most scrimmage tds by a rookie in a season

Eric Dickerson and Gale Sayers are tied for the most scrimmage touchdowns by a rookie, with 20 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
20
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
20
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
3Clinton Portis
C. Portis
17
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
4Edgerrin James
E. James
17
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
1998
MIN MIN
16
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
1,313
69
19.0
82.1
17
6Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
17
1998
JAX JAX
15
1,223
264
4.6
81.5
14
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
7Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
16
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
8Billy Sims
B. Sims
16
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
9Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
15
2018
NYG NYG
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
10Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
15
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
11Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
15
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
92.9
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
13Ickey Woods
I. Woods
15
1988
CIN CIN
16
1,066
203
5.3
66.6
15
199
21
9.5
12.4
0
14Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
15
1962
BUF BUF
14
1,096
214
5.1
78.3
13
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
15Cam Newton
C. Newton
14
2011
CAR CAR
16
706
126
5.6
44.1
14
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
16Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
17Herschel Walker
H. Walker
14
1986
DAL DAL
16
737
151
4.9
46.1
12
837
76
11.0
52.3
2
18Curt Warner
C. Warner
14
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
19Marcus Allen
M. Allen
14
1982
RAI RAI
9
697
160
4.4
77.4
11
401
38
10.6
44.6
3
20Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13
2021
CIN CIN
17
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
1,455
81
128
18.0
85.6
13
21Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
13
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
22Alfred Morris
A. Morris
13
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
24Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
13
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
25Ron Davenport
R. Davenport
13
1985
MIA MIA
16
370
98
3.8
23.1
11
74
13
5.7
4.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for scrimmage touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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