most rushing yards in a season by a player atleast 35 years old

50 players were 35 years old. The first three are John Riggins, Joe Theismann and Ken Anderson in 1984.

NAMEAgeRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
35
1,239
1984
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
2John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
35
1,048
1964
14
235
4.5
74.9
7
69
17
4.1
4.9
1
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
35
937
2004
15
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
35
890
1995
16
207
4.3
55.6
5
210
27
7.8
13.1
0
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
35
722
2018
14
156
4.6
51.6
0
124
12
16
10.3
8.9
1
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
35
604
2020
16
156
3.9
37.8
7
101
12
18
8.4
6.3
0
7Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
35
529
2000
16
89
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Joe Perry
J. Perry
35
359
1962
12
94
3.8
29.9
0
194
22
8.8
16.2
0
9Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
35
341
2023
15
80
4.3
22.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
35
314
1984
16
62
5.1
19.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
35
313
1997
16
84
3.7
19.6
0
128
21
6.1
8.0
0
12Steve Young
S. Young
35
310
1996
12
52
6.0
25.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
35
269
2018
16
43
6.3
16.8
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Bill Brown
B. Brown
35
206
1973
14
47
4.4
14.7
3
22
5
4.4
1.6
1
15Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
35
200
1965
14
50
4.0
14.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
35
179
1996
13
37
4.8
13.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
17John Elway
J. Elway
35
176
1995
16
41
4.3
11.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
35
172
1998
14
40
4.3
12.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
35
171
1977
14
51
3.4
12.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
35
156
1969
14
17
9.2
11.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Mack Strong
M. Strong
35
149
2006
16
33
4.5
9.3
1
159
29
44
5.5
9.9
0
22Phil Simms
P. Simms
35
141
1989
15
32
4.4
9.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Rick Casares
R. Casares
35
135
1966
6
43
3.1
22.5
0
45
8
5.6
7.5
1
24Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
35
132
1998
15
32
4.1
8.8
1
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
25Josh McCown
J. McCown
35
127
2014
11
25
5.1
11.5
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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