what running back had the most rushing yards in their age 31 season

Curtis Martin has rushed for the most yards by a 31-year-old running back in a season, with 1,697 yards in 2004.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,697
31
2004
NYJ NYJ
16
371
4.6
106.1
12
245
41
49
6.0
15.3
2
2Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,662
31
2006
NYG NYG
16
327
5.1
103.9
5
465
58
81
8.0
29.1
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,551
31
1985
CHI CHI
16
324
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
4Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,402
31
2009
NYJ NYJ
16
331
4.2
87.6
14
58
10
18
5.8
3.6
0
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,307
31
1985
DAL DAL
16
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
6Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,242
31
2000
SEA SEA
16
278
4.5
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
7James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,239
31
1989
CIN CIN
16
221
5.6
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
31
2000
DAL DAL
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
9Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,202
31
2007
JAX JAX
15
223
5.4
80.1
5
58
9
14
6.4
3.9
0
10Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,140
31
2006
ATL ATL
16
286
4.0
71.3
4
170
22
27
7.7
10.6
1
11Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,106
31
2014
SF SF
16
255
4.3
69.1
4
111
11
19
10.1
6.9
1
12James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,021
31
2002
DET DET
14
231
4.4
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
13Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
1,012
31
2023
MIA MIA
15
209
4.8
67.5
18
175
25
32
7.0
11.7
3
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
987
31
1981
PIT PIT
16
242
4.1
61.7
8
250
37
6.8
15.6
1
15Floyd Little
F. Little
979
31
1973
DEN DEN
14
256
3.8
69.9
12
423
41
10.3
30.2
1
16Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
972
31
2002
SF SF
16
215
4.5
60.8
8
317
48
69
6.6
19.8
1
17Lamar Smith
L. Smith
968
31
2001
MIA MIA
16
313
3.1
60.5
6
234
30
35
7.8
14.6
2
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
931
31
2025
BAL BAL
12
197
4.7
77.6
10
142
14
18
10.1
11.8
0
19LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
914
31
2010
NYJ NYJ
15
219
4.2
60.9
6
368
52
79
7.1
24.5
0
20Terry Allen
T. Allen
896
31
1999
NE NE
16
254
3.5
56.0
8
125
14
19
8.9
7.8
1
21Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
892
31
2004
KC KC
8
196
4.6
111.5
14
187
19
25
9.8
23.4
1
22Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
891
31
2017
OAK OAK
15
207
4.3
59.4
7
151
20
31
7.6
10.1
0
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
813
31
2016
NYJ NYJ
14
218
3.7
58.1
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
24Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
811
31
2003
PIT PIT
16
246
3.3
50.7
7
86
13
22
6.6
5.4
0
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
774
31
2004
STL STL
14
195
4.0
55.3
3
310
50
65
6.2
22.1
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