oldest rb to have 200 yards rushing game

John Henry Johnson is the oldest running back in a game with 200+ rushing yards. He was 34 years and 321 days old versus the Browns on October 10, 1964.

Interpreted as:
oldest rb to have 200 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 Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-321
200
10/10/1964
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
30
6.7
3
4
1
4.0
0
2 James Brooks
J. Brooks
31-360
201
12/23/1990
CIN CIN
vs
HOU HOU
20
10.1
1
0
0
0
3 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
31-267
234
12/30/2006
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
23
10.2
3
24
3
4
8.0
0
4 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
31-060
210
10/18/2009
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
22
9.5
1
17
2
2
8.5
0
5 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
30-268
203
12/31/2005
NYG NYG
@
OAK OAK
28
7.3
1
60
6
7
10.0
0
6 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
30-254
220
12/17/2005
NYG NYG
vs
KC KC
29
7.6
2
29
5
5
5.8
0
7 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
30-239
203
11/15/2015
MIN MIN
@
OAK OAK
26
7.8
1
13
2
3
6.5
0
8 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
30-206
206
10/30/2005
NYG NYG
vs
WAS WAS
24
8.6
1
5
1
2
5.0
0
9 Charles White
C. White
29-297
213
11/15/1987
RAM RAM
@
STL STL
34
6.3
1
8
2
4.0
0
10 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
29-249
210
12/30/2012
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
21
10.0
2
3
1
2
3.0
0
11 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
29-149
203
12/5/1976
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
24
8.5
1
12
2
6.0
0
12 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
29-139
273
11/25/1976
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
29
9.4
2
0
0
0
13 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
29-130
216
11/23/1997
DET DET
vs
IND IND
24
9.0
2
10
2
5.0
0
14 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
29-089
201
11/27/2006
SEA SEA
vs
GB GB
40
5.0
0
0
0
1
0
15 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
29-088
215
10/12/1997
DET DET
@
TB TB
24
9.0
2
7
1
7.0
1
16 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
28-334
205
11/27/1949
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
27
7.6
0
17 Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
28-317
212
1/3/2010
BUF BUF
vs
IND IND
33
6.4
0
15
2
2
7.5
1
18 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
28-315
221
9/17/1989
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
29
7.6
1
0
0
0
19 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
28-300
202
12/23/2001
STL STL
@
CAR CAR
30
6.7
2
50
3
3
16.7
0
20 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
28-299
219
10/30/2022
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
32
6.8
2
9
1
1
9.0
0
21 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
28-255
211
12/1/2013
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
35
6.0
0
0
2
4
0.0
0
22 Charlie Garner
C. Garner
28-224
201
9/24/2000
SF SF
@
DAL DAL
36
5.6
1
34
3
4
11.3
0
23 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
28-197
243
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
36
6.8
5
0
0
0
24 Derrick Ward
D. Ward
28-113
215
12/21/2008
NYG NYG
vs
CAR CAR
15
14.3
0
-5
1
2
-5.0
0
25 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
28-081
227
9/28/1975
BUF BUF
@
PIT PIT
28
8.1
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

23.8

14th

OPP PPG

21.4

16th

RUSH YDS/G

84.0

29th

PASS YDS/G

206.6

25th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
Browns Browns
1
5
0
.167
Ravens Ravens
1
5
0
.167
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
PIT PIT
@
LAC LAC
8:20 PM
Sun
11/16
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Last Game
PIT Steelers

4 - 1 - 0

23

Final

9

CLE Browns

1 - 5 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM