most rushing tds in first nine seasons by a running back

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

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	138	141	12,490	2,880	4.3	88.6	3,955	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	125	140	12,566	2,914	4.3	89.8	2,609	415		6.3	18.6	9
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	106	136	11,423	2,355	4.9	84.0	1,651	174	224	9.5	12.1	5
4	Jim Brown J. Brown	106	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
5	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	100	123	9,453	2,187	4.3	76.9	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	97	120	11,675	2,381	4.9	97.3	1,937	238	327	8.1	16.1	5
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	95	137	13,778	2,719	5.1	100.6	2,632	315		8.4	19.2	10
8	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	88	126	12,439	2,783	4.5	98.7	1,994	261		7.6	15.8	5
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	87	135	10,395	2,367	4.4	77.0	5,984	628	422	9.5	44.3	33
10	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	86	109	8,035	1,734	4.6	73.7	2,945	334	366	8.8	27.0	8
11	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	81	115	8,207	1,811	4.5	71.4	1,505	187		8.0	13.1	10
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	78	130	11,625	2,666	4.4	89.4	3,088	328		9.4	23.8	9
13	Edgerrin James E. James	77	128	11,607	2,849	4.1	90.7	3,260	418	563	7.8	25.5	11
14	Ricky Watters R. Watters	77	139	10,325	2,550	4.0	74.3	4,141	456	154	9.1	29.8	13
15	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	76	110	5,626	1,489	3.8	51.1	1,334	175		7.6	12.1	6
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	76	124	9,352	2,220	4.2	75.4	1,507	204		7.4	12.2	6
17	Clinton Portis C. Portis	75	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	87.8	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
18	Marcus Allen M. Allen	75	121	7,957	1,960	4.1	65.8	3,850	403		9.6	31.8	17
19	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	74	105	7,803	1,840	4.2	74.3	2,072	269	341	7.7	19.7	2
20	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	74	135	9,130	2,139	4.3	67.6	2,718	368	483	7.4	20.1	14
21	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	74	127	9,112	2,144	4.3	71.7	1,979	252	340	7.9	15.6	9
22	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	74	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	81.8	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
23	Curtis Martin C. Martin	73	140	11,669	2,927	4.0	83.4	2,966	419	330	7.1	21.2	8
24	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	71	110	6,702	1,561	4.3	60.9	2,323	263		8.8	21.1	3
25	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	71	123	6,885	1,595	4.3	56.0	2,101	175		12.0	17.1	13

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