most rushing yards in a season by a 32 year old player

Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards by a 32-year-old player in a season, with 1,333 yards in 1986.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,333	32	1986	CHI	16	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
2	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,121	32	2009	MIA	16	241	4.7	70.1	11	264	35	53	7.5	16.5	2
3	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,023	32	1989	NYG	16	325	3.1	63.9	14	268	28		9.6	16.8	0
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,021	32	2001	DAL	14	261	3.9	72.9	3	116	17	21	6.8	8.3	0
5	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,014	32	2005	DEN	15	239	4.2	67.6	12	212	18	21	11.8	14.1	1
6	James Brooks J. Brooks	1,004	32	1990	CIN	16	195	5.1	62.8	5	269	26		10.3	16.8	4
7	Frank Gore F. Gore	967	32	2015	IND	16	260	3.7	60.4	6	267	34	58	7.9	16.7	1
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	941	32	2004	PIT	15	250	3.8	62.7	13	46	6	8	7.7	3.1	0
9	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	907	32	2015	PIT	16	200	4.5	56.7	11	367	40	47	9.2	22.9	0
10	Thomas Jones T. Jones	896	32	2010	KC	16	245	3.7	56.0	6	122	14	20	8.7	7.6	0
11	Fred Jackson F. Jackson	890	32	2013	BUF	16	206	4.3	55.6	9	387	47	66	8.2	24.2	1
12	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	812	32	2006	NE	16	199	4.1	50.8	13	147	15	16	9.8	9.2	0
13	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	787	32	1961	PIT	14	213	3.7	56.2	6	262	24		10.9	18.7	1
14	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	768	32	2003	SF	12	178	4.3	64.0	3	211	25	38	8.4	17.6	1
15	Latavius Murray L. Murray	760	32	2022	TOT	13	171	4.4	58.5	6	132	27	35	4.9	10.2	0
16	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	748	32	1986	DAL	13	184	4.1	57.5	5	267	25		10.7	20.5	1
17	Lamar Smith L. Smith	737	32	2002	CAR	11	209	3.5	67.0	7	167	20	26	8.4	15.2	0
18	Curtis Martin C. Martin	735	32	2005	NYJ	12	220	3.3	61.3	5	118	24	30	4.9	9.8	0
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	729	32	1992	RAI	16	187	3.9	45.6	2	85	14		6.1	5.3	1
20	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	720	32	2007	ATL	16	227	3.2	45.0	4	238	37	59	6.4	14.9	0
21	John Riggins J. Riggins	714	32	1981	WAS	15	195	3.7	47.6	13	59	6		9.8	3.9	0
22	Rocky Bleier R. Bleier	633	32	1978	PIT	16	165	3.8	39.6	5	168	17		9.9	10.5	1
23	Tom Matte T. Matte	607	32	1971	BAL	14	173	3.5	43.4	8	239	29		8.2	17.1	0
24	Franco Harris F. Harris	604	32	1982	PIT	9	140	4.3	67.1	2	249	31		8.0	27.7	0
25	Joe Perry J. Perry	602	32	1959	SF	11	139	4.3	54.7	3	53	12		4.4	4.8	0

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