which running backs over 30 years old has a 1000 yard rushing season

John Henry Johnson was 33 years old when rushing for 1,000+ yards in 1962.

Interpreted as:

Which running backs over 30 years old has a 1000 or more yard rushing season?

	NAME	Age	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	33	1,141	1962	PIT	14	251	4.5	81.5	7	226	32		7.1	16.1	2
2	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	35	1,048	1964	PIT	14	235	4.5	74.9	7	69	17		4.1	4.9	1
3	Franco Harris F. Harris	33	1,007	1983	PIT	16	279	3.6	62.9	5	278	34		8.2	17.4	2
4	John Riggins J. Riggins	34	1,347	1983	WAS	15	375	3.6	89.8	24	29	5		5.8	1.9	0
5	John Riggins J. Riggins	35	1,239	1984	WAS	14	327	3.8	88.5	14	43	7		6.1	3.1	0
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	31	1,307	1985	DAL	16	305	4.3	81.7	7	449	46		9.8	28.1	3
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	31	1,551	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	32	1,333	1986	CHI	16	321	4.2	83.3	8	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	32	1,023	1989	NYG	16	325	3.1	63.9	14	268	28		9.6	16.8	0
10	James Brooks J. Brooks	31	1,239	1989	CIN	16	221	5.6	77.4	7	306	37		8.3	19.1	2
11	James Brooks J. Brooks	32	1,004	1990	CIN	16	195	5.1	62.8	5	269	26		10.3	16.8	4
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	31	1,203	2000	DAL	16	294	4.1	75.2	9	79	11	14	7.2	4.9	0
13	Ricky Watters R. Watters	31	1,242	2000	SEA	16	278	4.5	77.6	7	613	63	92	9.7	38.3	2
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	32	1,021	2001	DAL	14	261	3.9	72.9	3	116	17	21	6.8	8.3	0
15	James Stewart J. Stewart	31	1,021	2002	DET	14	231	4.4	72.9	4	333	46	70	7.2	23.8	2
16	Curtis Martin C. Martin	31	1,697	2004	NYJ	16	371	4.6	106.1	12	245	41	49	6.0	15.3	2
17	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	32	1,014	2005	DEN	15	239	4.2	67.6	12	212	18	21	11.8	14.1	1
18	Tiki Barber T. Barber	31	1,662	2006	NYG	16	327	5.1	103.9	5	465	58	81	8.0	29.1	0
19	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	31	1,140	2006	ATL	16	286	4.0	71.3	4	170	22	27	7.7	10.6	1
20	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	31	1,202	2007	JAX	15	223	5.4	80.1	5	58	9	14	6.4	3.9	0
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	31	1,402	2009	NYJ	16	331	4.2	87.6	14	58	10	18	5.8	3.6	0
22	Ricky Williams R. Williams	32	1,121	2009	MIA	16	241	4.7	70.1	11	264	35	53	7.5	16.5	2
23	Frank Gore F. Gore	31	1,106	2014	SF	16	255	4.3	69.1	4	111	11	19	10.1	6.9	1
24	Frank Gore F. Gore	33	1,025	2016	IND	16	263	3.9	64.1	4	277	38	47	7.3	17.3	4
25	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	33	1,042	2018	WAS	16	251	4.2	65.1	7	208	20	26	10.4	13.0	1

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