most rushing touchdowns by a rookie between 2000 to 2010

Between the 2000 and 2010 seasons, Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie, with 15 touchdowns.

NAME RUSH TD SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
15
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
2 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
3 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
13
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
4 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
12
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
6 Tim Hightower
T. Hightower
10
2008
ARI ARI
16
399
143
2.8
24.9
237
34
50
7.0
14.8
0
7 Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
10
2008
CAR CAR
16
836
184
4.5
52.3
47
8
17
5.9
2.9
0
8 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
10
2001
SD SD
16
1,236
339
3.6
77.3
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
9 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9
2008
TEN TEN
15
1,228
251
4.9
81.9
260
43
62
6.0
17.3
1
10 Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
9
2008
HOU HOU
16
1,282
268
4.8
80.1
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
11 Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
9
2001
IND IND
15
1,104
233
4.7
73.6
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
12 Matt Forte
M. Forte
8
2008
CHI CHI
16
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
13 Kevin Smith
K. Smith
8
2008
DET DET
16
976
238
4.1
61.0
286
39
54
7.3
17.9
0
14 Ryan Grant
R. Grant
8
2007
GB GB
15
956
188
5.1
63.7
145
30
37
4.8
9.7
0
15 Mike Bell
M. Bell
8
2006
DEN DEN
15
677
157
4.3
45.1
158
20
27
7.9
10.5
0
16 Domanick Williams
D. Williams
8
2003
HOU HOU
14
1,031
238
4.3
73.6
351
47
68
7.5
25.1
0
17 James Mungro
J. Mungro
8
2002
IND IND
9
336
97
3.5
37.3
81
13
16
6.2
9.0
0
18 Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
7
2010
SD SD
12
678
158
4.3
56.5
145
22
26
6.6
12.1
0
19 Knowshon Moreno
K. Moreno
7
2009
DEN DEN
16
947
247
3.8
59.2
213
28
41
7.6
13.3
2
20 Beanie Wells
B. Wells
7
2009
ARI ARI
16
793
176
4.5
49.6
143
12
16
11.9
8.9
0
21 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
7
2007
BUF BUF
13
1,115
280
4.0
85.8
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
22 Joseph Addai
J. Addai
7
2006
IND IND
16
1,081
226
4.8
67.6
325
40
50
8.1
20.3
1
23 Vince Young
V. Young
7
2006
TEN TEN
15
552
83
6.7
36.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
7
2005
NYG NYG
16
99
38
2.6
6.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Julius Jones
J. Jones
7
2004
DAL DAL
8
819
197
4.2
102.4
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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