most rushing touchdowns by 5th year runningback

Terry Allen and Emmitt Smith were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a running back in their 5th season, with 21 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Terry Allen
T. Allen
21
1996
16
1,353
347
3.9
84.6
194
32
6.1
12.1
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21
1994
15
1,484
368
4.0
98.9
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
3Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
19
1962
14
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
4LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18
2005
16
1,462
339
4.3
91.4
370
51
77
7.3
23.1
2
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
17
2020
16
2,027
378
5.4
126.7
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
6Michael Turner
M. Turner
17
2008
16
1,699
376
4.5
106.2
41
6
9
6.8
2.6
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
16
2004
16
1,696
353
4.8
106.0
170
23
38
7.4
10.6
4
8Greg Bell
G. Bell
16
1988
16
1,212
288
4.2
75.8
124
24
5.2
7.8
2
9Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
16
1968
14
1,239
248
5.0
88.5
297
22
13.5
21.2
4
10James Conner
J. Conner
15
2021
15
752
202
3.7
50.1
375
37
39
10.1
25.0
3
11Eddie George
E. George
14
2000
16
1,509
403
3.7
94.3
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
12Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
14
1998
16
1,846
410
4.5
115.4
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
13Joe Morris
J. Morris
14
1986
15
1,516
341
4.4
101.1
233
21
11.1
15.5
1
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
14
1976
14
1,128
289
3.9
80.6
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
16John David Crow
J. David Crow
14
1962
14
751
192
3.9
53.6
246
23
10.7
17.6
3
17Gus Edwards
G. Edwards
13
2023
17
810
198
4.1
47.6
180
12
13
15.0
10.6
0
18David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
13
2023
14
1,015
219
4.6
72.5
117
16
24
7.3
8.4
0
19Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
13
2021
16
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
314
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
20James Stewart
J. Stewart
13
1999
14
931
249
3.7
66.5
108
21
27
5.1
7.7
0
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
13
1996
16
1,411
353
4.0
88.2
444
51
8.7
27.8
0
22Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
12
2022
17
1,525
302
5.0
89.7
239
27
37
8.9
14.1
1
23Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
12
2021
16
911
206
4.4
56.9
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
24Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
12
2019
15
857
223
3.8
57.1
207
31
49
6.7
13.8
2
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
12
2011
15
1,204
285
4.2
80.3
212
28
41
7.6
14.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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26.5

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134.7

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195.8

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9
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13
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5
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.706
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10
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.412
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14
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.176
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10
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.588
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11
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12
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9
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8
9
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8
9
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6
11
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3
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5
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14
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