most rushing touchdowns by a rookie in a season

Eric Dickerson has the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie, with 18 touchdowns in 1983.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
18
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
15
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
3Clinton Portis
C. Portis
15
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
4Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
5Ickey Woods
I. Woods
15
1988
CIN CIN
16
1,066
203
5.3
66.6
199
21
9.5
12.4
0
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
14
2011
CAR CAR
16
706
126
5.6
44.1
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
7Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
14
1998
JAX JAX
15
1,223
264
4.6
81.5
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
92.9
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
14
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
11Alfred Morris
A. Morris
13
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
100.8
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
13
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
13Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
14Edgerrin James
E. James
13
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
15Curt Warner
C. Warner
13
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
16George Rogers
G. Rogers
13
1981
NO NO
16
1,674
378
4.4
104.6
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
17Billy Sims
B. Sims
13
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
18Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
13
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
96.7
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
19Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
13
1962
BUF BUF
14
1,096
214
5.1
78.3
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
12
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
21Herschel Walker
H. Walker
12
1986
DAL DAL
16
737
151
4.9
46.1
837
76
11.0
52.3
2
22Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12
1977
DAL DAL
14
1,007
208
4.8
71.9
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
23Tex Hamer
T. Hamer
12
1924
FRA FRA
14
0
24Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
11
2020
WAS WAS
14
795
170
4.7
56.8
247
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
25Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
11
2020
IND IND
15
1,169
232
5.0
77.9
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PPG

25.0

13th

OPP PPG

16.7

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

103.4

22nd

PASS YDS/G

266.6

5th

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5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
6
3
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
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11/16
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11/23
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11/30
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CAR CAR
1:00 PM
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12/7
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
5
2
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
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.625
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3
5
0
.375
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2
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.778
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3
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.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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.778
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6
3
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.667
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6
2
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.750
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3
4
1
.438
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2
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5
3
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.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
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.750
Panthers Panthers
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4
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.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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.714
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2
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
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ATL ATL
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8:15 PM
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11/6
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8:15 PM
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11/9
ATL ATL
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9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
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TB TB
1:00 PM