most scrimmage touchdowns in nfl 1978 to 1985

From 1978 through 1985, John Riggins had the most scrimmage touchdowns, with 79 touchdowns.

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Data note: Scrimmage Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921

	NAME	TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Riggins J. Riggins	79	95	6,697	1,758	3.8	70.5	76	661	93	7.1	7.0	3
2	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	78	96	5,041	1,336	3.8	52.5	72	1,285	170	7.6	13.4	6
3	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	74	115	9,407	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121	6.7	7.0	0
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	73	121	10,939	2,525	4.3	90.4	64	3,308	347	9.5	27.3	9
5	Steve Largent S. Largent	65	118	67	10	6.7	0.6	1	8,711	537	16.2	73.8	64
6	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	65	84	5,232	1,211	4.3	62.3	63	1,803	211	8.5	21.5	2
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	64	118	9,825	2,233	4.4	83.3	54	2,715	309	8.8	23.0	10
8	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	63	89	5,934	1,252	4.7	66.7	47	1,813	201	9.0	20.4	16
9	Marcus Allen M. Allen	57	57	4,638	1,081	4.3	81.4	44	2,304	237	9.7	40.4	13
10	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	55	93	6,606	1,495	4.4	71.0	43	2,484	270	9.2	26.7	12
11	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	53	111	6,587	1,606	4.1	59.3	48	1,766	251	7.0	15.9	5
12	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	50	118	84	16	5.3	0.7	0	7,442	460	16.2	63.1	50
13	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	49	95	7,843	1,807	4.3	82.6	44	2,404	289	8.3	25.3	5
14	Ted Brown T. Brown	49	91	4,295	1,054	4.1	47.2	36	2,718	324	8.4	29.9	13
15	Tony Hill T. Hill	48	111	84	14	6.0	0.8	0	7,197	428	16.8	64.8	48
16	Wesley Walker W. Walker	48	97	-2	2	-1.0	0.0	0	5,720	311	18.4	59.0	48
17	Billy Sims B. Sims	47	60	5,106	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
18	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	47	102	61	6	10.2	0.6	0	5,714	351	16.3	56.0	47
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	46	46	5,147	1,061	4.9	111.9	44	669	92	7.3	14.5	2
20	James Lofton J. Lofton	46	121	245	31	7.9	2.0	1	8,816	466	18.9	72.9	45
21	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	46	114	329	47	7.0	2.9	3	4,873	310	15.7	42.7	43
22	John Stallworth J. Stallworth	46	96	26	2	13.0	0.3	0	6,149	373	16.5	64.1	46
23	Nat Moore N. Moore	45	117	39	11	3.5	0.3	0	4,415	310	14.2	37.7	45
24	Franco Harris F. Harris	44	93	5,825	1,514	3.8	62.6	38	1,411	191	7.4	15.2	6
25	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	44	114	123	19	6.5	1.1	0	6,758	330	20.5	59.3	44

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