player with most rushing yards in 12th season

John Riggins rushed for the most yards by a player in his 12th season, with 1,347 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
1983
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
1986
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
2018
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
4Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
2016
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
2001
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
1983
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
941
2004
15
250
3.8
62.7
13
46
6
8
7.7
3.1
0
8Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
786
2008
15
186
4.2
52.4
2
330
47
68
7.0
22.0
0
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
784
1990
16
225
3.5
49.0
11
139
18
7.7
8.7
0
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
764
1993
16
206
3.7
47.8
12
238
34
7.0
14.9
3
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
703
1988
16
181
3.9
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
12Joe Perry
J. Perry
675
1961
13
168
4.0
51.9
3
322
34
9.5
24.8
1
13Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
529
2000
16
89
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Thomas Jones
T. Jones
478
2011
16
153
3.1
29.9
0
43
5
7
8.6
2.7
0
15Earnest Byner
E. Byner
432
1995
16
115
3.8
27.0
2
494
61
8.1
30.9
2
16Ollie Matson
O. Matson
404
1964
12
96
4.2
33.7
4
242
17
14.2
20.2
1
17Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
369
2016
16
67
5.5
23.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Alex Smith
A. Smith
355
2017
15
60
5.9
23.7
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
341
2023
15
80
4.3
22.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Steve Young
S. Young
310
1996
12
52
6.0
25.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
292
2005
16
65
4.5
18.3
0
291
44
58
6.6
18.2
1
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
269
2009
6
63
4.3
44.8
4
17
2
3
8.5
2.8
0
23Bill Brown
B. Brown
263
1972
14
82
3.2
18.8
4
298
22
13.5
21.3
4
24Richie Anderson
R. Anderson
246
2004
12
57
4.3
20.5
1
207
26
41
8.0
17.3
0
25John Elway
J. Elway
235
1994
14
58
4.1
16.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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