which rusher has the most yards before turning 33

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards by a running back younger than 33, with 16,193 yards.

Interpreted as:
Which rusher has the most rushing yards before turning 33 years old?
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,193
178
3,692
4.4
91.0
106
4,321
459
9.4
24.3
14
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16,187
185
3,798
4.3
87.5
148
2,923
470
67
6.2
15.8
11
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,294
180
3,369
3.9
73.9
82
1,409
196
96
7.2
7.8
3
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,168
142
2,970
4.4
92.7
90
2,079
275
7.6
14.6
6
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
12,276
133
2,574
4.8
92.3
99
2,015
252
352
8.0
15.2
5
11Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
12,040
164
2,702
4.5
73.4
70
3,150
376
560
8.4
19.2
12
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
11,786
168
2,813
4.2
70.2
65
4,304
453
9.5
25.6
21
14Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
11,580
145
2,625
4.4
79.9
71
3,255
363
9.0
22.4
12
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,271
140
2,428
4.6
80.5
62
2,361
286
342
8.3
16.9
8
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
20Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,943
149
2,602
4.2
73.4
86
2,006
272
7.4
13.5
7
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
10,449
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
24Eddie George
E. George
10,441
141
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
10,379
148
2,441
4.3
70.1
84
2,214
287
391
7.7
15.0
9
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