John Riggins has rushed for the most yards by a 35-year-old running back in a season, with 1,239 yards in 1984.
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most rushing yards in a season by a running back age 35| 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 |  | J. Riggins | 1,239 | 35 | 1984 |  WAS | 14 | 327 | 3.8 | 88.5 | 14 | 43 | 7 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| 2 | | J. Henry Johnson | 1,048 | 35 | 1964 |  PIT | 14 | 235 | 4.5 | 74.9 | 7 | 69 | 17 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| 3 |  | E. Smith | 937 | 35 | 2004 |  ARI | 15 | 267 | 3.5 | 62.5 | 9 | 105 | 15 | 20 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 4 | | M. Allen | 890 | 35 | 1995 |  KC | 16 | 207 | 4.3 | 55.6 | 5 | 210 | 27 | 7.8 | 13.1 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | F. Gore | 722 | 35 | 2018 |  MIA | 14 | 156 | 4.6 | 51.6 | 0 | 124 | 12 | 16 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 1 |
| 6 |  | A. Peterson | 604 | 35 | 2020 |  DET | 16 | 156 | 3.9 | 37.8 | 7 | 101 | 12 | 18 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 7 | | J. Perry | 359 | 35 | 1962 |  BAL | 12 | 94 | 3.8 | 29.9 | 0 | 194 | 22 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| 8 | | E. Byner | 313 | 35 | 1997 |  BAL | 16 | 84 | 3.7 | 19.6 | 0 | 128 | 21 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | B. Brown | 206 | 35 | 1973 |  MIN | 14 | 47 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| 10 | | M. Strong | 149 | 35 | 2006 |  SEA | 16 | 33 | 4.5 | 9.3 | 1 | 159 | 29 | 44 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 11 | | R. Casares | 135 | 35 | 1966 | MIA | 6 | 43 | 3.1 | 22.5 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 12 | | D. Sproles | 120 | 35 | 2018 |  PHI | 6 | 29 | 4.1 | 20.0 | 1 | 160 | 15 | 23 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 2 |
| 13 | | O. Matson | 103 | 35 | 1965 | PHI | 14 | 22 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| 14 | | L. Neal | 98 | 35 | 2005 |  SD | 16 | 29 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 0 | 145 | 24 | 29 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 1 |
| 15 | | L. Centers | 82 | 35 | 2003 |  NE | 9 | 21 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 0 | 106 | 19 | 34 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 1 |
| 16 | | M. Lane | 79 | 35 | 1977 | KC | 3 | 25 | 3.2 | 26.3 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| 17 | | K. Faulk | 57 | 35 | 2011 | NE | 7 | 17 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Tatupu | 56 | 35 | 1990 | NE | 15 | 16 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 19 | | K. Byars | 34 | 35 | 1998 |  NYJ | 13 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 0 | 258 | 26 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 3 | |
| 20 | | O. Anderson | 31 | 35 | 1992 |  NYG | 13 | 10 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | B. Mitchell | 20 | 35 | 2003 | NYG | 16 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 22 | | H. Walker | 20 | 35 | 1997 |  DAL | 16 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 149 | 14 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 2 | |
| 23 | | B. Karcis | 19 | 35 | 1943 | NYG | 8 | 12 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| 24 | | F. McAfee | 13 | 35 | 2003 |  NO | 14 | 1 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | T. Richardson | 12 | 35 | 2006 | MIN | 9 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 111 | 13 | 14 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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