most rushing td by third season

Larry Johnson scored the most rushing touchdowns by a player in his 3rd season, with 20 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing td by a player by third season
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
20
2005
16
1,750
336
5.2
109.4
343
33
49
10.4
21.4
1
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
18
2009
16
1,383
314
4.4
86.4
436
43
57
10.1
27.3
0
3DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
18
2008
16
1,515
273
5.5
94.7
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18
1992
16
1,713
373
4.6
107.1
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
5LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
17
2011
15
1,309
273
4.8
87.3
315
48
69
6.6
21.0
3
6James Cook III
J. Cook III
16
2024
16
1,009
207
4.9
63.1
258
32
38
8.1
16.1
2
7Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
16
2019
16
1,084
236
4.6
67.8
474
49
68
9.7
29.6
3
8Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
16
2002
16
1,175
295
4.0
73.4
460
59
78
7.8
28.8
2
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16
1991
15
1,548
342
4.5
103.2
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
10Damien Harris
D. Harris
15
2021
15
929
203
4.6
61.9
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
11Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
15
2019
16
1,387
287
4.8
86.7
1,005
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
12LenDale White
L. White
15
2008
16
773
200
3.9
48.3
16
5
10
3.2
1.0
0
13Terrell Davis
T. Davis
15
1997
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
14Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
15
1966
14
1,141
209
5.5
81.5
366
32
11.4
26.1
1
15Kyren Williams
K. Williams
14
2024
16
1,299
316
4.1
81.2
182
34
40
5.4
11.4
2
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
14
2003
16
2,066
387
5.3
129.1
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
17Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
14
1992
16
1,141
257
4.4
71.3
215
28
7.7
13.4
0
18Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
14
1979
16
865
243
3.6
54.1
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
19Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1977
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
20Jim Brown
J. Brown
14
1959
12
1,329
290
4.6
110.8
190
24
7.9
15.8
0
21Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
13
2025
16
1,143
224
5.1
71.4
583
74
89
7.9
36.4
4
22Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
13
2022
15
760
165
4.6
50.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
13
2019
14
1,135
250
4.5
81.1
519
53
63
9.8
37.1
0
24Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
13
2017
15
1,305
279
4.7
87.0
788
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
25BenJarvus Green-Ellis
B. Green-Ellis
13
2010
16
1,008
229
4.4
63.0
85
12
16
7.1
5.3
0
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4
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8
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12
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13
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4
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9
6
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8
8
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8
8
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8
7
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.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
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.800
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11
4
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.733
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11
4
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12
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