most rushing touchdowns in a game by a rookie in nfl history

12 players are tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie in a game, with 4 touchdowns. The first three are Jonas Gray on November 16, 2014, Doug Martin on November 4, 2012 and Joseph Addai on November 26, 2006.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns in a regular-season game by a rookie in NFL history
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Jonas Gray
J. Gray
4
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
201
37
5.4
0
0
0
0
2Doug Martin
D. Martin
4
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
251
25
10.0
21
4
5
5.3
0
3Joseph Addai
J. Addai
4
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
171
24
7.1
37
2
3
18.5
0
4Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
4
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
116
28
4.1
26
2
4
13.0
0
5Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
251
37
6.8
5
1
1
5.0
0
6Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
246
39
6.3
30
2
15.0
0
7Ronald Moore
R. Moore
4
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
126
29
4.3
0
0
0
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
103
24
4.3
12
1
12.0
0
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
199
28
7.1
0
0
0
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
113
9
12.6
89
2
44.5
1
11Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
4
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
115
20
5.8
0
0
0
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
4
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
237
31
7.6
21
3
7.0
0
13Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
3
10/19/2025
CLE CLE
vs
MIA MIA
84
25
3.4
0
0
0
0
14Cam Skattebo
C. Skattebo
3
10/9/2025
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
98
19
5.2
12
2
2
6.0
0
15Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
3
11/26/2020
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
115
20
5.8
21
5
7
4.2
0
16Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3
12/4/2016
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
117
32
3.7
0
0
1
0
17Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
3
11/20/2016
WAS WAS
vs
GB GB
137
24
5.7
0
0
2
0
18David Johnson
D. Johnson
3
12/20/2015
ARI ARI
@
PHI PHI
187
29
6.4
42
4
4
10.5
0
19Alfred Morris
A. Morris
3
12/30/2012
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
200
33
6.1
12
2
2
6.0
0
20Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
3
12/16/2012
SEA SEA
@
BUF BUF
92
9
10.2
0
0
0
0
21Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
3
11/4/2012
DET DET
@
JAX JAX
70
16
4.4
0
0
2
0
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
3
12/4/2011
CAR CAR
@
TB TB
54
14
3.9
27
1
1
27.0
0
23Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
3
1/2/2011
SD SD
@
DEN DEN
120
26
4.6
19
3
3
6.3
0
24Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
11/4/2007
MIN MIN
vs
SD SD
296
30
9.9
19
1
2
19.0
0
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
10/14/2007
MIN MIN
@
CHI CHI
224
20
11.2
9
1
2
9.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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18.5

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112.9

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
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Jets Jets
3
10
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BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
NE NE
@
BAL BAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/28
NE NE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
MIA MIA
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
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6
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6
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Buccaneers Buccaneers
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Seahawks Seahawks
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ARI ARI
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Sat
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DEN DEN
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Sat
9/6
SF SF
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SEA SEA
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Sat
9/6
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LAR LAR
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GB GB
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
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ARI ARI
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HOU HOU
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Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
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NE NE
1:00 PM