most career rushing touchdowns before turning 30 years old

LaDainian Tomlinson has scored the most career rushing touchdowns by a player younger than 30, with 126 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career rushing touchdowns before turning 30 years old years old by a player
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
126
127
11,760
2,657
4.4
92.6
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
125
140
12,566
2,914
4.3
89.8
2,609
415
6.3
18.6
9
3Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
96
106
8,713
1,969
4.4
82.2
1,435
200
290
7.2
13.5
11
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
95
137
13,778
2,719
5.1
100.6
2,632
315
8.4
19.2
10
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
89
118
9,349
2,011
4.6
79.2
1,458
155
202
9.4
12.4
3
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
87
135
10,395
2,367
4.4
77.0
5,984
628
422
9.5
44.3
33
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
86
104
10,190
2,054
5.0
98.0
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
82
105
11,226
2,450
4.6
106.9
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
9Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
128
4,721
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
78
130
11,625
2,666
4.4
89.4
3,088
328
9.4
23.8
9
11Edgerrin James
E. James
77
128
11,607
2,849
4.1
90.7
3,260
418
563
7.8
25.5
11
12Clinton Portis
C. Portis
75
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
13Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
74
105
7,803
1,840
4.2
74.3
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
14Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
74
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
74
127
9,112
2,144
4.3
71.7
1,979
252
340
7.9
15.6
9
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
73
99
8,764
2,029
4.3
88.5
718
115
6.2
7.3
0
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
72
111
8,563
2,012
4.3
77.1
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
18Curtis Martin
C. Martin
71
124
10,361
2,604
4.0
83.6
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
19Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
69
84
7,598
1,551
4.9
90.5
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
20Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
68
126
8,167
1,847
4.4
64.8
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
21Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
67
88
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
22Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
67
109
6,074
1,371
4.4
55.7
1,897
152
12.5
17.4
12
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
66
133
10,092
2,185
4.6
75.9
3,378
441
566
7.7
25.4
15
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
66
82
8,514
1,610
5.3
103.8
2,116
206
10.3
25.8
18
25Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
66
68
6,111
1,238
4.9
89.9
818
114
7.2
12.0
5
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