most rushing yards by rb at age 27

Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most career yards by a 27-year-old running back, with 2,097 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,005
16
345
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,863
14
291
6.4
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
4LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,815
16
348
5.2
113.4
28
508
56
80
9.1
31.8
3
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,696
16
353
4.8
106.0
16
170
23
38
7.4
10.6
4
6William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,665
18
356
4.7
92.5
7
698
72
9.7
38.8
5
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,646
16
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
8Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,572
16
345
4.6
98.3
6
370
48
74
7.7
23.1
1
9Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,570
16
310
5.1
98.1
7
535
39
13.7
33.4
2
10Eddie George
E. George
1,520
16
403
3.8
95.0
13
427
46
60
9.3
26.7
2
11Edgerrin James
E. James
1,506
15
360
4.2
100.4
13
337
44
50
7.7
22.5
1
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,500
16
314
4.8
93.8
11
398
48
8.3
24.9
1
13George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,497
16
355
4.2
93.6
19
26
3
8.7
1.6
0
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,487
16
342
4.3
92.9
9
218
28
36
7.8
13.6
0
15Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
1,478
17
326
4.5
86.9
6
176
30
42
5.9
10.4
0
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,459
16
272
5.4
91.2
14
564
67
83
8.4
35.3
7
17Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
1,457
15
357
4.1
97.1
10
253
42
63
6.0
16.9
1
18Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,452
14
267
5.4
103.7
19
107
24
4.5
7.6
0
19Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
1,435
16
329
4.4
89.7
7
370
53
7.0
23.1
5
20Stephen Davis
S. Davis
1,432
16
356
4.0
89.5
5
205
28
37
7.3
12.8
0
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,411
16
353
4.0
88.2
13
444
51
8.7
27.8
0
22Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,387
16
304
4.6
86.7
11
597
69
95
8.7
37.3
0
23Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,359
14
253
5.4
97.1
18
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
24Chris Warren
C. Warren
1,346
16
310
4.3
84.1
15
247
35
7.1
15.4
1
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,338
16
327
4.1
83.6
11
307
42
66
7.3
19.2
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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