most rushing yards at 35 years old

John Riggins has the most career rushing yards by a 35-year-old player, with 1,239 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player at 35 years old
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
15
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
890
16
207
4.3
55.6
5
210
27
7.8
13.1
0
4Frank Gore
F. Gore
722
14
156
4.6
51.6
0
124
12
16
10.3
8.9
1
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
604
16
156
3.9
37.8
7
101
12
18
8.4
6.3
0
6Joe Perry
J. Perry
359
11
94
3.8
32.6
0
194
22
8.8
17.6
0
7Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
294
15
60
4.9
19.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
267
17
47
5.7
15.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve Young
S. Young
266
13
50
5.3
20.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
248
14
63
3.9
17.7
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Bill Brown
B. Brown
206
14
47
4.4
14.7
3
22
5
4.4
1.6
1
12John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
203
4
69
2.9
50.8
1
12
1
12.0
3.0
0
13Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
192
14
47
4.1
13.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
179
13
37
4.8
13.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15John Elway
J. Elway
176
16
41
4.3
11.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
174
15
37
4.7
11.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
172
9
38
4.5
19.1
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
171
14
51
3.4
12.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Mack Strong
M. Strong
156
16
33
4.7
9.8
1
150
26
42
5.8
9.4
0
20Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
156
14
17
9.2
11.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Rick Casares
R. Casares
135
5
43
3.1
27.0
0
45
8
5.6
9.0
1
22Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
132
15
32
4.1
8.8
1
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
23Josh McCown
J. McCown
127
11
25
5.1
11.5
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
124
13
31
4.0
9.5
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
120
6
29
4.1
20.0
1
160
15
23
10.7
26.7
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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