most career touchdowns by running backs including playoffs

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career total touchdowns by a running back in the regular season and playoffs, with 196 touchdowns.

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Data note: Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921

	NAME	TD	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	196	243	183	13	0	0	0	1	0	1,178	4.8
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	169	180	151	18	0	0	0	0	0	1,014	5.6
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	158	238	134	23	1	0	0	1	0	950	4.0
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	144	188	106	38	0	0	0	8	0	880	4.7
5	Derrick Henry D. Henry	143	171	137	6	0	0	0	3	0	864	5.1
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	131	189	125	6	0	0	0	1	0	788	4.2
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	128	184	116	12	0	0	0		0	768	4.2
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	127	199	112	15	0	0	0		0	762	3.8
9	Jim Brown J. Brown	127	122	107	20	0	0	0		0	762	6.2
10	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	120	132	108	12	0	0	0	0	0	720	5.5
11	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	119	129	77	42	0	0	0	1	0	716	5.6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	117	192	107	10	0	0	0		0	702	3.7
13	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	110	159	100	10	0	0	0	0	0	660	4.2
14	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	109	203	81	28	0	0	0	0	0	654	3.2
15	Curtis Martin C. Martin	108	178	98	10	0	0	0	3	0	654	3.7
16	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	106	162	97	9	0	0	0	2	0	640	4.0
17	Frank Gore F. Gore	105	250	86	18	1	0	0	1	0	632	2.5
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	103	205	100	3	0	0	0	3	0	624	3.0
19	Ricky Watters R. Watters	103	155	86	17	0	0	0	1	0	620	4.0
20	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	101	190	86	14	1	0	0		0	606	3.2
21	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	100	153	93	7	0	0	0		0	600	3.9
22	Edgerrin James E. James	97	161	86	11	0	0	0	5	0	592	3.7
23	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	96	118	88	8	0	0	0	1	0	578	4.9
24	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	95	136	85	10	0	0	0		0	570	4.2
25	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	94	140	66	27	1	0	0	7	0	578	4.1

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Thu 11/26	PHI	@	DAL	4:30 PM
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Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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Falcons	3	6	0	.333
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Bengals	6	2	0	.750
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Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
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