most rushing tds in a players first 11 seasons

LaDainian Tomlinson and Emmitt Smith were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a player in their first 11 seasons, with 145 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing tds by a player in a players first 11 seasons
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
145
171
15,166
3,537
4.3
88.7
2,807
453
46
6.2
16.4
11
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
122
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
4Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
160
11,987
2,771
4.3
74.9
6,584
723
548
9.1
41.2
35
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
99
133
12,276
2,574
4.8
92.3
2,015
252
352
8.0
15.2
5
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
98
162
14,860
3,371
4.4
91.7
3,939
422
9.3
24.3
11
10Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
86
149
10,943
2,602
4.2
73.4
2,006
272
7.4
13.5
7
14Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
84
148
10,379
2,441
4.3
70.1
2,214
287
391
7.7
15.0
9
15Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
16Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
17Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
18Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
128
4,721
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
19Marcus Allen
M. Allen
79
145
8,545
2,090
4.1
58.9
4,258
446
9.5
29.4
18
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
21Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
75
148
5,631
1,118
5.0
38.0
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
23Clinton Portis
C. Portis
75
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
24Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
74
105
7,803
1,840
4.2
74.3
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
74
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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12
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