Walter Payton has the most rushing yards by a 32-year-old running back in a game, with 177 yards against the Eagles on September 14, 1986.
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most rushing yards by a runningback in a regular-season game age 32| NAME | RUSH YDS | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. Payton | 177 | 32-051 | 9/14/1986 | vs | 34 | 5.2 | 1 | -2 | 1 | -2.0 | 0 | |||
| 2 |  | D. Williams | 170 | 32-197 | 11/8/2015 | vs | 27 | 6.3 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | A. Peterson | 159 | 32-229 | 11/5/2017 | @ | 37 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | J. Bettis | 149 | 32-265 | 11/7/2004 | vs | 33 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 |  | C. Martin | 148 | 32-168 | 10/16/2005 | @ | 18 | 8.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J. Perry | 145 | 32-269 | 10/18/1959 | @ | 15 | 9.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | J. Bettis | 140 | 32-306 | 12/18/2004 | @ | 36 | 3.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | W. Payton | 139 | 32-107 | 11/9/1986 | @ | 20 | 7.0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 23.0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | J. Henry Johnson | 138 | 32-352 | 11/11/1962 | @ | 25 | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | A. Peterson | 134 | 32-208 | 10/15/2017 | vs | 26 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | D. Williams | 134 | 32-225 | 12/6/2015 | vs | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 6.2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | Z. Crockett | 134 | 32-031 | 1/2/2005 | vs | 21 | 6.4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| 13 |  | L. Murray | 130 | 32-334 | 12/18/2022 | vs | 24 | 5.4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | M. Lynch | 130 | 32-161 | 9/30/2018 | vs | 20 | 6.5 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Bettis | 129 | 32-279 | 11/21/2004 | @ | 29 | 4.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | E. Smith | 128 | 32-222 | 12/23/2001 | @ | 26 | 4.9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Henry Johnson | 128 | 32-316 | 10/6/1962 | vs | 22 | 5.8 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | D. Williams | 127 | 32-138 | 9/10/2015 | @ | 21 | 6.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | D. Henry | 126 | 32 | 1/4/2026 | @ | 20 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | M. Anderson | 126 | 32-039 | 10/30/2005 | vs | 21 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | E. Smith | 126 | 32-229 | 12/30/2001 | vs | 26 | 4.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | J. Riggins | 126 | 32-068 | 10/11/1981 | @ | 23 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | T. Jones | 125 | 32-066 | 10/24/2010 | vs | 20 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | J. Henry Johnson | 123 | 32-324 | 10/14/1962 | @ | 22 | 5.6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | |||
| 25 | | F. Taylor | 121 | 32-238 | 9/21/2008 | @ | 26 | 4.7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
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 Texans - w | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
 Colts - e | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 |
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