most career rushing tds first 8 seasons in league

LaDainian Tomlinson scored the most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 126 touchdowns.

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most career rushing tds by a player first 8 seasons in league

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	126	127	11,760	2,657	4.4	92.6	3,801	510	698	7.5	29.9	15
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	112	124	11,234	2,595	4.3	90.6	2,434	388		6.3	19.6	7
3	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	100	119	9,429	2,176	4.3	79.2	1,511	214	315	7.1	12.7	12
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	90	119	9,502	2,030	4.7	79.8	1,458	155	202	9.4	12.3	3
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	89	104	10,768	2,070	5.2	103.5	2,171	228		9.5	20.9	16
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	86	104	10,190	2,054	5.0	98.0	1,715	208	291	8.2	16.5	5
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	86	116	11,903	2,616	4.6	102.6	1,725	220		7.8	14.9	4
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	84	121	11,725	2,384	4.9	96.9	2,327	282		8.3	19.2	7
9	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	80	102	7,584	1,615	4.7	74.4	2,748	313	334	8.8	26.9	7
10	Josh Allen J. Allen	79	128	4,721	871	5.4	36.9	19	1	2	19.0	0.1	2
11	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	79	121	9,442	2,155	4.4	78.0	5,447	548	320	9.9	45.0	31
12	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	77	101	7,502	1,607	4.7	74.3	1,174	146		8.0	11.6	8
13	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	76	110	5,626	1,489	3.8	51.1	1,334	175		7.6	12.1	6
14	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	74	105	7,803	1,840	4.2	74.3	2,072	269	341	7.7	19.7	2
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	74	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	81.8	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
16	Clinton Portis C. Portis	73	108	9,696	2,176	4.5	89.8	1,963	242	329	8.1	18.2	5
17	Walter Payton W. Payton	72	114	10,204	2,352	4.3	89.5	2,481	275		9.0	21.8	7
18	Franco Harris F. Harris	72	111	8,563	2,012	4.3	77.1	1,311	174		7.5	11.8	4
19	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	71	120	8,904	2,065	4.3	74.2	2,649	356	468	7.4	22.1	14
20	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	71	120	8,695	2,033	4.3	72.5	1,899	239	319	7.9	15.8	9
21	Curtis Martin C. Martin	71	124	10,361	2,604	4.0	83.6	2,704	377	277	7.2	21.8	8
22	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	71	109	6,651	1,547	4.3	61.0	2,285	259		8.8	21.0	3
23	Edgerrin James E. James	70	112	10,385	2,525	4.1	92.7	3,056	394	525	7.8	27.3	11
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	70	123	9,083	2,272	4.0	73.8	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
25	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	69	84	7,598	1,551	4.9	90.5	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7

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