nfl most seasons played running back player

5 players are tied for playing the most career seasons by a running back, with 16 seasons. The first three are Frank Gore, Tony Richardson and Lorenzo Neal.

NAMESEASGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
16
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
2Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
16
234
1,727
429
4.0
7.4
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
3Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
16
239
807
226
3.6
3.4
6
1,086
199
205
5.5
4.5
12
4Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
16
194
1,273
304
4.2
6.6
8
211
35
0
6.0
1.1
0
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
15
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
14
183
3,552
732
4.9
19.4
23
4,840
553
748
8.8
26.4
32
9Mack Strong
M. Strong
14
201
909
230
4.0
4.5
5
1,456
218
241
6.7
7.2
10
10Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14
223
1,967
388
5.1
8.8
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
14
211
8,261
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
14
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
13Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
14
199
2,415
612
3.9
12.1
18
843
96
8.8
4.2
2
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
14
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Bill Brown
B. Brown
14
194
5,838
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
16Joe Perry
J. Perry
14
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
17Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
14
137
386
120
3.2
6.1
5
1,117
67
16.7
17.7
37
18Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
13
204
234
69
3.4
1.1
6
2,858
302
402
9.5
14.0
19
19Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
13
161
3,607
864
4.2
22.4
16
3,701
431
571
8.6
23.0
15
20Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
13
153
11,695
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
21Zack Crockett
Z. Crockett
13
175
1,701
510
3.3
9.7
36
680
96
97
7.1
3.9
2
22Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
23Larry Centers
L. Centers
13
182
2,036
590
3.5
11.2
14
6,194
761
386
8.1
34.0
25
24Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
13
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
25Keith Byars
K. Byars
13
189
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
5,661
610
9.3
30.0
31

More 49ers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,151

Jones

Mac Jones

RUSH

1,039

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

849

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

26.1

9th

OPP PPG

21.3

11th

RUSH YDS/G

104.3

25th

PASS YDS/G

259.2

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
4
0
.733
49ers 49ers
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

11 - 4

48

Final

27

IND Colts

8 - 7

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
10-34
Sat
9/27
@
27-34
Sat
9/27
@
31-25
Sat
9/27
@
13-42
Sat
9/27
@
18-21

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
8:20 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM