most rushing touchdowns by a running back in a season at age 21

Ezekiel Elliott and Clinton Portis are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a 21-year-old running back in a season, with 15 touchdowns.

	NAME	RUSH TD	Age	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	21	2016	DAL	15	1,631	322	5.1	108.7	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Clinton Portis C. Portis	15	21	2002	DEN	16	1,508	273	5.5	94.3	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14	21	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	98.0	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
4	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	13	21	2006	JAX	16	941	166	5.7	58.8	436	46	62	9.5	27.3	2
5	Edgerrin James E. James	13	21	1999	IND	16	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
6	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	11	21	2020	IND	15	1,169	232	5.0	77.9	299	36	39	8.3	19.9	1
7	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	11	21	2018	NYG	16	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	11	21	1994	IND	16	1,282	314	4.1	80.1	522	52		10.0	32.6	1
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	11	21	1990	DAL	16	937	241	3.9	58.6	228	24		9.5	14.3	0
10	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	10	21	2023	DET	15	945	182	5.2	63.0	316	52	71	6.1	21.1	1
11	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	10	21	2015	STL	13	1,106	229	4.8	85.1	188	21	26	9.0	14.5	0
12	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	10	21	2008	CAR	16	836	184	4.5	52.3	47	8	17	5.9	2.9	0
13	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	10	21	1995	CHI	16	1,074	296	3.6	67.1	56	7		8.0	3.5	0
14	Jim Brown J. Brown	9	21	1957	CLE	12	942	202	4.7	78.5	55	16		3.4	4.6	1
15	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	8	21	2020	DET	13	521	114	4.6	40.1	357	46	57	7.8	27.5	2
16	Isaiah Crowell I. Crowell	8	21	2014	CLE	16	607	148	4.1	37.9	87	9	14	9.7	5.4	0
17	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	8	21	2013	PIT	13	860	244	3.5	66.2	399	45	66	8.9	30.7	0
18	Natrone Means N. Means	8	21	1993	SD	16	645	160	4.0	40.3	59	10		5.9	3.7	0
19	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	7	21	2019	OAK	13	1,150	242	4.8	88.5	166	20	27	8.3	12.8	0
20	Beanie Wells B. Wells	7	21	2009	ARI	16	793	176	4.5	49.6	143	12	16	11.9	8.9	0
21	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	7	21	2007	BUF	13	1,115	280	4.0	85.8	184	18	26	10.2	14.2	0
22	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	7	21	1993	RAM	16	1,429	294	4.9	89.3	244	26		9.4	15.3	0
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	7	21	1975	CHI	13	679	196	3.5	52.2	213	33		6.5	16.4	0
24	Don Bosseler D. Bosseler	7	21	1957	WAS	12	673	167	4.0	56.1	152	19		8.0	12.7	0
25	Reggie Bush R. Bush	6	21	2006	NO	16	565	155	3.6	35.3	742	88	121	8.4	46.4	2

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