oldest rb to have 150 yards rushing game

John Riggins is the oldest running back in a game with 150+ rushing yards. He was 35 years and 71 days old versus the Cowboys on October 14, 1984.

Interpreted as:

oldest rb to have 150 or more yards rushing regular-season game

	NAME	Age	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	John Riggins J. Riggins	35-071	165	10/14/1984	WAS	vs	DAL	32	5.2	0	0	0			0
2	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	34-321	200	10/10/1964	PIT	@	CLE	30	6.7	3	4	1		4.0	0
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	32-229	159	11/5/2017	ARI	@	SF	37	4.3	0	8	2	4	4.0	0
4	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	32-197	170	11/8/2015	PIT	vs	OAK	27	6.3	2	55	2	4	27.5	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	32-051	177	9/14/1986	CHI	vs	PHI	34	5.2	1	-2	1		-2.0	0
6	James Brooks J. Brooks	31-360	201	12/23/1990	CIN	vs	HOU	20	10.1	1	0	0			0
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	31-357	216	12/27/2025	BAL	@	GB	36	6.0	4	0	0	0		0
8	Latavius Murray L. Murray	31-356	150	1/9/2022	BAL	vs	PIT	16	9.4	1	0	0	0		0
9	Lamar Smith L. Smith	31-297	154	9/22/2002	CAR	@	MIN	30	5.1	2	12	2	2	6.0	0
10	Joe Perry J. Perry	31-284	174	11/2/1958	SF	vs	DET	13	13.4	1	22	2		11.0	0
11	Tiki Barber T. Barber	31-267	234	12/30/2006	NYG	@	WAS	23	10.2	3	24	3	4	8.0	0
12	Ricky Watters R. Watters	31-253	168	12/16/2000	SEA	vs	OAK	26	6.5	0	37	4	6	9.3	0
13	Derrick Henry D. Henry	31-246	169	9/7/2025	BAL	@	BUF	18	9.4	2	13	1	1	13.0	0
14	Curtis Martin C. Martin	31-246	153	1/2/2005	NYJ	@	STL	28	5.5	0	22	2	2	11.0	0
15	Frank Gore F. Gore	31-220	158	12/20/2014	SF	vs	SD	26	6.1	1	0	0	0		0
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	31-209	150	12/10/2000	DAL	vs	WAS	23	6.5	1	0	0	0		0
17	Tiki Barber T. Barber	31-191	185	10/15/2006	NYG	@	ATL	26	7.1	0	42	3	5	14.0	0
18	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	31-175	159	9/29/1985	DAL	@	HOU	23	6.9	0	1	1		1.0	0
19	Curtis Martin C. Martin	31-134	196	9/12/2004	NYJ	vs	CIN	29	6.8	1	7	3	3	2.3	1
20	Walter Payton W. Payton	31-101	192	11/3/1985	CHI	@	GB	28	6.9	1	14	3		4.7	0
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	31-060	210	10/18/2009	NYJ	vs	BUF	22	9.5	1	17	2	2	8.5	0
22	Lamar Smith L. Smith	31-038	158	1/6/2002	MIA	vs	BUF	30	5.3	1	0	0	1		0
23	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	31-017	182	12/11/1960	PIT	vs	PHI	19	9.6	1	7	1		7.0	1
24	Derrick Henry D. Henry	30-352	162	12/21/2024	BAL	vs	PIT	24	6.8	0	27	2	2	13.5	0
25	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	30-341	151	9/12/2004	KC	@	DEN	26	5.8	3	-2	2	3	-1.0	0

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