most rushing touchdowns in first 5 years

LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 72 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player in first 5 years
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
72
79
7,361
1,702
4.3
93.2
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
71
77
7,183
1,630
4.4
93.3
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
64
73
6,752
1,406
4.8
92.5
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
4Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
62
80
5,937
1,347
4.4
74.2
1,309
173
245
7.6
16.4
10
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
61
74
8,256
1,748
4.7
111.6
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
59
73
6,926
1,548
4.5
94.9
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
7Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
58
73
5,404
1,265
4.3
74.0
2,090
218
301
9.6
28.6
12
8Terrell Davis
T. Davis
58
65
6,624
1,410
4.7
101.9
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
57
71
6,995
1,561
4.5
98.5
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
62
6,463
1,269
5.1
104.2
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
11Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
55
77
3,133
674
4.6
40.7
3
1
2
3.0
0.0
0
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
55
78
5,860
1,182
5.0
75.1
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
55
73
6,789
1,432
4.7
93.0
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
14Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
54
77
5,248
1,141
4.6
68.2
2,099
235
307
8.9
27.3
7
15Terry Allen
T. Allen
54
79
5,457
1,326
4.1
69.1
1,101
135
8.2
13.9
4
16Clinton Portis
C. Portis
52
68
6,453
1,385
4.7
94.9
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
17Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
52
61
4,581
917
5.0
75.1
545
75
7.3
8.9
4
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
51
67
6,013
1,228
4.9
89.7
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
19Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
50
56
4,764
1,050
4.5
85.1
1,219
127
190
9.6
21.8
6
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
49
75
5,524
1,343
4.1
73.7
2,328
253
9.2
31.0
9
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
49
70
5,397
1,289
4.2
77.1
2,757
283
9.7
39.4
15
22Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
48
75
6,341
1,210
5.2
84.5
990
119
158
8.3
13.2
4
23Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
48
51
3,758
757
5.0
73.7
373
35
10.7
7.3
2
24Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
47
73
4,238
912
4.6
58.1
3,263
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
25Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
46
73
5,545
1,305
4.2
76.0
1,448
197
254
7.4
19.8
0
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13
3
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Chargers Chargers
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5
0
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10
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.375
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13
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.133
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20

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12
3
0
.800
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11
4
0
.733
6
9
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.400
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12
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9
6
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.600
8
8
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.500
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10
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12
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10
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13
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10
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8
1
.469
4
12
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.250
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13
0
.133
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
4
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9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
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8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
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11
4
0
.733
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11
4
0
.733
3
12
0
.200

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