most rushing touchdowns by a player chicago bears in a season

Walter Payton and Gale Sayers are tied for the most rushing touchdowns for the Bears in a season, with 14 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1977
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
14
1965
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
13
1976
14
1,390
311
4.5
99.3
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
5Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
12
1988
16
1,106
249
4.4
69.1
371
39
9.5
23.2
0
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
12
1956
12
1,126
234
4.8
93.8
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
7Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
11
1989
16
1,275
274
4.7
79.7
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
11
1984
16
1,684
381
4.4
105.3
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
11
1978
16
1,395
333
4.2
87.2
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
10Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
11
1950
12
397
63
6.3
33.1
16
1
16.0
1.3
0
11Raymont Harris
R. Harris
10
1997
13
1,033
275
3.8
79.5
115
28
4.1
8.8
0
12Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
10
1995
16
1,074
296
3.6
67.1
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
13Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
10
1990
15
1,078
260
4.1
71.9
484
42
11.5
32.3
3
14Rick Casares
R. Casares
10
1959
12
699
177
3.9
58.3
273
27
10.1
22.8
2
15D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
9
2025
15
1,047
213
4.9
69.8
291
33
46
8.8
19.4
1
16Jordan Howard
J. Howard
9
2018
16
935
250
3.7
58.4
145
20
27
7.3
9.1
0
17Jordan Howard
J. Howard
9
2017
16
1,122
276
4.1
70.1
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
18Matt Forte
M. Forte
9
2013
16
1,339
289
4.6
83.7
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9
2005
15
1,335
314
4.3
89.0
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
20Walter Payton
W. Payton
9
1985
16
1,551
324
4.8
96.9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
21Justin Fields
J. Fields
8
2022
15
1,143
160
7.1
76.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
22David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
8
2020
15
1,070
247
4.3
71.3
438
54
68
8.1
29.2
2
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
8
2008
16
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
24Walter Payton
W. Payton
8
1986
16
1,333
321
4.2
83.3
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
25Vince Evans
V. Evans
8
1980
13
306
60
5.1
23.5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,730

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,047

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

671

Moore

DJ Moore
Team Rankings

PPG

26.6

10th

OPP PPG

24.8

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

149.4

3rd

PASS YDS/G

236.2

14th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

11 - 5

38

Final

42

SF 49ers

12 - 4

Sun 28 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24
Sat
9/27
@
20-37

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/3
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM