most 40 yard touchdown rushes career

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns when rushing for 40+ yards, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more rushing yard touchdown rushes by a player career
NAMERUSH TDRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
122
13,018
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
9,453
123
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
16Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
8,172
113
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
10,413
149
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
10,273
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
22Edgerrin James
E. James
80
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
4,721
128
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
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