most rushing touchdown since 1970

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdown by a player since 1970
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
122
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
8Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
11Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
16Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
18Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
19Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
20Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
21Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
128
4,721
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
24Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
25Cam Newton
C. Newton
75
148
5,631
1,118
5.0
38.0
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
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