most rushing touchdowns in a season from 1900 to 1960

Between the 1900 and 1960 seasons, Jim Brown had the most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 17 touchdowns in 1958.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player in a season from 1900 to 1960
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
17
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
2Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
15
1945
PHI PHI
10
832
143
5.8
83.2
123
10
12.3
12.3
2
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
14
1959
CLE CLE
12
1,329
290
4.6
110.8
190
24
7.9
15.8
0
4Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
13
1960
GB GB
12
671
160
4.2
55.9
257
28
9.2
21.4
2
5Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
13
1947
PHI PHI
12
1,008
217
4.6
84.0
79
9
8.8
6.6
0
6Rick Casares
R. Casares
12
1956
CHB CHB
12
1,126
234
4.8
93.8
203
23
8.8
16.9
2
7Ernie Nevers
E. Nevers
12
1929
CHC CHC
11
0
8Tex Hamer
T. Hamer
12
1924
FRA FRA
14
0
9Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
11
1960
GB GB
12
1,101
230
4.8
91.8
121
15
8.1
10.1
0
10Tobin Rote
T. Rote
11
1956
GB GB
12
398
84
4.7
33.2
0
0
0.0
0
11Dan Towler
D. Towler
11
1954
LA LA
12
599
149
4.0
49.9
127
10
12.7
10.6
0
12Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
11
1950
CHB CHB
12
397
63
6.3
33.1
16
1
16.0
1.3
0
13Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
11
1949
PHI PHI
12
1,146
263
4.4
95.5
88
4
22.0
7.3
1
14Rick Casares
R. Casares
10
1959
CHB CHB
12
699
177
3.9
58.3
273
27
10.1
22.8
2
15J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
10
1959
SF SF
12
1,036
207
5.0
86.3
133
13
10.2
11.1
1
16Joe Perry
J. Perry
10
1953
SF SF
12
1,018
192
5.3
84.8
191
19
10.1
15.9
3
17Dan Towler
D. Towler
10
1952
LA LA
12
894
156
5.7
74.5
68
11
6.2
5.7
0
18Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
10
1950
LA LA
12
381
95
4.0
31.8
446
26
17.2
37.2
1
19Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
10
1948
PHI PHI
11
945
201
4.7
85.9
96
10
9.6
8.7
0
20Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
10
1943
NYG NYG
9
572
147
3.9
63.6
74
9
8.2
8.2
2
21Barney Wentz
B. Wentz
10
1926
POT POT
14
0
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
9
1960
CLE CLE
12
1,257
215
5.8
104.8
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
23Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
9
1960
DLT DLT
14
875
156
5.6
62.5
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
24Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
9
1958
LA LA
12
475
73
6.5
39.6
101
9
11.2
8.4
1
25Jim Brown
J. Brown
9
1957
CLE CLE
12
942
202
4.7
78.5
55
16
3.4
4.6
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
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9
0
.308
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10
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12/28
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CLE CLE
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1/4
CLE CLE
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CIN CIN
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
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.462
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.692
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5
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.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
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11
2
0
.846
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4
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.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
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.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
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Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
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DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
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SEA SEA
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Sat
9/6
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LAR LAR
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
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TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
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1:00 PM
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12/14
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12/14
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1:00 PM
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12/14
ARI ARI
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM