most rush and rec tds

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries, with 4,409 carries.

Interpreted as:
most rush and rec tds by a player
NAMEATTREC TDGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/G
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
11
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
15
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
18
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
10
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
3
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
6
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
17
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
10
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
11
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
21
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
6
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
9
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
13
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
12
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
23
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
10
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
36
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
9
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
3
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
15
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
5
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
13
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
7
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
5
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
4
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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