Walter Payton has the most rushing yards by a 23-year-old running back in a season, with 1,852 yards in 1977.
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most rushing yards in a season by a running back age 23| 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 |  | W. Payton | 1,852 | 23 | 1977 |  CHI | 14 | 339 | 5.5 | 132.3 | 14 | 269 | 27 | 10.0 | 19.2 | 2 | |
| 2 |  | E. Dickerson | 1,808 | 23 | 1983 |  RAM | 16 | 390 | 4.6 | 113.0 | 18 | 404 | 51 | 7.9 | 25.3 | 2 | |
| 3 |  | A. Peterson | 1,760 | 23 | 2008 |  MIN | 16 | 363 | 4.8 | 110.0 | 10 | 125 | 21 | 39 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 4 |  | E. Smith | 1,713 | 23 | 1992 |  DAL | 16 | 373 | 4.6 | 107.1 | 18 | 335 | 59 | 5.7 | 20.9 | 1 | |
| 5 |  | F. Gore | 1,695 | 23 | 2006 |  SF | 16 | 312 | 5.4 | 105.9 | 8 | 485 | 61 | 86 | 8.0 | 30.3 | 1 |
| 6 |  | L. Tomlinson | 1,683 | 23 | 2002 |  SD | 16 | 372 | 4.5 | 105.2 | 14 | 489 | 79 | 101 | 6.2 | 30.6 | 1 |
| 7 |  | G. Rogers | 1,674 | 23 | 1981 |  NO | 16 | 378 | 4.4 | 104.6 | 13 | 126 | 16 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | B. Sanders | 1,548 | 23 | 1991 |  DET | 15 | 342 | 4.5 | 103.2 | 16 | 307 | 41 | 7.5 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| 9 | | S. Jackson | 1,528 | 23 | 2006 |  STL | 16 | 346 | 4.4 | 95.5 | 13 | 806 | 90 | 110 | 9.0 | 50.4 | 3 |
| 10 |  | D. Martin | 1,454 | 23 | 2012 |  TB | 16 | 319 | 4.6 | 90.9 | 11 | 472 | 49 | 70 | 9.6 | 29.5 | 1 |
| 11 | | E. Campbell | 1,450 | 23 | 1978 |  HOU | 15 | 302 | 4.8 | 96.7 | 13 | 48 | 12 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | E. Elliott | 1,434 | 23 | 2018 | DAL | 15 | 304 | 4.7 | 95.6 | 6 | 567 | 77 | 95 | 7.4 | 37.8 | 3 |
| 13 |  | C. McCaffrey | 1,387 | 23 | 2019 |  CAR | 16 | 287 | 4.8 | 86.7 | 15 | 1,005 | 116 | 142 | 8.7 | 62.8 | 4 |
| 14 | | E. George | 1,368 | 23 | 1996 | HOU | 16 | 335 | 4.1 | 85.5 | 8 | 182 | 23 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| 15 | | R. Mayes | 1,353 | 23 | 1986 | NO | 16 | 286 | 4.7 | 84.6 | 8 | 96 | 17 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | O. Anderson | 1,352 | 23 | 1980 |  STL | 16 | 301 | 4.5 | 84.5 | 9 | 308 | 36 | 8.6 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| 17 |  | J. Brown | 1,329 | 23 | 1959 |  CLE | 12 | 290 | 4.6 | 110.8 | 14 | 190 | 24 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| 18 | | J. Lewis | 1,327 | 23 | 2002 |  BAL | 16 | 308 | 4.3 | 82.9 | 6 | 442 | 47 | 60 | 9.4 | 27.6 | 1 |
| 19 | | C. Portis | 1,315 | 23 | 2004 |  WAS | 15 | 343 | 3.8 | 87.7 | 5 | 235 | 40 | 57 | 5.9 | 15.7 | 2 |
| 20 |  | L. McCoy | 1,309 | 23 | 2011 |  PHI | 15 | 273 | 4.8 | 87.3 | 17 | 315 | 48 | 69 | 6.6 | 21.0 | 3 |
| 21 |  | T. Gurley | 1,305 | 23 | 2017 |  LAR | 15 | 279 | 4.7 | 87.0 | 13 | 788 | 64 | 87 | 12.3 | 52.5 | 6 |
| 22 | | R. Mendenhall | 1,273 | 23 | 2010 |  PIT | 16 | 324 | 3.9 | 79.6 | 13 | 167 | 23 | 34 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 23 |  | J. Ajayi | 1,272 | 23 | 2016 |  MIA | 15 | 260 | 4.9 | 84.8 | 8 | 151 | 27 | 35 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 0 |
| 24 | | S. Ridley | 1,263 | 23 | 2012 |  NE | 16 | 290 | 4.4 | 78.9 | 12 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 25 | | T. Thomas | 1,244 | 23 | 1989 |  BUF | 16 | 298 | 4.2 | 77.8 | 6 | 669 | 60 | 11.2 | 41.8 | 6 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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