barry sanders single season rushing touchdowns

Barry Sanders scored 14 rushing touchdowns in his rookie season in 1989.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
1989
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
13
1990
16
1,304
255
5.1
81.5
480
36
13.3
30.0
3
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16
1991
15
1,548
342
4.5
103.2
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9
1992
16
1,352
312
4.3
84.5
225
29
7.8
14.1
1
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3
1993
11
1,115
243
4.6
101.4
205
36
5.7
18.6
0
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
7
1994
16
1,883
331
5.7
117.7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11
1995
16
1,500
314
4.8
93.8
398
48
8.3
24.9
1
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11
1996
16
1,553
307
5.1
97.1
147
24
6.1
9.2
0
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11
1997
16
2,053
335
6.1
128.3
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4
1998
16
1,491
343
4.3
93.2
289
37
7.8
18.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PASS

4,233

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,143

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,262

St. Brown

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

4th

OPP PPG

24.8

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

119.9

15th

PASS YDS/G

264.8

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
Lions Lions
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

8 - 8

10

Final

23

MIN Vikings

8 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
Bills Bills - x
11
4
0
.733
6
9
0
.400
Jets Jets - e
3
12
0
.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
0
.600
8
8
0
.500
5
10
0
.333
3
12
0
.200
AFC SouthWLTPCT
11
4
0
.733
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
7
0
.533
3
12
0
.200
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
13
0
.133
NFC EastWLTPCT
10
5
0
.667
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
2
13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
4
0
.733
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
49ers 49ers - x
11
4
0
.733
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/20
@
14-31
Sat
9/20
@
22-9
Sun
9/21
@
38-30
Wed
9/24
@
23-20
Sat
9/27
@
21-24

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/28
@
4:05 PM
Sun
12/28
@
4:25 PM
Sun
12/28
@
8:20 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM