most rushing yards in a season by a player age 32 or older

John Riggins has rushed for the most yards by a player 32 or older in a season, with 1,347 yards in 1983.

NAMERUSH YDSAGESEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
34
1983
WAS WAS
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
32
1986
CHI CHI
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
3John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
35
1984
WAS WAS
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,141
33
1962
PIT PIT
14
251
4.5
81.5
7
226
32
7.1
16.1
2
5Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,121
32
2009
MIA MIA
16
241
4.7
70.1
11
264
35
53
7.5
16.5
2
6John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,048
35
1964
PIT PIT
14
235
4.5
74.9
7
69
17
4.1
4.9
1
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
33
2018
WAS WAS
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
8Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
33
2016
IND IND
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,023
32
1989
NYG NYG
16
325
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
32
2001
DAL DAL
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
11Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,014
32
2005
DEN DEN
15
239
4.2
67.6
12
212
18
21
11.8
14.1
1
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
33
1983
PIT PIT
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
13James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,004
32
1990
CIN CIN
16
195
5.1
62.8
5
269
26
10.3
16.8
4
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
33
2002
DAL DAL
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
15Frank Gore
F. Gore
967
32
2015
IND IND
16
260
3.7
60.4
6
267
34
58
7.9
16.7
1
16Frank Gore
F. Gore
961
34
2017
IND IND
16
261
3.7
60.1
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
17Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
941
32
2004
PIT PIT
15
250
3.8
62.7
13
46
6
8
7.7
3.1
0
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
35
2004
ARI ARI
15
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
19DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
907
32
2015
PIT PIT
16
200
4.5
56.7
11
367
40
47
9.2
22.9
0
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
898
34
2019
WAS WAS
15
211
4.3
59.9
5
142
17
23
8.4
9.5
0
21Thomas Jones
T. Jones
896
32
2010
KC KC
16
245
3.7
56.0
6
122
14
20
8.7
7.6
0
22Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
890
32
2013
BUF BUF
16
206
4.3
55.6
9
387
47
66
8.2
24.2
1
23Marcus Allen
M. Allen
890
35
1995
KC KC
16
207
4.3
55.6
5
210
27
7.8
13.1
0
24Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
837
33
1979
MIA MIA
16
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
830
36
1996
KC KC
16
206
4.0
51.9
9
270
27
10.0
16.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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