most rushing yards by a 35 year old 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
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

21.5

23rd

OPP PPG

26.9

28th

RUSH YDS/G

138.5

5th

PASS YDS/G

204.5

26th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
8
0
.273
Giants Giants
2
10
0
.167
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/30
DEN DEN
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
12/7
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Last Game

13

Final

16

MIA Dolphins

4 - 7

Sun 16 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
Jaguars Jaguars
7
4
0
.636
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
8
2
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
11/27
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
3:00 PM