most rushing yards over 32 age single season

John Riggins has the most rushing yards by a player older than 32 in a season, with 1,347 yards in 1983.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player over 32 age single season
NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
34
1983
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
35
1984
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
3John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,141
33
1962
14
251
4.5
81.5
7
226
32
7.1
16.1
2
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,048
35
1964
14
235
4.5
74.9
7
69
17
4.1
4.9
1
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
33
2018
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
33
2016
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
7Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
33
1983
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
33
2002
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
961
34
2017
16
261
3.7
60.1
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
35
2004
15
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
898
34
2019
15
211
4.3
59.9
5
142
17
23
8.4
9.5
0
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
890
35
1995
16
207
4.3
55.6
5
210
27
7.8
13.1
0
13Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
837
33
1979
16
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
830
36
1996
16
206
4.0
51.9
9
270
27
10.0
16.9
0
15Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
786
33
2008
15
186
4.2
52.4
2
330
47
68
7.0
22.0
0
16Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
784
33
1990
16
225
3.5
49.0
11
139
18
7.7
8.7
0
17John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
773
34
1963
12
186
4.2
64.4
4
145
21
6.9
12.1
1
18Marcus Allen
M. Allen
764
33
1993
16
206
3.7
47.8
12
238
34
7.0
14.9
3
19Frank Gore
F. Gore
722
35
2018
14
156
4.6
51.6
0
124
12
16
10.3
8.9
1
20Marcus Allen
M. Allen
709
34
1994
13
189
3.8
54.5
7
349
42
8.3
26.8
0
21Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
703
34
1988
16
181
3.9
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
22John Riggins
J. Riggins
677
36
1985
12
176
3.8
56.4
8
18
6
3.0
1.5
0
23Joe Perry
J. Perry
675
34
1961
13
168
4.0
51.9
3
322
34
9.5
24.8
1
24Ricky Williams
R. Williams
673
33
2010
16
159
4.2
42.1
2
141
19
30
7.4
8.8
1
25Antowain Smith
A. Smith
659
33
2005
16
166
4.0
41.2
3
46
12
15
3.8
2.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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