what running back had the most rushing yards in their age 32 season

Walter Payton has rushed for the most yards by a 32-year-old running back in a season, with 1,333 yards in 1986.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
32
1986
CHI CHI
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
2Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,121
32
2009
MIA MIA
16
241
4.7
70.1
11
264
35
53
7.5
16.5
2
3Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,023
32
1989
NYG NYG
16
325
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
32
2001
DAL DAL
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
5Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,014
32
2005
DEN DEN
15
239
4.2
67.6
12
212
18
21
11.8
14.1
1
6James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,004
32
1990
CIN CIN
16
195
5.1
62.8
5
269
26
10.3
16.8
4
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
967
32
2015
IND IND
16
260
3.7
60.4
6
267
34
58
7.9
16.7
1
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
941
32
2004
PIT PIT
15
250
3.8
62.7
13
46
6
8
7.7
3.1
0
9DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
907
32
2015
PIT PIT
16
200
4.5
56.7
11
367
40
47
9.2
22.9
0
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
896
32
2010
KC KC
16
245
3.7
56.0
6
122
14
20
8.7
7.6
0
11Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
890
32
2013
BUF BUF
16
206
4.3
55.6
9
387
47
66
8.2
24.2
1
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
812
32
2006
NE NE
16
199
4.1
50.8
13
147
15
16
9.8
9.2
0
13John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
787
32
1961
PIT PIT
14
213
3.7
56.2
6
262
24
10.9
18.7
1
14Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
768
32
2003
SF SF
12
178
4.3
64.0
3
211
25
38
8.4
17.6
1
15Latavius Murray
L. Murray
760
32
2022
TOT
13
171
4.4
58.5
6
132
27
35
4.9
10.2
0
16Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
748
32
1986
DAL DAL
13
184
4.1
57.5
5
267
25
10.7
20.5
1
17Lamar Smith
L. Smith
737
32
2002
CAR CAR
11
209
3.5
67.0
7
167
20
26
8.4
15.2
0
18Curtis Martin
C. Martin
735
32
2005
NYJ NYJ
12
220
3.3
61.3
5
118
24
30
4.9
9.8
0
19Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
729
32
1992
RAI RAI
16
187
3.9
45.6
2
85
14
6.1
5.3
1
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
720
32
2007
ATL ATL
16
227
3.2
45.0
4
238
37
59
6.4
14.9
0
21John Riggins
J. Riggins
714
32
1981
WAS WAS
15
195
3.7
47.6
13
59
6
9.8
3.9
0
22Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
633
32
1978
PIT PIT
16
165
3.8
39.6
5
168
17
9.9
10.5
1
23Tom Matte
T. Matte
607
32
1971
BAL BAL
14
173
3.5
43.4
8
239
29
8.2
17.1
0
24Franco Harris
F. Harris
604
32
1982
PIT PIT
9
140
4.3
67.1
2
249
31
8.0
27.7
0
25Joe Perry
J. Perry
602
32
1959
SF SF
11
139
4.3
54.7
3
53
12
4.4
4.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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