most rushing td by nfc player

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns in the NFC, with 164 touchdowns.

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
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
119
181
14,836
3,203
4.6
82.0
2,466
301
419
8.2
13.6
6
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
84
91
7,822
1,814
4.3
86.0
1,136
166
246
6.8
12.5
10
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
7John Riggins
J. Riggins
79
114
7,472
1,988
3.8
65.5
928
121
7.7
8.1
6
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
72
157
12,036
2,755
4.4
76.7
3,432
382
9.0
21.9
13
9Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
71
118
8,488
1,955
4.3
71.9
2,405
317
418
7.6
20.4
12
10Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
69
129
8,188
1,989
4.1
63.5
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
11Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
68
158
11,388
2,743
4.2
72.1
3,663
460
626
8.0
23.2
9
12Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
67
88
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
13Stephen Davis
S. Davis
65
143
8,052
1,945
4.1
56.3
1,494
179
195
8.3
10.4
4
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
64
148
11,073
2,442
4.5
74.8
2,883
342
502
8.4
19.5
11
15Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
63
93
3,554
779
4.6
38.2
3
1
2
3.0
0.0
0
16Cam Newton
C. Newton
63
133
5,039
981
5.1
37.9
33
1
1
33.0
0.2
0
17Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
62
112
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
18Terry Allen
T. Allen
62
103
7,060
1,730
4.1
68.5
1,408
173
1
8.1
13.7
5
19Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
61
126
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
20Herschel Walker
H. Walker
61
187
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
21Michael Turner
M. Turner
60
75
6,081
1,411
4.3
81.1
457
59
92
7.7
6.1
1
22Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
60
109
5,094
1,141
4.5
46.7
743
82
138
9.1
6.8
4
23David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
59
105
6,115
1,477
4.1
58.2
1,890
231
285
8.2
18.0
4
24Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
58
83
6,381
1,469
4.3
76.9
1,309
158
209
8.3
15.8
8
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
58
99
6,959
1,447
4.8
70.3
4,071
470
606
8.7
41.1
27
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