who is the oldest player in nfl history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season

John Riggins and John Henry Johnson are tied for the oldest with >0 rush attempts and with 1,000+ rushing yards in a season. They were 35 years old.

Interpreted as:
Who is the oldest player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 or more rushing yards in a single season?
NAMEAGEATTRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
35
327
1,239
1984
WAS WAS
14
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
2John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
35
235
1,048
1964
PIT PIT
14
4.5
74.9
7
69
17
4.1
4.9
1
3John Riggins
J. Riggins
34
375
1,347
1983
WAS WAS
15
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
33
251
1,042
2018
WAS WAS
16
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
33
263
1,025
2016
IND IND
16
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
6Franco Harris
F. Harris
33
279
1,007
1983
PIT PIT
16
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
7John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
33
251
1,141
1962
PIT PIT
14
4.5
81.5
7
226
32
7.1
16.1
2
8Ricky Williams
R. Williams
32
241
1,121
2009
MIA MIA
16
4.7
70.1
11
264
35
53
7.5
16.5
2
9Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
32
239
1,014
2005
DEN DEN
15
4.2
67.6
12
212
18
21
11.8
14.1
1
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
32
261
1,021
2001
DAL DAL
14
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
11James Brooks
J. Brooks
32
195
1,004
1990
CIN CIN
16
5.1
62.8
5
269
26
10.3
16.8
4
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
32
325
1,023
1989
NYG NYG
16
3.1
63.9
14
268
28
9.6
16.8
0
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
32
321
1,333
1986
CHI CHI
16
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
14Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
31
209
1,012
2023
MIA MIA
15
4.8
67.5
18
175
25
32
7.0
11.7
3
15Frank Gore
F. Gore
31
255
1,106
2014
SF SF
16
4.3
69.1
4
111
11
19
10.1
6.9
1
16Thomas Jones
T. Jones
31
331
1,402
2009
NYJ NYJ
16
4.2
87.6
14
58
10
18
5.8
3.6
0
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
31
223
1,202
2007
JAX JAX
15
5.4
80.1
5
58
9
14
6.4
3.9
0
18Tiki Barber
T. Barber
31
327
1,662
2006
NYG NYG
16
5.1
103.9
5
465
58
81
8.0
29.1
0
19Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
31
286
1,140
2006
ATL ATL
16
4.0
71.3
4
170
22
27
7.7
10.6
1
20Curtis Martin
C. Martin
31
371
1,697
2004
NYJ NYJ
16
4.6
106.1
12
245
41
49
6.0
15.3
2
21James Stewart
J. Stewart
31
231
1,021
2002
DET DET
14
4.4
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
22Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
31
294
1,203
2000
DAL DAL
16
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
23Ricky Watters
R. Watters
31
278
1,242
2000
SEA SEA
16
4.5
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
24James Brooks
J. Brooks
31
221
1,239
1989
CIN CIN
16
5.6
77.4
7
306
37
8.3
19.1
2
25Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
31
305
1,307
1985
DAL DAL
16
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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