before 2001 what rb had the most rushing td through first 5 seasons

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

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	71	77	7,183	1,630	4.4	93.3	1,576	239		6.6	20.5	4
2	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	61	74	8,256	1,748	4.7	111.6	1,045	136		7.7	14.1	2
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	59	73	6,926	1,548	4.5	94.9	1,424	156		9.1	19.5	4
4	Terrell Davis T. Davis	58	65	6,624	1,410	4.7	101.9	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
5	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	57	71	6,995	1,561	4.5	98.5	475	93		5.1	6.7	0
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	57	62	6,463	1,269	5.1	104.2	1,046	121		8.6	16.9	6
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	55	73	6,789	1,432	4.7	93.0	1,499	166		9.0	20.5	5
8	Terry Allen T. Allen	54	79	5,457	1,326	4.1	69.1	1,101	135		8.2	13.9	4
9	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	52	61	4,581	917	5.0	75.1	545	75		7.3	8.9	4
10	Ricky Watters R. Watters	49	75	5,524	1,343	4.1	73.7	2,328	253		9.2	31.0	9
11	Marcus Allen M. Allen	49	70	5,397	1,289	4.2	77.1	2,757	283		9.7	39.4	15
12	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	48	51	3,758	757	5.0	73.7	373	35		10.7	7.3	2
13	Curtis Martin C. Martin	45	76	6,550	1,694	3.9	86.2	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
14	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	45	70	5,268	1,271	4.1	75.3	1,014	139		7.3	14.5	0
15	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	45	67	4,915	1,209	4.1	73.4	2,514	256		9.8	37.5	21
16	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	43	74	4,036	1,036	3.9	54.5	931	127		7.3	12.6	6
17	Eddie George E. George	42	80	6,874	1,763	3.9	85.9	1,447	164	129	8.8	18.1	8
18	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	42	77	5,320	1,389	3.8	69.1	2,804	297		9.4	36.4	9
19	Curt Warner C. Warner	42	61	5,049	1,189	4.2	82.8	1,160	148		7.8	19.0	4
20	Billy Sims B. Sims	42	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	2,072	186		11.1	34.5	5
21	Franco Harris F. Harris	42	66	5,133	1,135	4.5	77.8	814	105		7.8	12.3	3
22	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	42	69	3,736	735	5.1	54.1	1,067	83		12.9	15.5	7
23	Joe Morris J. Morris	40	67	3,555	818	4.3	53.1	604	65		9.3	9.0	2
24	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	40	75	6,270	1,368	4.6	83.6	1,614	177		9.1	21.5	6
25	Dan Towler D. Towler	40	60	3,356	629	5.3	55.9	640	56		11.4	10.7	1

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