most rush tds career before 2005

Before 2005, Emmitt Smith scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rush tds by a player career before 2005
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
160
11,987
2,771
4.3
74.9
6,584
723
548
9.1
41.2
35
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Curtis Martin
C. Martin
85
156
13,366
3,298
4.1
85.7
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
11Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
82
180
13,294
3,369
3.9
73.9
1,409
196
96
7.2
7.8
3
13Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
14Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
80
102
7,584
1,615
4.7
74.4
2,748
313
334
8.8
26.9
7
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
16Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
17Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
18Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
74
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
81.8
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
19Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
74
136
7,274
1,727
4.2
53.5
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
20Terry Allen
T. Allen
73
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
21Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
71
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
22Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
69
129
8,188
1,989
4.1
63.5
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
23Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
69
83
5,860
1,320
4.4
70.6
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
24Eddie George
E. George
68
141
10,441
2,865
3.6
74.0
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
25Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
65
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
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