most rushing yards in a season by a player over age 35

John Riggins has the most rushing yards by a 35-year-old player in a season, with 1,239 yards in 1984.

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

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