most receiving touchdowns by a running back since 1970

Since 1970, Christian McCaffrey and Marshall Faulk are tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a running back, with 36 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
36
112
626
778
5,390
8.6
48.1
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
36
176
767
606
6,875
9.0
39.1
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
3Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
32
183
553
748
4,840
8.8
26.4
3,552
732
4.9
19.4
23
4Keith Byars
K. Byars
31
189
610
5,661
9.3
30.0
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
5Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
30
117
480
604
4,288
8.9
36.6
4,765
1,081
4.4
40.7
43
6Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
30
121
442
604
3,940
8.9
32.6
6,335
1,385
4.6
52.4
41
7James Brooks
J. Brooks
30
162
383
3,621
9.5
22.4
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
8Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
25
126
606
767
4,948
8.2
39.3
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
9James White
J. White
25
95
381
511
3,278
8.6
34.5
1,278
319
4.0
13.5
11
10Larry Centers
L. Centers
25
182
761
386
6,194
8.1
34.0
2,036
590
3.5
11.2
14
11Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
24
181
582
6,076
10.4
33.6
2,774
615
4.5
15.3
10
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
23
182
472
29
4,458
9.4
24.5
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
13Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
23
109
350
3,156
9.0
29.0
5,950
1,556
3.8
54.6
53
14Calvin Hill
C. Hill
23
143
251
2,629
10.5
18.4
5,141
1,248
4.1
36.0
34
15Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
21
126
351
467
2,683
7.6
21.3
7,626
1,564
4.9
60.5
52
16Matt Forte
M. Forte
21
146
554
724
4,672
8.4
32.0
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
17Herschel Walker
H. Walker
21
187
512
4,859
9.5
26.0
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
18Marcus Allen
M. Allen
21
222
587
5,411
9.2
24.4
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
19Jerick McKinnon
J. McKinnon
20
116
269
360
2,048
7.6
17.7
2,650
660
4.0
22.8
14
20Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
20
206
305
406
2,877
9.4
14.0
234
69
3.4
1.1
6
21Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
20
119
310
441
2,593
8.4
21.8
7,563
1,407
5.4
63.6
44
22Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
20
116
302
2,763
9.1
23.8
6,166
1,515
4.1
53.2
51
23Larry Brown
L. Brown
20
88
204
2,183
10.7
24.8
4,987
1,328
3.8
56.7
31
24John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
19
149
546
4,656
8.5
31.2
5,006
1,245
4.0
33.6
18
25Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
18
121
267
342
2,209
8.3
18.3
5,775
1,393
4.1
47.7
55
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