most yards in a season by a running back age 36

Marcus Allen has rushed for the most yards by a 36-year-old running back in a season, with 830 yards in 1996.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards in a season by a running back age 36
NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Marcus Allen
M. Allen
830
36
1996
KC KC
16
206
4.0
51.9
9
270
27
10.0
16.9
0
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
677
36
1985
WAS WAS
12
176
3.8
56.4
8
18
6
3.0
1.5
0
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
599
36
2019
BUF BUF
16
166
3.6
37.4
2
100
13
16
7.7
6.3
0
4MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
277
36
1978
KC KC
16
52
5.3
17.3
0
279
36
7.8
17.4
0
5Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
140
36
2006
SD SD
16
29
4.8
8.8
1
83
17
26
4.9
5.2
0
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
101
36
1966
PHI PHI
14
29
3.5
7.2
1
30
6
5.0
2.1
1
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
98
36
2021
TOT
4
38
2.6
24.5
2
8
4
4
2.0
2.0
0
8Joe Perry
J. Perry
98
36
1963
SF SF
9
24
4.1
10.9
0
12
4
3.0
1.3
0
9Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
66
36
2019
PHI PHI
6
17
3.9
11.0
0
24
6
10
4.0
4.0
0
10Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
54
36
2004
NO NO
11
2
27.0
4.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
48
36
1964
DET DET
8
22
2.2
6.0
0
16
5
3.2
2.0
0
12Bill Brown
B. Brown
41
36
1974
MIN MIN
14
19
2.2
2.9
0
41
5
8.2
2.9
0
13Mose Kelsch
M. Kelsch
37
36
1933
PIT PIT
8
8
4.6
4.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Mack Strong
M. Strong
19
36
2007
SEA SEA
5
4
4.8
3.8
0
72
9
12
8.0
14.4
0
15Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
13
36
2007
MIN MIN
14
7
1.9
0.9
0
89
11
16
8.1
6.4
0
16John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
11
36
1965
PIT PIT
1
3
3.7
11.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
2
36
1987
RAM RAM
3
1
2.0
0.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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