most rushing yards at 35 years old by a running back

John Riggins has rushed for the most career yards by a 35-year-old running back, with 1,239 yards.

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
7Bill Brown
B. Brown
206
14
47
4.4
14.7
3
22
5
4.4
1.6
1
8John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
203
4
69
2.9
50.8
1
12
1
12.0
3.0
0
9Mack Strong
M. Strong
156
16
33
4.7
9.8
1
150
26
42
5.8
9.4
0
10Rick Casares
R. Casares
135
5
43
3.1
27.0
0
45
8
5.6
9.0
1
11Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
120
6
29
4.1
20.0
1
160
15
23
10.7
26.7
2
12Earnest Byner
E. Byner
118
13
40
3.0
9.1
0
76
12
6.3
5.8
0
13Ollie Matson
O. Matson
103
14
22
4.7
7.4
2
29
2
14.5
2.1
1
14Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
94
16
27
3.5
5.9
1
77
15
25
5.1
4.8
0
15Larry Centers
L. Centers
82
9
21
3.9
9.1
0
106
19
34
5.6
11.8
1
16MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
79
3
25
3.2
26.3
1
40
3
13.3
13.3
0
17Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
57
7
17
3.4
8.1
0
34
7
9
4.9
4.9
0
18Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
56
15
16
3.5
3.7
0
10
2
5.0
0.7
0
19Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
48
8
22
2.2
6.0
0
16
5
3.2
2.0
0
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
31
13
10
3.1
2.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Keith Byars
K. Byars
21
8
3
7.0
2.6
0
140
16
8.8
17.5
3
22Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
20
16
4
5.0
1.3
1
38
4
5
9.5
2.4
0
23Herschel Walker
H. Walker
20
16
6
3.3
1.3
0
149
14
10.6
9.3
2
24Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
13
14
1
13.0
0.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
12
11
5
2.4
1.1
0
65
8
12
8.1
5.9
0
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