oldest running back to run 150 yards in a game

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

Interpreted as:
oldest running back to run 150 or more rushing yards in a regular-season game
NAME AGE ATT RUSH YDS DATE TM OPP YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 John Riggins
J. Riggins
35-071
32
165
10/14/1984
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
5.2
0
0
0
0
2 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
34-321
30
200
10/10/1964
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
6.7
3
4
1
4.0
0
3 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
32-229
37
159
11/5/2017
ARI ARI
@
SF SF
4.3
0
8
2
4
4.0
0
4 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
32-197
27
170
11/8/2015
PIT PIT
vs
OAK OAK
6.3
2
55
2
4
27.5
0
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
32-051
34
177
9/14/1986
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
5.2
1
-2
1
-2.0
0
6 James Brooks
J. Brooks
31-360
20
201
12/23/1990
CIN CIN
vs
HOU HOU
10.1
1
0
0
0
7 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
31-356
16
150
1/9/2022
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
9.4
1
0
0
0
0
8 Lamar Smith
L. Smith
31-297
30
154
9/22/2002
CAR CAR
@
MIN MIN
5.1
2
12
2
2
6.0
0
9 Joe Perry
J. Perry
31-284
13
174
11/2/1958
SF SF
vs
DET DET
13.4
1
22
2
11.0
0
10 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
31-267
23
234
12/30/2006
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
10.2
3
24
3
4
8.0
0
11 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
31-253
26
168
12/16/2000
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
6.5
0
37
4
6
9.3
0
12 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
31-246
28
153
1/2/2005
NYJ NYJ
@
STL STL
5.5
0
22
2
2
11.0
0
13 Frank Gore
F. Gore
31-220
26
158
12/20/2014
SF SF
vs
SD SD
6.1
1
0
0
0
0
14 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
31-209
23
150
12/10/2000
DAL DAL
vs
WAS WAS
6.5
1
0
0
0
0
15 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
31-191
26
185
10/15/2006
NYG NYG
@
ATL ATL
7.1
0
42
3
5
14.0
0
16 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
31-175
23
159
9/29/1985
DAL DAL
@
HOU HOU
6.9
0
1
1
1.0
0
17 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
31-134
29
196
9/12/2004
NYJ NYJ
vs
CIN CIN
6.8
1
7
3
3
2.3
1
18 Walter Payton
W. Payton
31-101
28
192
11/3/1985
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
6.9
1
14
3
4.7
0
19 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
31-060
22
210
10/18/2009
NYJ NYJ
vs
BUF BUF
9.5
1
17
2
2
8.5
0
20 Lamar Smith
L. Smith
31-038
30
158
1/6/2002
MIA MIA
vs
BUF BUF
5.3
1
0
0
1
0
21 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
31-017
19
182
12/11/1960
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
9.6
1
7
1
7.0
1
22 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
30-352
24
162
12/21/2024
BAL BAL
vs
PIT PIT
6.8
0
27
2
2
13.5
0
23 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
30-341
26
151
9/12/2004
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
5.8
3
-2
2
3
-1.0
0
24 James Stewart
J. Stewart
30-297
32
172
10/20/2002
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
5.4
2
28
2
2
14.0
0
25 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
30-292
24
155
10/24/2005
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
6.5
0
6
2
3
3.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
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Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
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7
10
0
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Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
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23

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
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Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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7
0
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8
9
0
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10
7
0
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Bills Bills
13
4
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Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647