most rushing tds including playoffs 1920 to 2021

Between the 1920 and 2021 seasons, Emmitt Smith scored the most rushing touchdowns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 183 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most rushing tds by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2021

	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	183	243	19,941	4,758	4.2	82.1	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	151	180	14,152	3,305	4.3	78.6	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	134	238	13,590	3,289	4.1	57.1	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	125	189	15,330	3,346	4.6	81.1	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
5	John Riggins J. Riggins	116	184	12,348	3,167	3.9	67.1	2,135	256		8.3	11.6	12
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	112	199	17,358	4,018	4.3	87.2	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
7	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	108	132	10,017	2,356	4.3	75.9	1,572	225	333	7.0	11.9	12
8	Franco Harris F. Harris	107	192	13,676	3,349	4.1	71.2	2,791	358		7.8	14.5	10
9	Jim Brown J. Brown	107	122	12,553	2,425	5.2	102.9	2,598	270		9.6	21.3	20
10	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	106	188	12,881	3,001	4.3	68.5	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	100	205	14,336	3,678	3.9	69.9	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
12	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	100	159	15,655	3,153	5.0	98.5	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
13	Curtis Martin C. Martin	98	178	14,896	3,700	4.0	83.7	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
14	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	97	162	11,383	2,664	4.3	70.3	2,366	301	413	7.9	14.6	9
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	93	153	13,983	3,144	4.4	91.4	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
16	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	88	118	8,393	1,822	4.6	71.1	2,998	345	382	8.7	25.4	8
17	Frank Gore F. Gore	86	250	16,668	3,883	4.3	66.7	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
18	Edgerrin James E. James	86	161	13,098	3,246	4.0	81.4	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
19	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	86	158	11,749	2,738	4.3	74.4	1,987	256	292	7.8	12.6	7
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	86	155	11,309	2,797	4.0	73.0	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
21	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	86	190	14,122	3,238	4.4	74.3	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
22	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	85	136	9,105	2,087	4.4	66.9	1,893	244		7.8	13.9	10
23	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	84	190	10,706	2,663	4.0	56.3	3,076	382		8.1	16.2	5
24	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	81	203	13,516	3,216	4.2	66.6	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
25	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	78	121	9,827	2,322	4.2	81.2	851	126		6.8	7.0	0

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