most rushing yards by a 29 year old cumulative

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing yards by a 29-year-old player, with 2,053 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player by a 29 year old cumulative
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,053
16
335
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,544
14
289
5.3
110.3
17
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
3Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,518
16
322
4.7
94.9
13
578
52
79
11.1
36.1
2
4Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,508
14
294
5.1
107.7
20
657
60
68
11.0
46.9
1
5O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,503
14
290
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
6Stephen Davis
S. Davis
1,444
14
318
4.5
103.1
8
159
14
17
11.4
11.4
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,421
16
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
8Charles White
C. White
1,374
15
324
4.2
91.6
11
121
23
5.3
8.1
0
9Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,340
16
301
4.5
83.8
11
168
17
26
9.9
10.5
0
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,332
16
319
4.2
83.3
13
175
27
6.5
10.9
2
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,321
16
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,311
15
314
4.2
87.4
7
211
30
7.0
14.1
1
13Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,262
16
246
5.1
78.9
7
230
28
8.2
14.4
2
14Justin Forsett
J. Forsett
1,253
15
258
4.9
83.5
6
235
37
56
6.4
15.7
0
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,239
16
319
3.9
77.4
9
373
52
7.2
23.3
0
16Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
1,231
16
260
4.7
76.9
3
355
46
54
7.7
22.2
2
17Edgerrin James
E. James
1,222
16
324
3.8
76.4
7
204
24
38
8.5
12.8
0
18Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,214
16
258
4.7
75.9
8
234
28
36
8.4
14.6
1
19Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,202
17
311
3.9
70.7
10
924
102
129
9.1
54.4
7
20Eddie George
E. George
1,187
16
347
3.4
74.2
11
188
28
36
6.7
11.8
1
21Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,186
15
267
4.4
79.1
11
291
36
8.1
19.4
1
22Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,184
15
293
4.0
78.9
10
157
30
5.2
10.5
2
23Antowain Smith
A. Smith
1,157
16
287
4.0
72.3
12
192
19
28
10.1
12.0
1
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,138
16
287
4.0
71.1
6
448
59
77
7.6
28.0
2
25Floyd Little
F. Little
1,133
14
284
4.0
80.9
6
255
26
9.8
18.2
0
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

More NFL News

More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,564

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,401

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Thu
9/17
@
8:15 PM
Sun
9/27
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/4
@
8:20 PM
Sun
10/11
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

9 - 8

19

Final

16

CHI Bears

11 - 6

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
9/9
@
8:20 PM
Thu
9/10
@
8:35 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM
Sun
9/13
@
1:00 PM