most rushing yards in a game by a player age 21

Jonathan Taylor has rushed for the most yards by a 21-year-old player in a game, with 253 yards against the Jaguars on January 3, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards in a regular-season game by a player age 21

	NAME	RUSH YDS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	253	21-350	1/3/2021	IND	vs	JAX	30	8.4	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	237	21-280	11/24/1957	CLE	vs	LA	31	7.6	4	21	3		7.0	0
3	Clinton Portis C. Portis	228	21-119	12/29/2002	DEN	vs	ARI	24	9.5	2	18	2	2	9.0	0
4	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	212	21-299	12/12/1993	RAM	@	NO	28	7.6	1	0	0			0
5	De'Von Achane D. Achane	203	21-346	9/24/2023	MIA	vs	DEN	18	11.3	2	30	4	4	7.5	2
6	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	187	21-085	11/19/2000	BAL	vs	DAL	28	6.7	0	20	4	4	5.0	0
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	184	21-105	10/29/1989	DET	@	GB	30	6.1	0	0	0			0
8	Bryce Brown B. Brown	178	21-196	11/26/2012	PHI	vs	CAR	19	9.4	2	11	4	5	2.8	0
9	Cam Akers C. Akers	171	21-171	12/10/2020	LAR	vs	NE	29	5.9	0	23	2	3	11.5	0
10	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	170	21-303	12/9/2018	NYG	@	WAS	14	12.1	1	27	4	5	6.8	0
11	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	170	21-092	11/26/2000	BAL	vs	CLE	30	5.7	2	0	0	1		0
12	Bryce Brown B. Brown	169	21-202	12/2/2012	PHI	@	DAL	24	7.0	2	14	4	5	3.5	0
13	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	166	21-262	12/10/2006	JAX	vs	IND	15	11.1	2	15	1	1	15.0	0
14	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	164	21-018	9/14/2008	OAK	@	KC	21	7.8	1	9	1	1	9.0	0
15	Clyde Edwards-Helaire C. Edwards-Helaire	161	21-191	10/19/2020	KC	@	BUF	26	6.2	0	8	4	4	2.0	0
16	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	159	21-149	12/18/2016	DAL	vs	TB	23	6.9	1	29	3	3	9.7	0
17	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	159	21-069	10/11/2015	STL	@	GB	30	5.3	0	0	0	0		0
18	Clinton Portis C. Portis	159	21-091	12/1/2002	DEN	@	SD	23	6.9	2	34	3	5	11.3	0
19	Kerryon Johnson K. Johnson	158	21-113	10/21/2018	DET	@	MIA	19	8.3	0	21	2	3	10.5	0
20	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	158	21-161	12/24/1989	DET	@	ATL	20	7.9	3	3	1		3.0	0
21	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	157	21-086	10/16/2016	DAL	@	GB	28	5.6	0	17	2	4	8.5	0
22	Ray Rice R. Rice	154	21-285	11/2/2008	BAL	@	CLE	21	7.3	0	22	3	4	7.3	0
23	Jordan Howard J. Howard	153	21-364	10/31/2016	CHI	vs	MIN	26	5.9	1	49	4	4	12.3	0
24	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	153	21-196	11/4/2007	BUF	vs	CIN	29	5.3	1	7	1	1	7.0	0
25	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	152	21-224	10/30/2023	DET	vs	LV	26	5.8	1	37	5	5	7.4	0

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