most rushing touchdowns before the age of 25

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing touchdowns by a player younger than 25, with 52 touchdowns.

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Data note: Rushing Touchdowns: player game data complete from 1960

	NAME	RUSH TD	Age	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	52	24	62	5,674	1,189	4.8	91.5	1,294	130		10.0	20.9	5
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	50	24	62	5,699	1,262	4.5	91.9	1,235	189		6.5	19.9	3
3	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	49	24	63	3,924	842	4.7	62.3	1,782	201	263	8.9	28.3	5
4	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	48	24	57	4,427	852	5.2	77.7	1,734	215	273	8.1	30.4	12
5	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	46	24	58	4,547	1,042	4.4	78.4	1,883	187	252	10.1	32.5	10
6	Clinton Portis C. Portis	45	24	60	5,930	1,258	4.7	98.8	1,129	141	197	8.0	18.8	4
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	45	24	57	5,316	1,179	4.5	93.3	1,111	125		8.9	19.5	2
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	40	24	53	4,582	925	5.0	86.5	955	123	153	7.8	18.0	4
9	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	40	24	60	4,740	1,072	4.4	79.0	1,152	160	200	7.2	19.2	0
10	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	40	24	56	5,405	1,169	4.6	96.5	1,619	189	244	8.6	28.9	8
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	40	24	46	4,484	915	4.9	97.5	829	83	124	10.0	18.0	1
12	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	37	24	48	4,564	1,024	4.5	95.1	1,581	238	312	6.6	32.9	5
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	36	24	61	4,001	1,065	3.8	65.6	1,896	211		9.0	31.1	5
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	33	24	41	2,879	701	4.1	70.2	1,749	170		10.3	42.7	10
15	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	32	24	38	3,354	715	4.7	88.3	744	90	68	8.3	19.6	5
16	Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar A. al-Jabbar	32	24	47	2,968	860	3.5	63.1	502	73		6.9	10.7	1
17	Curtis Martin C. Martin	32	24	45	3,799	958	4.0	84.4	890	117		7.6	19.8	5
18	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	32	24	32	3,913	769	5.1	122.3	543	72		7.5	17.0	2
19	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	32	24	31	3,147	670	4.7	101.5	142	28		5.1	4.6	0
20	T.J. Duckett	31	24	55	2,175	552	3.9	39.5	233	29	34	8.0	4.2	0
21	Edgerrin James E. James	31	24	52	4,913	1,184	4.1	94.5	1,727	210	283	8.2	33.2	10
22	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	31	24	57	3,732	914	4.1	65.5	982	121		8.1	17.2	2
23	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	30	24	60	4,790	974	4.9	79.8	1,988	229	301	8.7	33.1	10
24	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	30	24	58	3,866	835	4.6	66.7	1,588	220	281	7.2	27.4	8
25	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	30	24	57	4,249	971	4.4	74.5	1,586	190	241	8.3	27.8	6

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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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