most rushing touchdowns in a season bears player

Walter Payton and Gale Sayers are tied for the most rushing touchdowns for the Bears in a season, with 14 touchdowns.

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most rushing touchdowns by a player in a season bears player
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
CHI CHI
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
14
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
13
1976
CHI CHI
14
1,390
311
4.5
99.3
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
5Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
12
1988
CHI CHI
16
1,106
249
4.4
69.1
371
39
9.5
23.2
0
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
12
1956
CHB CHB
12
1,126
234
4.8
93.8
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
7Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
11
1989
CHI CHI
16
1,275
274
4.7
79.7
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
11
1984
CHI CHI
16
1,684
381
4.4
105.3
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
11
1978
CHI CHI
16
1,395
333
4.2
87.2
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
10Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
11
1950
CHB CHB
12
397
63
6.3
33.1
16
1
16.0
1.3
0
11Raymont Harris
R. Harris
10
1997
CHI CHI
13
1,033
275
3.8
79.5
115
28
4.1
8.8
0
12Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
10
1995
CHI CHI
16
1,074
296
3.6
67.1
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
13Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
10
1990
CHI CHI
15
1,078
260
4.1
71.9
484
42
11.5
32.3
3
14Rick Casares
R. Casares
10
1959
CHB CHB
12
699
177
3.9
58.3
273
27
10.1
22.8
2
15Jordan Howard
J. Howard
9
2018
CHI CHI
16
935
250
3.7
58.4
145
20
27
7.3
9.1
0
16Jordan Howard
J. Howard
9
2017
CHI CHI
16
1,122
276
4.1
70.1
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
17Matt Forte
M. Forte
9
2013
CHI CHI
16
1,339
289
4.6
83.7
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
18Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9
2005
CHI CHI
15
1,335
314
4.3
89.0
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
19Walter Payton
W. Payton
9
1985
CHI CHI
16
1,551
324
4.8
96.9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
20Justin Fields
J. Fields
8
2022
CHI CHI
15
1,143
160
7.1
76.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
21David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
8
2020
CHI CHI
15
1,070
247
4.3
71.3
438
54
68
8.1
29.2
2
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
8
2008
CHI CHI
16
1,238
316
3.9
77.4
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
8
1986
CHI CHI
16
1,333
321
4.2
83.3
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
24Vince Evans
V. Evans
8
1980
CHI CHI
13
306
60
5.1
23.5
0
0
0.0
0
25Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
8
1972
CHI CHI
14
968
141
6.9
69.1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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24.1

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228.5

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
Lions Lions
8
6
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
6
8
0
.429
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GB GB
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CHI CHI
8:20 PM
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SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
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1:00 PM
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Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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.714
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5
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.643
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12
2
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.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
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NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
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Sat
9/13
NE NE
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MIA MIA
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Sat
9/13
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ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
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IND IND
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
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PIT PIT
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12/18
LAR LAR
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8:15 PM
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