most afc rushing touchdowns in a rookie season since 1990

Since 1990, Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by an AFC rookie, with 15 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Clinton Portis
C. Portis
15
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
2Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
3Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
14
1998
JAX JAX
15
1,223
264
4.6
81.5
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
92.9
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
5Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
13
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
6Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
7Edgerrin James
E. James
13
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
8Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
11
2020
IND IND
15
1,169
232
5.0
77.9
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
9Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
11
2012
CLE CLE
15
950
267
3.6
63.3
367
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
10Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
11
1996
MIA MIA
16
1,116
307
3.6
69.8
139
23
6.0
8.7
0
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
11
1994
IND IND
16
1,282
314
4.1
80.1
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
10
2001
SD SD
16
1,236
339
3.6
77.3
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
10
1997
CIN CIN
16
1,129
233
4.8
70.6
259
27
9.6
16.2
0
14J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
9
2020
BAL BAL
15
805
134
6.0
53.7
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
15Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
9
2018
DEN DEN
15
1,037
192
5.4
69.1
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
16Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
9
2017
JAX JAX
13
1,040
268
3.9
80.0
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
17Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
9
2014
CIN CIN
16
1,124
222
5.1
70.3
215
27
32
8.0
13.4
0
18Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9
2008
TEN TEN
15
1,228
251
4.9
81.9
260
43
62
6.0
17.3
1
19Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
9
2008
HOU HOU
16
1,282
268
4.8
80.1
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
20Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
9
2001
IND IND
15
1,104
233
4.7
73.6
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
21Robert Edwards
R. Edwards
9
1998
NE NE
16
1,115
291
3.8
69.7
331
35
9.5
20.7
3
22De'Von Achane
D. Achane
8
2023
MIA MIA
11
800
103
7.8
72.7
197
27
37
7.3
17.9
3
23Josh Allen
J. Allen
8
2018
BUF BUF
12
631
89
7.1
52.6
0
0
1
0.0
0
24Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
8
2018
CLE CLE
16
996
192
5.2
62.3
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
25Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
8
2017
KC KC
16
1,327
272
4.9
82.9
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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