most rushing tds by a player in nfl history

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

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	164	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	145	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	123	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	120	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
5	Derrick Henry D. Henry	118	151	12,676	2,606	4.9	83.9	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.9	5
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	110	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	106	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	104	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
9	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	100	123	9,453	2,187	4.3	76.9	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
10	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	100	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
12	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	91	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
13	Franco Harris F. Harris	91	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
14	Curtis Martin C. Martin	90	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
16	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	86	113	8,172	1,780	4.6	72.3	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
17	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	85	149	10,413	2,453	4.2	69.9	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
18	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	83	129	8,597	1,941	4.4	66.6	1,756	225		7.8	13.6	10
19	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	82	150	11,241	2,618	4.3	74.9	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
20	Frank Gore F. Gore	81	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
21	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	81	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
22	Edgerrin James E. James	80	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
23	Ricky Watters R. Watters	78	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
24	Josh Allen J. Allen	77	126	4,694	864	5.4	37.3	19	1	2	19.0	0.2	2
25	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	77	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13

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Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
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