what running back had the most rushing yards in their age 34 season

John Riggins has rushed for the most yards by a 34-year-old running back in a season, with 1,347 yards in 1983.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
34
1983
WAS WAS
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
961
34
2017
IND IND
16
261
3.7
60.1
3
245
29
38
8.4
15.3
1
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
898
34
2019
WAS WAS
15
211
4.3
59.9
5
142
17
23
8.4
9.5
0
4John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
773
34
1963
PIT PIT
12
186
4.2
64.4
4
145
21
6.9
12.1
1
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
709
34
1994
KC KC
13
189
3.8
54.5
7
349
42
8.3
26.8
0
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
703
34
1988
DEN DEN
16
181
3.9
43.9
5
122
16
7.6
7.6
0
7Joe Perry
J. Perry
675
34
1961
BAL BAL
13
168
4.0
51.9
3
322
34
9.5
24.8
1
8Earnest Byner
E. Byner
634
34
1996
BAL BAL
16
159
4.0
39.6
4
270
30
9.0
16.9
1
9MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
542
34
1976
KC KC
14
162
3.3
38.7
5
686
66
10.4
49.0
1
10Ricky Williams
R. Williams
444
34
2011
BAL BAL
16
108
4.1
27.8
2
83
13
20
6.4
5.2
0
11Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
410
34
2004
PHI PHI
15
94
4.4
27.3
4
92
9
14
10.2
6.1
0
12Ollie Matson
O. Matson
404
34
1964
PHI PHI
12
96
4.2
33.7
4
242
17
14.2
20.2
1
13Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
340
34
1980
PIT PIT
16
78
4.4
21.3
1
174
21
8.3
10.9
1
14Kimble Anders
K. Anders
331
34
2000
KC KC
15
76
4.4
22.1
2
76
15
19
5.1
5.1
0
15Bill Brown
B. Brown
263
34
1972
MIN MIN
14
82
3.2
18.8
4
298
22
13.5
21.3
4
16Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
256
34
2003
ARI ARI
10
90
2.8
25.6
2
107
14
19
7.6
10.7
0
17Wendell Hayes
W. Hayes
206
34
1974
KC KC
14
57
3.6
14.7
2
23
4
5.8
1.6
0
18Dick Todd
D. Todd
201
34
1948
WAS WAS
12
57
3.5
16.8
1
550
37
14.9
45.8
6
19Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
175
34
1963
NYG NYG
14
55
3.2
12.5
0
91
11
8.3
6.5
2
20Franco Harris
F. Harris
170
34
1984
SEA SEA
8
68
2.5
21.3
0
3
1
3.0
0.4
0
21Zack Crockett
Z. Crockett
163
34
2006
OAK OAK
16
39
4.2
10.2
0
53
10
17
5.3
3.3
0
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
155
34
2010
NE NE
7
43
3.6
22.1
0
6
2
3
3.0
0.9
0
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
141
34
1991
NYG NYG
10
53
2.7
14.1
1
41
11
3.7
4.1
0
24Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
137
34
2007
KC KC
4
46
3.0
34.3
0
17
5
10
3.4
4.3
0
25Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
137
34
1978
OAK OAK
16
43
3.2
8.6
0
78
7
11.1
4.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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