most rushing touchdowns in a season from 1900 to 2000

Between the 1900 and 2000 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rushing touchdowns in a season, with 25 touchdowns in 1995.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player in a season from 1900 to 2000
NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
25
1995
16
1,773
377
4.7
110.8
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
2John Riggins
J. Riggins
24
1983
15
1,347
375
3.6
89.8
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
21
1998
16
2,008
392
5.1
125.5
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
4Terry Allen
T. Allen
21
1996
16
1,353
347
3.9
84.6
194
32
6.1
12.1
0
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21
1994
15
1,484
368
4.0
98.9
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
6Joe Morris
J. Morris
21
1985
16
1,336
294
4.5
83.5
212
22
9.6
13.3
0
7Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
19
1981
15
1,144
251
4.6
76.3
362
43
8.4
24.1
0
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19
1979
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
9Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
19
1962
14
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
18
2000
14
1,359
253
5.4
97.1
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18
1992
16
1,713
373
4.6
107.1
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
12George Rogers
G. Rogers
18
1986
15
1,203
303
4.0
80.2
24
3
8.0
1.6
0
13Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
18
1983
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
14Stephen Davis
S. Davis
17
1999
14
1,405
290
4.8
100.4
111
23
28
4.8
7.9
0
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
17
1965
14
1,544
289
5.3
110.3
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
16Jim Brown
J. Brown
17
1958
12
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
17Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16
1991
15
1,548
342
4.5
103.2
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
18Greg Bell
G. Bell
16
1988
16
1,212
288
4.2
75.8
124
24
5.2
7.8
2
19Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
16
1975
14
672
187
3.6
48.0
64
10
6.4
4.6
0
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
16
1975
14
1,817
329
5.5
129.8
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
21Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
16
1968
14
1,239
248
5.0
88.5
297
22
13.5
21.2
4
22Lenny Moore
L. Moore
16
1964
14
584
157
3.7
41.7
472
21
22.5
33.7
3
23Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
24Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
15
1997
16
892
283
3.2
55.8
261
29
9.0
16.3
1
25Terrell Davis
T. Davis
15
1997
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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