Between the 1940 and 1990 seasons, Anthony Thompson had the most rushing touchdowns, with 64 touchdowns.

most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1940 to 1990

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Anthony Thompson A. Thompson	64	44	4,965	1,089	4.6	112.8	713	94	7.6	16.2	1
2	Steve Owens S. Owens	56	30	3,867	905	4.3	128.9	136	16	8.5	4.5	0
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	55	44	6,082	1,074	5.7	138.2	404	38	10.6	9.2	4
4	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	51	43	2,085	484	4.3	48.5	66	7	9.4	1.5	2
5	Ed Marinaro E. Marinaro	50	27	4,715	918	5.1	174.6	232	23	10.1	8.6	2
6	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	49	43	4,131	889	4.6	96.1	774	73	10.6	18.0	3
7	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	49	35	4,780	668	7.2	136.6	216	20	10.8	6.2	2
8	Herschel Walker H. Walker	49	33	5,259	994	5.3	159.4	243	26	9.3	7.4	3
9	Ted Brown T. Brown	49	43	4,602	860	5.4	107.0	760	82	9.3	17.7	2
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	48	30	3,556	523	6.8	118.5	164	23	7.1	5.5	1
11	Billy Sims B. Sims	48	55	3,813	538	7.1	69.3	77	2	38.5	1.4	0
12	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	47	43	3,335	678	4.9	77.6
13	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	47	44	4,450	790	5.6	101.1	190	19	10.0	4.3	1
14	Steve Bartalo S. Bartalo	46	43	4,813	1,211	4.0	111.9	1,079	132	8.2	25.1	3
15	Charles White C. White	46	45	5,598	1,023	5.5	124.4	507	54	9.4	11.3	3
16	Terry Miller T. Miller	46	44	4,582	847	5.4	104.1	9	5	1.8	0.2	0
17	James Gray J. Gray	45	44	4,066	742	5.5	92.4	715	65	11.0	16.3	7
18	Keith Byars K. Byars	45	33	3,006	577	5.2	91.1	855	66	13.0	25.9	3
19	Robert Lavette R. Lavette	45	43	4,066	914	4.4	94.6	862	114	7.6	20.0	1
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	45	45	4,682	893	5.2	104.0	721	79	9.1	16.0	2
21	Leon Burns L. Burns	45	22	2,692	625	4.3	122.4	238	15	15.9	10.8	2
22	Darren Lewis D. Lewis	44	46	5,012	909	5.5	109.0	126	25	5.0	2.7	1
23	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	44	44	4,050	882	4.6	92.0	1,133	120	9.4	25.8	6
24	Rick Badanjek R. Badanjek	44	44	2,417	521	4.6	54.9	689	69	10.0	15.7	2
25	Billy Marek B. Marek	44	44	3,709	719	5.2	84.3	280	23	12.2	6.4	2