Between the 1970 and 1989 seasons, Anthony Thompson scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 64 touchdowns.

most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1970 to 1989

	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	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	55	44	6,082	1,074	5.7	138.2	404	38	10.6	9.2	4
3	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	51	43	2,085	484	4.3	48.5	66	7	9.4	1.5	2
4	Allen Pinkett A. Pinkett	49	43	4,131	889	4.6	96.1	774	73	10.6	18.0	3
5	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	49	35	4,780	668	7.2	136.6	216	20	10.8	6.2	2
6	Herschel Walker H. Walker	49	33	5,259	994	5.3	159.4	243	26	9.3	7.4	3
7	Ted Brown T. Brown	49	43	4,602	860	5.4	107.0	760	82	9.3	17.7	2
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	48	30	3,556	523	6.8	118.5	164	23	7.1	5.5	1
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	48	55	3,813	538	7.1	69.3	77	2	38.5	1.4	0
10	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	47	43	3,335	678	4.9	77.6
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	47	44	4,450	790	5.6	101.1	190	19	10.0	4.3	1
12	Steve Bartalo S. Bartalo	46	43	4,813	1,211	4.0	111.9	1,079	132	8.2	25.1	3
13	Charles White C. White	46	45	5,598	1,023	5.5	124.4	507	54	9.4	11.3	3
14	Terry Miller T. Miller	46	44	4,582	847	5.4	104.1	9	5	1.8	0.2	0
15	James Gray J. Gray	45	44	4,066	742	5.5	92.4	715	65	11.0	16.3	7
16	Keith Byars K. Byars	45	33	3,006	577	5.2	91.1	855	66	13.0	25.9	3
17	Robert Lavette R. Lavette	45	43	4,066	914	4.4	94.6	862	114	7.6	20.0	1
18	Marcus Allen M. Allen	45	45	4,682	893	5.2	104.0	721	79	9.1	16.0	2
19	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	44	44	4,050	882	4.6	92.0	1,133	120	9.4	25.8	6
20	Rick Badanjek R. Badanjek	44	44	2,417	521	4.6	54.9	689	69	10.0	15.7	2
21	Billy Marek B. Marek	44	44	3,709	719	5.2	84.3	280	23	12.2	6.4	2
22	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	44	23	2,432	480	5.1	105.7	324	34	9.5	14.1	1
23	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	43	45	4,303	650	6.6	95.6	272	26	10.5	6.0	2
24	Curtis Adams C. Adams	43	38	4,162	761	5.5	109.5	220	32	6.9	5.8	1
25	Greg Allen G. Allen	43	40	3,769	624	6.0	94.2	376	34	11.1	9.4	1