most rushing touchdowns by a running back in a season at age 23

Emmitt Smith and Eric Dickerson are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a 23-year-old running back in a season, with 18 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 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18
23
1992
DAL DAL
16
1,713
373
4.6
107.1
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
2 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
18
23
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
3 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
17
23
2011
PHI PHI
15
1,309
273
4.8
87.3
315
48
69
6.6
21.0
3
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16
23
1991
DET DET
15
1,548
342
4.5
103.2
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
5 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
15
23
2019
CAR CAR
16
1,387
287
4.8
86.7
1,005
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
6 Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
15
23
1997
MIA MIA
16
892
283
3.2
55.8
261
29
9.0
16.3
1
7 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
14
23
2018
NO NO
15
883
194
4.6
58.9
709
81
105
8.8
47.3
4
8 Marion Barber
M. Barber
14
23
2006
DAL DAL
16
654
135
4.8
40.9
196
23
32
8.5
12.3
2
9 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
14
23
2002
SD SD
16
1,683
372
4.5
105.2
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
10 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14
23
1996
NE NE
16
1,152
316
3.6
72.0
333
46
7.2
20.8
3
11 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
14
23
1992
NYG NYG
16
1,141
257
4.4
71.3
215
28
7.7
13.4
0
12 Derrick Fenner
D. Fenner
14
23
1990
SEA SEA
16
859
215
4.0
53.7
143
17
8.4
8.9
1
13 David Sims
D. Sims
14
23
1978
SEA SEA
12
752
174
4.3
62.7
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
14 Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
23
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
15 Jim Brown
J. Brown
14
23
1959
CLE CLE
12
1,329
290
4.6
110.8
190
24
7.9
15.8
0
16 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
13
23
2017
LAR LAR
15
1,305
279
4.7
87.0
788
64
87
12.3
52.5
6
17 Rashard Mendenhall
R. Mendenhall
13
23
2010
PIT PIT
16
1,273
324
3.9
79.6
167
23
34
7.3
10.4
0
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
13
23
2006
STL STL
16
1,528
346
4.4
95.5
806
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
19 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
23
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
20 George Rogers
G. Rogers
13
23
1981
NO NO
16
1,674
378
4.4
104.6
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
21 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
13
23
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
96.7
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
22 Kyren Williams
K. Williams
12
23
2023
LAR LAR
12
1,144
228
5.0
95.3
206
32
48
6.4
17.2
3
23 James Conner
J. Conner
12
23
2018
PIT PIT
13
970
215
4.5
74.6
497
55
71
9.0
38.2
1
24 Stevan Ridley
S. Ridley
12
23
2012
NE NE
16
1,263
290
4.4
78.9
51
6
14
8.5
3.2
0
25 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
12
23
2008
JAX JAX
16
824
197
4.2
51.5
565
62
75
9.1
35.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
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Giants Giants
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14
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Thu
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DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
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DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
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19

Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
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.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
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.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
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.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
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.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
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.588
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10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
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6
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.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
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Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
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DEN DEN
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Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
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LV LV
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Sat
10/12
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CAR CAR
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Sat
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM