most rushing yards in a season by a player over 29

Derrick Henry has rushed for the most yards by a player older than 29 in a season, with 1,921 yards in 2024.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards in a season by a player over 29 years old
NAMERUSH YDSAGESEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,921
30
2024
BAL BAL
17
325
5.9
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
2Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,860
30
2005
NYG NYG
16
357
5.2
116.3
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,697
31
2004
NYJ NYJ
16
371
4.6
106.1
12
245
41
49
6.0
15.3
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,684
30
1984
CHI CHI
16
381
4.4
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
5Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,662
31
2006
NYG NYG
16
327
5.1
103.9
5
465
58
81
8.0
29.1
0
6Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,635
30
2004
NE NE
15
345
4.7
109.0
12
103
15
21
6.9
6.9
1
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,551
31
1985
CHI CHI
16
324
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,491
30
1998
DET DET
16
343
4.3
93.2
4
289
37
7.8
18.1
0
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,485
30
2015
MIN MIN
16
327
4.5
92.8
11
222
30
36
7.4
13.9
0
10Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,420
30
2003
KC KC
16
320
4.4
88.8
27
690
74
90
9.3
43.1
0
11Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,416
30
2005
ATL ATL
16
280
5.1
88.5
3
220
29
37
7.6
13.8
1
12Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,402
31
2009
NYJ NYJ
16
331
4.2
87.6
14
58
10
18
5.8
3.6
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,397
30
1999
DAL DAL
15
329
4.2
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
34
1983
WAS WAS
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
32
1986
CHI CHI
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
16Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,312
30
2008
NYJ NYJ
16
290
4.5
82.0
13
207
36
42
5.8
12.9
2
17Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,308
30
2003
NYJ NYJ
16
323
4.0
81.8
2
262
42
53
6.2
16.4
0
18Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,307
31
1985
DAL DAL
16
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,242
31
2000
SEA SEA
16
278
4.5
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
20James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,239
31
1989
CIN CIN
16
221
5.6
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
21John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
35
1984
WAS WAS
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,210
30
1999
SEA SEA
16
325
3.7
75.6
5
387
40
62
9.7
24.2
2
23Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,206
30
2001
SF SF
16
252
4.8
75.4
4
347
41
55
8.5
21.7
1
24Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
31
2000
DAL DAL
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,202
31
2007
JAX JAX
15
223
5.4
80.1
5
58
9
14
6.4
3.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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25.1

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199.9

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TEAMWLTPCT
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6
4
0
.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
0
.500
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3
7
0
.300
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8
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.200
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM
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BAL BAL
8:20 PM
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12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
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12/21
NE NE
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
9
2
0
.818
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
4
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.600
Ravens Ravens
5
5
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.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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4
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4
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8
2
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.800
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4
5
1
.450
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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7
3
0
.700
Packers Packers
6
3
1
.650
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
4
0
.600
Panthers Panthers
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5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
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2
0
.800
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3
0
.700

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9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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11/23
NYJ NYJ
@
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
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11/23
PIT PIT
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
NE NE
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
1:00 PM