best touchdown to interception ratio in a rookie season ever

Gale Sayers has scored the most total touchdowns by a rookie, with 22 touchdowns in 1965.

Interpreted as:
best touchdown to defensive interception ratio in a rookie season ever
NAMETDINTSEASONTMGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINT YDSINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
22
0
1965
CHI CHI
14
0
0
4
0
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
20
0
1983
RAM RAM
16
0.0
0
0
1
0
3Clinton Portis
C. Portis
17
0
2002
DEN DEN
16
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4Edgerrin James
E. James
17
0
1999
IND IND
16
0.0
0
0
2
0
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
0
1998
MIN MIN
16
0.0
0
0
0
0
6Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
17
0
1998
JAX JAX
15
0.0
0
0
1
0
7Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
16
0
2016
DAL DAL
15
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
8Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
16
0
2006
JAX JAX
16
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9Billy Sims
B. Sims
16
0
1980
DET DET
16
0
0
1
0
10Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
15
0
2018
NYG NYG
16
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
0
2000
DEN DEN
16
0.0
0
0
0
0
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
15
0
1995
NE NE
16
0.0
0
0
3
0
13Ickey Woods
I. Woods
15
0
1988
CIN CIN
16
0.0
0
0
1
0
14Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
15
0
1962
BUF BUF
14
0
0
0
0
15Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
14
0
2017
NO NO
16
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16Cam Newton
C. Newton
14
0
2011
CAR CAR
16
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
0
1989
DET DET
15
0.0
0
0
0
0
18Herschel Walker
H. Walker
14
0
1986
DAL DAL
16
0.0
0
0
2
0
19Curt Warner
C. Warner
14
0
1983
SEA SEA
16
0.0
0
0
2
0
20Marcus Allen
M. Allen
14
0
1982
RAI RAI
9
0.0
0
0
2
0
21Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13
0
2021
CIN CIN
17
2
1
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22David Johnson
D. Johnson
13
0
2015
ARI ARI
16
2
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Alfred Morris
A. Morris
13
0
2012
WAS WAS
16
3
0
3
0.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
24Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13
0
2007
MIN MIN
14
4
0
4
0.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
25Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
0
2004
BUF BUF
16
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interceptions going back to the 1940 season.

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