what running back had the most rushing yards in their age 33 season

John Henry Johnson has rushed for the most yards by a 33-year-old running back in a season, with 1,141 yards in 1962.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,141
33
1962
PIT PIT
14
251
4.5
81.5
7
226
32
7.1
16.1
2
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
33
2018
WAS WAS
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
33
2016
IND IND
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
33
1983
PIT PIT
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
33
2002
DAL DAL
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
6Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
837
33
1979
MIA MIA
16
220
3.8
52.3
12
75
16
4.7
4.7
1
7Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
786
33
2008
TB TB
15
186
4.2
52.4
2
330
47
68
7.0
22.0
0
8Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
784
33
1990
NYG NYG
16
225
3.5
49.0
11
139
18
7.7
8.7
0
9Marcus Allen
M. Allen
764
33
1993
KC KC
16
206
3.7
47.8
12
238
34
7.0
14.9
3
10Ricky Williams
R. Williams
673
33
2010
MIA MIA
16
159
4.2
42.1
2
141
19
30
7.4
8.8
1
11Antowain Smith
A. Smith
659
33
2005
NO NO
16
166
4.0
41.2
3
46
12
15
3.8
2.9
0
12Terry Allen
T. Allen
658
33
2001
BAL BAL
11
168
3.9
59.8
3
68
17
20
4.0
6.2
0
13James Brooks
J. Brooks
571
33
1991
CIN CIN
15
152
3.8
38.1
2
348
40
8.7
23.2
2
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
553
33
1982
WAS WAS
8
177
3.1
69.1
3
50
10
5.0
6.3
0
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
533
33
1987
CHI CHI
12
146
3.7
44.4
4
217
33
6.6
18.1
1
16Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
525
33
2014
BUF BUF
14
141
3.7
37.5
2
501
66
90
7.6
35.8
1
17Thomas Jones
T. Jones
478
33
2011
KC KC
16
153
3.1
29.9
0
43
5
7
8.6
2.7
0
18Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
456
33
1987
DAL DAL
12
130
3.5
38.0
1
177
19
9.3
14.8
1
19Floyd Little
F. Little
445
33
1975
DEN DEN
14
125
3.6
31.8
2
308
29
10.6
22.0
2
20Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
438
33
2016
PHI PHI
15
94
4.7
29.2
2
427
52
71
8.2
28.5
2
21Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
434
33
1979
PIT PIT
16
92
4.7
27.1
4
277
31
8.9
17.3
0
22Earnest Byner
E. Byner
432
33
1995
CLE CLE
16
115
3.8
27.0
2
494
61
8.1
30.9
2
23Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
368
33
2005
PIT PIT
12
110
3.3
30.7
9
40
4
4
10.0
3.3
0
24Wendell Hayes
W. Hayes
352
33
1973
KC KC
13
95
3.7
27.1
2
134
18
7.4
10.3
0
25DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
343
33
2016
PIT PIT
9
98
3.5
38.1
4
118
18
27
6.6
13.1
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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