most scrimmage touchdowns in regular season by a running back

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career scrimmage touchdowns by a running back, with 175 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
175
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
162
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
144
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
136
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
126
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
126
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
125
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
123
151
12,676
2,606
4.9
83.9
118
1,801
189
244
9.5
11.9
5
9John Riggins
J. Riggins
116
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
10Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
112
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
109
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
100
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
100
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
99
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
15Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
97
110
7,426
1,627
4.6
67.5
61
5,315
616
765
8.6
48.3
36
16Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
96
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
94
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
94
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
19Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
94
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
20Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
93
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
21Edgerrin James
E. James
91
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
91
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
90
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
89
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
89
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
StatMuse has season-level data for scrimmage touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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