Who has the most touchdowns in a season?

LaDainian Tomlinson scores his 29th TD, breaking Priest Holmes' single-season record set the previous year. He finished the season with 31.

NAME SEASON TM GP TD RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS PPG
1 LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
2006
SD SD
16
31
28
3
0
0
0
0
0
186
11.6
2 Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
2005
SEA SEA
16
28
27
1
0
0
0
0
0
168
10.5
3 Priest Holmes
Priest Holmes
2003
KC KC
16
27
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
162
10.1
4 Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
2000
STL STL
14
26
18
8
0
0
0
2
0
160
11.4
5 Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
1995
DAL DAL
16
25
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
150
9.4
6 Priest Holmes
Priest Holmes
2002
KC KC
14
24
21
3
0
0
0
0
0
144
10.3
7 John Riggins
John Riggins
1983
WAS WAS
15
24
24
0
0
0
0
0
144
9.6
8 Randy Moss
Randy Moss
2007
NE NE
16
23
0
23
0
0
0
0
0
138
8.6
9 Terrell Davis
Terrell Davis
1998
DEN DEN
16
23
21
2
0
0
0
0
0
138
8.6
10 Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice
1987
SF SF
12
23
1
22
0
0
0
0
138
11.5
11 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1975
BUF BUF
14
23
16
7
0
0
0
0
138
9.9
12 Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
1994
DAL DAL
15
22
21
1
0
0
0
0
0
132
8.8
13 Chuck Foreman
Chuck Foreman
1975
MIN MIN
14
22
13
9
0
0
0
0
132
9.4
14 Gale Sayers
Gale Sayers
1965
CHI CHI
14
22
14
6
2
0
0
0
132
9.4
15 Todd Gurley
Todd Gurley
2018
LAR LAR
14
21
17
4
0
0
0
3
0
132
9.4
16 Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson
2005
KC KC
16
21
20
1
0
0
0
0
0
126
7.9
17 Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
2001
STL STL
14
21
12
9
0
0
0
1
0
128
9.1
18 Terry Allen
Terry Allen
1996
WAS WAS
16
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
126
7.9
19 Joe Morris
Joe Morris
1985
NYG NYG
16
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
126
7.9
20 Jim Brown
Jim Brown
1965
CLE CLE
14
21
17
4
0
0
0
0
126
9.0
21 David Johnson
David Johnson
2016
ARI ARI
16
20
16
4
0
0
0
1
0
122
7.6
22 LeSean McCoy
LeSean McCoy
2011
PHI PHI
15
20
17
3
0
0
0
0
0
120
8.0
23 DeAngelo Williams
DeAngelo Williams
2008
CAR CAR
16
20
18
2
0
0
0
1
0
122
7.6
24 LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
2005
SD SD
16
20
18
2
0
0
0
0
0
120
7.5
25 Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
2004
SEA SEA
16
20
16
4
0
0
0
0
0
120
7.5
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM