most rushing tds in first 9 years

LaDainian Tomlinson scored the most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 138 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing tds by a player in first 9 years
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
138
141
12,490
2,880
4.3
88.6
3,955
530
728
7.5
28.0
15
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
125
140
12,566
2,914
4.3
89.8
2,609
415
6.3
18.6
9
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
106
136
11,423
2,355
4.9
84.0
1,651
174
224
9.5
12.1
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
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
97
120
11,675
2,381
4.9
97.3
1,937
238
327
8.1
16.1
5
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
95
137
13,778
2,719
5.1
100.6
2,632
315
8.4
19.2
10
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
88
126
12,439
2,783
4.5
98.7
1,994
261
7.6
15.8
5
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
87
135
10,395
2,367
4.4
77.0
5,984
628
422
9.5
44.3
33
10Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
109
8,035
1,734
4.6
73.7
2,945
334
366
8.8
27.0
8
11Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
81
115
8,207
1,811
4.5
71.4
1,505
187
8.0
13.1
10
12Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
128
4,721
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
78
130
11,625
2,666
4.4
89.4
3,088
328
9.4
23.8
9
14Edgerrin James
E. James
77
128
11,607
2,849
4.1
90.7
3,260
418
563
7.8
25.5
11
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
77
139
10,325
2,550
4.0
74.3
4,141
456
154
9.1
29.8
13
16Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
76
124
9,352
2,220
4.2
75.4
1,507
204
7.4
12.2
6
18Clinton Portis
C. Portis
75
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
19Marcus Allen
M. Allen
75
121
7,957
1,960
4.1
65.8
3,850
403
9.6
31.8
17
20Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
74
105
7,803
1,840
4.2
74.3
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
74
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
22Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
74
127
9,112
2,144
4.3
71.7
1,979
252
340
7.9
15.6
9
23Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
74
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
81.8
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
24Curtis Martin
C. Martin
73
140
11,669
2,927
4.0
83.4
2,966
419
330
7.1
21.2
8
25Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
71
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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