most rushing touchdowns in a season from 1900 to 1980

Between the 1900 and 1980 seasons, Earl Campbell and Jim Taylor were tied for the most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 19 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player in a season from 1900 to 1980
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19
1979
HOU HOU
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
2Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
19
1962
GB GB
14
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
17
1965
CLE CLE
14
1,544
289
5.3
110.3
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
4Jim Brown
J. Brown
17
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
5Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
16
1975
OAK OAK
14
672
187
3.6
48.0
64
10
6.4
4.6
0
6O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
16
1975
BUF BUF
14
1,817
329
5.5
129.8
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
7Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
16
1968
CLE CLE
14
1,239
248
5.0
88.5
297
22
13.5
21.2
4
8Lenny Moore
L. Moore
16
1964
BAL BAL
14
584
157
3.7
41.7
472
21
22.5
33.7
3
9Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
15
1966
CLE CLE
14
1,141
209
5.5
81.5
366
32
11.4
26.1
1
10Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
15
1961
GB GB
14
1,307
243
5.4
93.4
175
25
7.0
12.5
1
11Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
15
1945
PHI PHI
10
832
143
5.8
83.2
123
10
12.3
12.3
2
12Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
14
1979
CIN CIN
16
865
243
3.6
54.1
154
24
6.4
9.6
1
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1979
CHI CHI
16
1,610
369
4.4
100.6
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
14David Sims
D. Sims
14
1978
SEA SEA
12
752
174
4.3
62.7
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
14
1977
CHI CHI
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
14
1976
PIT PIT
14
1,128
289
3.9
80.6
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
17Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
14
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
18John David Crow
J. David Crow
14
1962
STL STL
14
751
192
3.9
53.6
246
23
10.7
17.6
3
19Jim Brown
J. Brown
14
1959
CLE CLE
12
1,329
290
4.6
110.8
190
24
7.9
15.8
0
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
13
1980
HOU HOU
15
1,934
373
5.2
128.9
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
21Billy Sims
B. Sims
13
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
13
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
96.7
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
23Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
13
1976
MIN MIN
14
1,155
278
4.2
82.5
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
24Walter Payton
W. Payton
13
1976
CHI CHI
14
1,390
311
4.5
99.3
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
25Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
13
1975
MIN MIN
14
1,070
280
3.8
76.4
691
73
9.5
49.4
9
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