most rushing yards by a running back at age 23

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards by a 23-year-old running back, with 1,852 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
14
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,808
16
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,760
16
363
4.8
110.0
10
125
21
39
6.0
7.8
0
4Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1,741
17
265
6.6
102.4
6
480
47
65
10.2
28.2
3
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,713
16
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,695
16
312
5.4
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,683
16
372
4.5
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
8Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,551
17
377
4.1
91.2
17
184
28
45
6.6
10.8
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,548
15
342
4.5
103.2
16
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
10Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
1,528
16
346
4.4
95.5
13
806
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
11Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,524
14
289
5.3
108.9
9
259
35
7.4
18.5
0
12Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,477
16
294
5.0
92.3
8
273
37
50
7.4
17.1
0
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,476
15
313
4.7
98.4
12
178
23
7.7
11.9
0
14Eddie George
E. George
1,463
16
348
4.2
91.4
9
179
22
8.1
11.2
0
15Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,458
14
299
4.9
104.1
11
103
8
12.9
7.4
0
16Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
17Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,450
15
302
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
18Barry Foster
B. Foster
1,444
13
328
4.4
111.1
10
297
30
9.9
22.8
0
19Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,434
15
304
4.7
95.6
6
567
77
95
7.4
37.8
3
20Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
1,425
16
335
4.3
89.1
9
160
23
7.0
10.0
1
21Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,387
16
287
4.8
86.7
15
1,005
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
22Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
1,353
16
286
4.7
84.6
8
96
17
5.6
6.0
0
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,352
16
301
4.5
84.5
9
308
36
8.6
19.3
0
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,327
16
308
4.3
82.9
6
442
47
60
9.4
27.6
1
25Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,315
15
343
3.8
87.7
5
235
40
57
5.9
15.7
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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