most rushing yards after age 33

John Riggins has rushed for the most career yards by a player older than 33, with 3,263 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after age 33
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,263
41
878
3.7
79.6
46
90
18
5.0
2.2
0
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
2,935
61
770
3.8
48.1
7
558
70
89
8.0
9.1
2
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,934
61
726
4.0
48.1
32
915
107
8.6
15.0
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,600
35
405
4.0
45.7
14
251
33
45
7.6
7.2
0
5John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,596
33
374
4.3
48.4
10
226
29
7.8
6.8
1
6Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
1,289
70
269
4.8
18.4
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,193
25
357
3.3
47.7
11
212
29
39
7.3
8.5
0
8Joe Perry
J. Perry
1,132
32
286
4.0
35.4
3
528
60
8.8
16.5
1
9Steve Young
S. Young
1,107
51
206
5.4
21.7
15
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
1,007
116
243
4.1
8.7
11
-19
3
3
-6.3
-0.2
0
11Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
977
60
216
4.5
16.3
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
12John Elway
J. Elway
972
74
236
4.1
13.1
11
14
1
14.0
0.2
0
13MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
898
33
239
3.8
27.2
6
1,005
105
9.6
30.5
1
14Earnest Byner
E. Byner
874
30
221
4.0
29.1
3
354
46
7.7
11.8
1
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
742
37
161
4.6
20.1
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
709
59
173
4.1
12.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
703
16
181
3.9
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
18Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
644
44
145
4.4
14.6
8
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
19Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
627
42
121
5.2
14.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Ollie Matson
O. Matson
608
40
147
4.1
15.2
7
301
25
12.0
7.5
3
21Warren Moon
W. Moon
596
115
230
2.6
5.2
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
569
51
150
3.8
11.2
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Tom Brady
T. Brady
516
190
357
1.4
2.7
21
42
2
3
21.0
0.2
0
24Bill Brown
B. Brown
510
42
148
3.4
12.1
7
361
32
11.3
8.6
5
25Josh McCown
J. McCown
469
52
109
4.3
9.0
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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