most total touchdowns by a running back in a cfb season

Montee Ball and Barry Sanders are tied for the most total touchdowns by a running back in a season, with 39 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTSPPG
1Montee Ball
M. Ball
39
2011
WIS WIS
14
33
6
0
0
234
16.7
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
39
1988
OKST OKST
11
37
0
234
21.3
3Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
33
2017
FAU FAU
14
32
1
4Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
32
2014
BSU BSU
14
28
4
0
5Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
32
2014
WIS WIS
14
29
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.3
6Brock Forsey
B. Forsey
32
2002
BSU BSU
13
26
6
0
0
192
14.8
7Kapri Bibbs
K. Bibbs
31
2013
CSU CSU
14
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
8Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
30
2024
BSU BSU
14
29
1
0
0
0
0
0
180
12.9
9Najee Harris
N. Harris
30
2020
ALA ALA
13
26
4
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.4
10Kevin Smith
K. Smith
30
2007
UCF UCF
14
29
1
0
0
180
12.9
11Anthony Wales
A. Wales
29
2016
WKU WKU
13
27
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
2.3
12Blake Corum
B. Corum
28
2023
MICH MICH
15
27
1
0
0
0
0
0
36
2.4
13Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
28
2018
MEM MEM
14
25
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
1.3
14Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
28
2017
SDSU SDSU
13
23
2
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
28
2015
ALA ALA
15
28
0
0
16Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
28
2014
LT LT
14
22
6
0
0
0
0
0
6
0.4
17Kenneth Dixon
K. Dixon
28
2012
LT LT
12
27
1
0
0
168
14.0
18Toby Gerhart
T. Gerhart
28
2009
STAN STAN
13
28
0
2
0
172
13.2
19Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
28
2002
MIA MIA
13
28
0
0
0
168
12.9
20Luke Staley
L. Staley
28
2001
BYU BYU
11
24
4
1
0
170
15.5
21Lee Suggs
L. Suggs
28
2000
VT VT
11
27
1
0
0
168
15.3
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
28
1998
TEX TEX
11
27
1
168
15.3
23Jeremy McNichols
J. McNichols
27
2016
BSU BSU
13
23
4
0
24Bernard Pierce
B. Pierce
27
2011
TEM TEM
12
27
0
0
0
162
13.5
25Caleb Hawkins
C. Hawkins
26
2025
UNT UNT
11
23
3
0
0
0
0
0
156
14.2
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1977 season.

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