
14.3
2
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
6,092
140
1,533
4.0
43.5
69
2,244
253
8.9
16.0
6
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,069
95
1,476
4.1
63.9
44
948
128
175
7.4
10.0
2
12Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
5,872
62
1,283
4.6
94.7
74
2,281
242
302
9.4
36.8
6
13Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
5,840
90
1,369
4.3
64.9
25
1,588
201
282
7.9
17.6
4
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
5,825
93
1,514
3.8
62.6
38
1,411
191
7.4
15.2
6
15Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
5,339
81
1,157
4.6
65.9
20
849
101
146
8.4
10.5
2
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
5,199
83
1,373
3.8
62.6
50
374
51
72
7.3
4.5
0
17Ricky Watters
R. Watters
5,119
69
1,279
4.0
74.2
29
1,920
214
176
9.0
27.8
4
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5,097
48
985
5.2
106.2
26
741
94
7.9
15.4
3
19Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5,003
72
1,248
4.0
69.5
29
1,092
145
7.5
15.2
4
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4,930
58
1,026
4.8
85.0
28
1,041
94
11.1
17.9
10
21Earnest Byner
E. Byner
4,905
127
1,272
3.9
38.6
26
2,109
253
8.3
16.6
4
22Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
4,875
98
1,117
4.4
49.7
27
2,390
295
403
8.1
24.4
9
23Floyd Little
F. Little
4,629
84
1,207
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
24John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
4,607
80
1,076
4.3
57.6
29
964
114
8.5
12.1
6
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4,568
66
1,095
4.2
69.2
43
656
84
116
7.8
9.9
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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3
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
0
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11
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12
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5
0
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9
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
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6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176