most rushing rushing touchdowns in nfl history by player

Emmitt Smith had 18,355 rushing yards in his career.

NAMERUSH YDSRUSH TDGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
164
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
145
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
123
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
120
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,354
116
148
2,552
4.8
83.5
1,793
188
242
9.5
12.1
5
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
110
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
106
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
104
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,453
100
123
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
100
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
99
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
91
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
91
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
90
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
90
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
16Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
8,172
86
113
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
10,413
85
149
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
83
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
82
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
81
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
81
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
22Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
80
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
78
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
77
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
25Josh Allen
J. Allen
4,551
76
123
837
5.4
37.0
19
1
2
19.0
0.2
2
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