most rushing touchdowns by a rookie between 2010 to 2020

Between the 2010 and 2020 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie, with 15 touchdowns in 2016.

NAME RUSH TD SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
15
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Cam Newton
C. Newton
14
2011
CAR CAR
16
706
126
5.6
44.1
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
3 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
13
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
100.8
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
4 Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
11
2020
WAS WAS
14
795
170
4.7
56.8
247
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
5 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
11
2020
IND IND
15
1,169
232
5.0
77.9
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
6 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
11
2018
NYG NYG
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
7 Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
11
2013
GB GB
15
1,178
284
4.1
78.5
257
35
44
7.3
17.1
0
8 Doug Martin
D. Martin
11
2012
TB TB
16
1,454
319
4.6
90.9
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
9 Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
11
2012
CLE CLE
15
950
267
3.6
63.3
367
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
10 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
10
2015
STL STL
13
1,106
229
4.8
85.1
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
11 J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
9
2020
BAL BAL
15
805
134
6.0
53.7
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
12 Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
9
2018
DEN DEN
15
1,037
192
5.4
69.1
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
13 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
9
2017
JAX JAX
13
1,040
268
3.9
80.0
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
14 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
9
2014
CIN CIN
16
1,124
222
5.1
70.3
215
27
32
8.0
13.4
0
15 Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
9
2012
DET DET
14
798
215
3.7
57.0
214
34
48
6.3
15.3
0
16 D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
8
2020
DET DET
13
521
114
4.6
40.1
357
46
57
7.8
27.5
2
17 Josh Allen
J. Allen
8
2018
BUF BUF
12
631
89
7.1
52.6
0
0
1
0.0
0
18 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
8
2018
CLE CLE
16
996
192
5.2
62.3
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
19 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
8
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
6.1
45.5
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
20 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
8
2017
KC KC
16
1,327
272
4.9
82.9
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
21 David Johnson
D. Johnson
8
2015
ARI ARI
16
581
125
4.6
36.3
457
36
57
12.7
28.6
4
22 Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
8
2014
CLE CLE
16
607
148
4.1
37.9
87
9
14
9.7
5.4
0
23 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
8
2013
PIT PIT
13
860
244
3.5
66.2
399
45
66
8.9
30.7
0
24 James Robinson
J. Robinson
7
2020
JAX JAX
14
1,070
240
4.5
76.4
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
25 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
7
2019
OAK OAK
13
1,150
242
4.8
88.5
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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33.0

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RUSH YDS/G

123.0

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290.0

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
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Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

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40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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3
1
0
.750
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2
2
0
.500
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49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
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Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM