most rushing touchdowns in first 8 seasons including playoffs

LaDainian Tomlinson and Emmitt Smith were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a player in the regular-season and playoffs in their first 8 seasons, with 130 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a player in first 8 seasons including playoffs
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
130
133
12,063
2,741
4.4
90.7
3,958
526
722
7.5
29.8
15
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
130
139
12,647
2,913
4.3
91.0
2,752
432
6.4
19.8
9
3Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
108
128
9,993
2,345
4.3
78.1
1,563
224
332
7.0
12.2
12
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
94
126
10,234
2,186
4.7
81.2
1,546
168
216
9.2
12.3
3
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
91
108
10,557
2,147
4.9
97.8
1,756
212
299
8.3
16.3
5
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
90
107
10,959
2,124
5.2
102.4
2,226
233
9.6
20.8
16
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
89
123
12,627
2,764
4.6
102.7
1,816
239
7.6
14.8
5
8Josh Allen
J. Allen
88
143
5,488
1,006
5.5
38.4
35
2
3
17.5
0.2
3
9Franco Harris
F. Harris
88
128
10,051
2,396
4.2
78.5
1,713
210
8.2
13.4
5
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
85
126
12,046
2,457
4.9
95.6
2,395
298
8.0
19.0
7
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
83
130
9,906
2,281
4.3
76.2
5,845
585
362
10.0
45.0
33
12Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
82
107
7,805
1,657
4.7
72.9
2,784
319
340
8.7
26.0
7
13Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
80
130
9,612
2,220
4.3
73.9
2,011
249
335
8.1
15.5
9
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
79
132
11,013
2,749
4.0
83.4
2,933
406
290
7.2
22.2
8
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
134
9,749
2,447
4.0
72.8
3,979
434
65
9.2
29.7
15
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
78
121
9,827
2,322
4.2
81.2
851
126
6.8
7.0
0
17Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
78
116
5,874
1,566
3.8
50.6
1,386
184
7.5
11.9
6
18Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
78
106
7,917
1,726
4.6
74.7
1,289
159
8.1
12.2
8
19Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
75
108
8,022
1,890
4.2
74.3
2,159
277
352
7.8
20.0
2
20Edgerrin James
E. James
75
121
11,001
2,682
4.1
90.9
3,278
422
569
7.8
27.1
11
21Clinton Portis
C. Portis
74
112
9,910
2,246
4.4
88.5
2,007
250
342
8.0
17.9
5
22Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
74
115
7,167
1,657
4.3
62.3
2,413
276
8.7
21.0
3
23Walter Payton
W. Payton
74
116
10,331
2,387
4.3
89.1
2,566
281
9.1
22.1
7
24Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
73
103
3,949
862
4.6
38.3
3
1
2
3.0
0.0
0
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
73
126
9,297
2,168
4.3
73.8
2,714
367
489
7.4
21.5
14
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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