most single season rushing yards by player older than age 27 since 20

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards by a player older than 27 in a season, with 2,053 yards in 1997.

	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	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,053	29	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	128.3	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,921	30	2024	BAL	17	325	5.9	113.0	16	193	19	22	10.2	11.4	2
3	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,880	28	2005	SEA	16	370	5.1	117.5	27	78	15	29	5.2	4.9	1
4	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,860	30	2005	NYG	16	357	5.2	116.3	9	530	54	70	9.8	33.1	2
5	O.J. Simpson	1,817	28	1975	BUF	14	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28		15.2	30.4	7
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,697	31	2004	NYJ	16	371	4.6	106.1	12	245	41	49	6.0	15.3	2
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,684	30	1984	CHI	16	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45		8.2	23.0	0
8	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,662	31	2006	NYG	16	327	5.1	103.9	5	465	58	81	8.0	29.1	0
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,659	28	1988	IND	16	388	4.3	103.7	14	377	36		10.5	23.6	1
10	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1,635	30	2004	NE	15	345	4.7	109.0	12	103	15	21	6.9	6.9	1
11	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	1,615	29	2002	KC	14	313	5.2	115.4	21	672	70	81	9.6	48.0	3
12	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,595	31	2025	BAL	17	307	5.2	93.8	16	150	15	21	10.0	8.8	0
13	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,567	28	1983	ATL	16	331	4.7	97.9	7	609	59		10.3	38.1	4
14	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	1,555	28	2001	KC	16	327	4.8	97.2	8	614	62	75	9.9	38.4	2
15	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,553	28	1996	DET	16	307	5.1	97.1	11	147	24		6.1	9.2	0
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	31	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
17	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,544	29	1965	CLE	14	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34		9.6	23.4	4
18	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,538	28	2022	TEN	16	349	4.4	96.1	13	398	33	41	12.1	24.9	0
19	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,521	28	2000	MIN	16	295	5.2	95.1	7	348	36	44	9.7	21.8	3
20	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,518	29	2004	NYG	16	322	4.7	94.9	13	578	52	79	11.1	36.1	2
21	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,513	28	2001	NYJ	16	333	4.5	94.6	10	320	53	63	6.0	20.0	0
22	O.J. Simpson	1,503	29	1976	BUF	14	290	5.2	107.4	8	259	22		11.8	18.5	1
23	Roger Craig R. Craig	1,502	28	1988	SF	16	310	4.8	93.9	9	534	76		7.0	33.4	1
24	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,491	30	1998	DET	16	343	4.3	93.2	4	289	37		7.8	18.1	0
25	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,485	30	2015	MIN	16	327	4.5	92.8	11	222	30	36	7.4	13.9	0

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