most rushing yds by a 32 year old rb

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards by a 32-year-old running back, with 1,333 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
2Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,121
16
241
4.7
70.1
11
264
35
53
7.5
16.5
2
3John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,103
14
258
4.3
78.8
6
253
24
10.5
18.1
3
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,023
16
325
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
6Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,019
15
228
4.5
67.9
13
178
16
18
11.1
11.9
1
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
967
16
260
3.7
60.4
6
267
34
58
7.9
16.7
1
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
941
15
250
3.8
62.7
13
46
6
8
7.7
3.1
0
9DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
907
16
200
4.5
56.7
11
367
40
47
9.2
22.9
0
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
896
16
245
3.7
56.0
6
122
14
20
8.7
7.6
0
11Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
890
16
206
4.3
55.6
9
387
47
66
8.2
24.2
1
12Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
837
16
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
13Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
768
12
178
4.3
64.0
3
211
25
38
8.4
17.6
1
14Latavius Murray
L. Murray
760
13
171
4.4
58.5
6
132
27
35
4.9
10.2
0
15Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
748
13
184
4.1
57.5
5
267
25
10.7
20.5
1
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
735
12
220
3.3
61.3
5
118
24
30
4.9
9.8
0
17Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
729
16
187
3.9
45.6
2
85
14
6.1
5.3
1
18Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
720
16
227
3.2
45.0
4
238
37
59
6.4
14.9
0
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
714
15
195
3.7
47.6
13
59
6
9.8
3.9
0
20James Brooks
J. Brooks
655
16
169
3.9
40.9
2
357
41
8.7
22.3
2
21Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
633
16
165
3.8
39.6
5
168
17
9.9
10.5
1
22Tom Matte
T. Matte
607
14
173
3.5
43.4
8
239
29
8.2
17.1
0
23Franco Harris
F. Harris
604
9
140
4.3
67.1
2
249
31
8.0
27.7
0
24Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
570
13
120
4.8
43.8
3
283
37
7.6
21.8
3
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
556
13
143
3.9
42.8
1
98
16
22
6.1
7.5
0
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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