before 1995 what rb had the most rushing td through first 5 seasons

Emmitt Smith scored the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 71 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
71
77
7,183
1,630
4.4
93.3
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
61
74
8,256
1,748
4.7
111.6
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
59
73
6,926
1,548
4.5
94.9
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
57
71
6,995
1,561
4.5
98.5
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
62
6,463
1,269
5.1
104.2
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
55
73
6,789
1,432
4.7
93.0
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
7Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
52
61
4,581
917
5.0
75.1
545
75
7.3
8.9
4
8Marcus Allen
M. Allen
49
70
5,397
1,289
4.2
77.1
2,757
283
9.7
39.4
15
9Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
48
51
3,758
757
5.0
73.7
373
35
10.7
7.3
2
10Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
45
70
5,268
1,271
4.1
75.3
1,014
139
7.3
14.5
0
11Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
45
67
4,915
1,209
4.1
73.4
2,514
256
9.8
37.5
21
12Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
43
74
4,036
1,036
3.9
54.5
931
127
7.3
12.6
6
13Curt Warner
C. Warner
42
61
5,049
1,189
4.2
82.8
1,160
148
7.8
19.0
4
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
42
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
42
66
5,133
1,135
4.5
77.8
814
105
7.8
12.3
3
16Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
42
69
3,736
735
5.1
54.1
1,067
83
12.9
15.5
7
17Joe Morris
J. Morris
40
67
3,555
818
4.3
53.1
604
65
9.3
9.0
2
18Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
40
75
6,270
1,368
4.6
83.6
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
19Dan Towler
D. Towler
40
60
3,356
629
5.3
55.9
640
56
11.4
10.7
1
20Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
39
64
4,866
955
5.1
76.0
1,313
111
11.8
20.5
9
21Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
39
70
3,814
794
4.8
54.5
2,739
199
13.8
39.1
17
22Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
37
71
4,807
1,241
3.9
67.7
1,085
135
8.0
15.3
2
23Larry Kinnebrew
L. Kinnebrew
37
71
2,582
639
4.0
36.4
600
65
9.2
8.5
3
24Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
37
64
4,272
1,000
4.3
66.8
1,139
109
10.4
17.8
6
25Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
37
60
3,782
884
4.3
63.0
677
94
7.2
11.3
4
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