most rushing touchdowns 1980 to 2020

Between the 1980 and 2020 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rushing touchdowns, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player 1980 to 2020
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
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
118
180
14,820
3,192
4.6
82.3
2,466
301
419
8.2
13.7
6
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 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
7 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
11 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
12 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
13 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
14 Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
15 Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
16 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
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 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
73
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
19 Terry Allen
T. Allen
73
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
20 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
73
166
8,668
2,231
3.9
52.2
2,754
335
8.2
16.6
3
21 Cam Newton
C. Newton
70
140
5,398
1,071
5.0
38.6
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
22 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
69
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
23 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
69
129
8,188
1,989
4.1
63.5
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
24 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
68
126
8,167
1,847
4.4
64.8
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
25 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
68
180
10,591
2,678
4.0
58.8
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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11
2
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3
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.769
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.462
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10
3
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.769
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8
5
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.615
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8
5
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.615
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6
7
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.462
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12
1
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.923
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8
5
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.615

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