most rushing tds in 1997 among running backs

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar and Terrell Davis were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in 1997, with 15 touchdowns.

NAME RUSH TD SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
15
1997
MIA MIA
16
892
283
3.2
55.8
261
29
9.0
16.3
1
2 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
15
1997
DEN DEN
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
11
1997
KC KC
16
505
124
4.1
31.6
86
11
7.8
5.4
0
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11
1997
DET DET
16
2,053
335
6.1
128.3
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
5 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
10
1997
CIN CIN
16
1,129
233
4.8
70.6
259
27
9.6
16.2
0
6 Raymont Harris
R. Harris
10
1997
CHI CHI
13
1,033
275
3.8
79.5
115
28
4.1
8.8
0
7 Natrone Means
N. Means
9
1997
JAX JAX
14
823
244
3.4
58.8
104
15
6.9
7.4
0
8 Lawrence Phillips
L. Phillips
8
1997
TOT
12
677
201
3.4
56.4
39
11
3.5
3.3
0
9 Antowain Smith
A. Smith
8
1997
BUF BUF
16
840
194
4.3
52.5
177
28
6.3
11.1
0
10 James Stewart
J. Stewart
8
1997
JAX JAX
16
555
136
4.1
34.7
336
41
8.2
21.0
1
11 Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
7
1997
TB TB
15
665
176
3.8
44.3
178
23
7.7
11.9
3
12 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
7
1997
ATL ATL
16
1,002
290
3.5
62.6
284
29
9.8
17.8
3
13 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
7
1997
PIT PIT
15
1,665
375
4.4
111.0
110
15
7.3
7.3
2
14 Ki-Jana Carter
K. Carter
7
1997
CIN CIN
15
464
128
3.6
30.9
157
21
7.5
10.5
0
15 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
7
1997
IND IND
16
1,054
264
4.0
65.9
471
47
10.0
29.4
1
16 Fred Lane
F. Lane
7
1997
CAR CAR
13
809
182
4.4
62.2
27
8
3.4
2.1
0
17 Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
7
1997
GB GB
16
1,435
329
4.4
89.7
370
53
7.0
23.1
5
18 Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
7
1997
NYJ NYJ
16
1,086
300
3.6
67.9
106
27
3.9
6.6
0
19 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
7
1997
PHI PHI
16
1,110
285
3.9
69.4
440
48
9.2
27.5
0
20 Eddie George
E. George
6
1997
TEN TEN
16
1,399
357
3.9
87.4
44
7
6.3
2.8
1
21 Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
6
1997
OAK OAK
16
1,294
272
4.8
80.9
403
40
10.1
25.2
2
22 Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
6
1997
SF SF
16
418
125
3.3
26.1
279
23
12.1
17.4
1
23 Robert Smith
R. Smith
6
1997
MIN MIN
14
1,266
232
5.5
90.4
197
37
5.3
14.1
1
24 Tommy Vardell
T. Vardell
6
1997
DET DET
16
122
32
3.8
7.6
218
16
13.6
13.6
0
25 Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
5
1997
SEA SEA
16
418
70
6.0
26.1
143
24
6.0
8.9
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