which running back over 30 years old has the most rushing yards in a single season in nfl history

Curtis Martin has rushed for the most yards by a running back older than 30 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
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
34
1983
WAS WAS
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
32
1986
CHI CHI
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,307
31
1985
DAL DAL
16
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
8Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,242
31
2000
SEA SEA
16
278
4.5
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
9James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,239
31
1989
CIN CIN
16
221
5.6
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
10John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
35
1984
WAS WAS
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
31
2000
DAL DAL
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,202
31
2007
JAX JAX
15
223
5.4
80.1
5
58
9
14
6.4
3.9
0
13John 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
14Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,140
31
2006
ATL ATL
16
286
4.0
71.3
4
170
22
27
7.7
10.6
1
15Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,121
32
2009
MIA MIA
16
241
4.7
70.1
11
264
35
53
7.5
16.5
2
16Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,106
31
2014
SF SF
16
255
4.3
69.1
4
111
11
19
10.1
6.9
1
17John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
1,048
35
1964
PIT PIT
14
235
4.5
74.9
7
69
17
4.1
4.9
1
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
33
2018
WAS WAS
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
19Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
33
2016
IND IND
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,023
32
1989
NYG NYG
16
325
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
21James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,021
31
2002
DET DET
14
231
4.4
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
22Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
32
2001
DAL DAL
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
23Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,014
32
2005
DEN DEN
15
239
4.2
67.6
12
212
18
21
11.8
14.1
1
24Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
1,012
31
2023
MIA MIA
15
209
4.8
67.5
18
175
25
32
7.0
11.7
3
25Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
33
1983
PIT PIT
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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