most rushing yds after the age of 23 by a rb

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a running back older than 23, with 14,142 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	14,142	178	3,430	4.1	79.4	123	2,403	383	130	6.3	13.5	9
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	13,697	211	3,296	4.2	64.9	70	3,369	408	588	8.3	16.0	17
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	12,805	149	2,992	4.3	85.9	76	3,907	417		9.4	26.2	13
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	11,996	124	2,416	5.0	96.7	116	1,566	169	217	9.3	12.6	4
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	11,817	154	2,629	4.5	76.7	98	2,081	265	356	7.9	13.5	5
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	11,732	159	2,728	4.3	73.8	65	3,281	369		8.9	20.6	12
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	11,462	136	2,834	4.0	84.3	62	2,735	408	409	6.7	20.1	6
8	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	11,451	130	2,606	4.4	88.1	72	1,733	230		7.5	13.3	4
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10,947	107	2,185	5.0	102.3	56	1,852	251		7.4	17.3	6
10	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	10,765	138	2,463	4.4	78.0	121	3,916	486	693	8.1	28.4	16
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	10,571	145	2,683	3.9	72.9	78	806	125	100	6.4	5.6	2
12	Marcus Allen M. Allen	10,532	197	2,596	4.1	53.5	103	4,420	481		9.2	22.4	16
13	Franco Harris F. Harris	10,367	147	2,573	4.0	70.5	78	2,038	276		7.4	13.9	8
14	O.J. Simpson	10,051	114	2,103	4.8	88.2	54	1,660	163		10.2	14.6	11
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,949	151	2,372	4.2	65.9	57	3,581	394	29	9.1	23.7	17
16	Thomas Jones T. Jones	9,838	150	2,454	4.0	65.6	61	1,664	255	340	6.5	11.1	3
17	Tiki Barber T. Barber	9,772	126	2,029	4.8	77.6	52	4,536	510	707	8.9	36.0	8
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	9,740	128	2,111	4.6	76.1	46	1,880	236	333	8.0	14.7	5
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	9,639	149	2,529	3.8	64.7	96	1,629	193		8.4	10.9	9
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	9,630	130	2,416	4.0	74.1	69	3,843	424	176	9.1	29.6	11
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	9,577	128	2,271	4.2	74.8	69	1,644	212	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	9,332	131	2,035	4.6	71.2	71	5,450	603	606	9.0	41.6	32
23	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	9,140	107	2,123	4.3	85.4	98	1,479	210	305	7.0	13.8	12
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	8,963	149	2,200	4.1	60.2	43	3,533	427	594	8.3	23.7	12
25	Eddie George E. George	8,711	122	2,462	3.5	71.4	58	2,042	244	269	8.4	16.7	10

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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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