most rushing yards by a running back age 34 and older

John Riggins has rushed for the most career yards by a 34-year-old running back, with 1,347 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,167
15
235
5.0
77.8
6
64
20
3.2
4.3
1
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
961
16
261
3.7
60.1
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
898
15
211
4.3
59.9
5
142
17
23
8.4
9.5
0
5Earnest Byner
E. Byner
756
17
181
4.2
44.5
3
278
34
8.2
16.4
1
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
709
13
189
3.8
54.5
7
349
42
8.3
26.8
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
703
16
181
3.9
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
8Joe Perry
J. Perry
675
13
168
4.0
51.9
3
322
34
9.5
24.8
1
9MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
542
14
162
3.3
38.7
5
686
66
10.4
49.0
1
10Ricky Williams
R. Williams
444
16
108
4.1
27.8
2
83
13
20
6.4
5.2
0
11Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
410
15
94
4.4
27.3
4
92
9
14
10.2
6.1
0
12Ollie Matson
O. Matson
404
12
96
4.2
33.7
4
242
17
14.2
20.2
1
13Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
340
16
78
4.4
21.3
1
174
21
8.3
10.9
1
14Kimble Anders
K. Anders
331
14
76
4.4
23.6
2
76
15
18
5.1
5.4
0
15Bill Brown
B. Brown
263
14
82
3.2
18.8
4
298
22
13.5
21.3
4
16Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
256
10
90
2.8
25.6
2
107
14
19
7.6
10.7
0
17Wendell Hayes
W. Hayes
206
14
57
3.6
14.7
2
23
4
5.8
1.6
0
18Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
175
14
55
3.2
12.5
0
91
11
8.3
6.5
2
19Franco Harris
F. Harris
170
8
68
2.5
21.3
0
3
1
3.0
0.4
0
20Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
155
7
43
3.6
22.1
0
6
2
3
3.0
0.9
0
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
141
10
53
2.7
14.1
1
41
11
3.7
4.1
0
22Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
137
4
46
3.0
34.3
0
17
5
10
3.4
4.3
0
23Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
137
16
43
3.2
8.6
0
78
7
11.1
4.9
0
24Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
136
9
28
4.9
15.1
0
117
16
24
7.3
13.0
1
25Joe Morrison
J. Morrison
131
13
38
3.4
10.1
0
411
40
10.3
31.6
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