most rushing touchdowns from 1984 to 2022

Between the 1984 and 2022 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rushing touchdowns, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player from 1984 to 2022
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
103
197
10,532
2,596
4.1
53.5
4,420
481
9.2
22.4
16
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
11Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
14Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
78
102
8,335
1,750
4.8
81.7
1,244
127
166
9.8
12.2
3
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
17Cam Newton
C. Newton
75
148
5,631
1,118
5.0
38.0
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
18Clinton Portis
C. Portis
75
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
73
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
20Terry Allen
T. Allen
73
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
72
130
11,451
2,606
4.4
88.1
1,733
230
7.5
13.3
4
22Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
69
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
23Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
68
103
8,262
1,881
4.4
80.2
2,336
305
403
7.7
22.7
12
24Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
68
126
8,167
1,847
4.4
64.8
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
25Thomas Jones
T. Jones
68
180
10,591
2,678
4.0
58.8
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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