most touchdown by a rookie in a game

Gale Sayers has scored the most total touchdowns by a rookie in a game, with 6 touchdowns against the 49ers on December 12, 1965.

Interpreted as:
most touchdown by a rookie in a regular-season game
NAME TD DATE TM OPP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
1 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
0
0
0
36
2 De'Von Achane
D. Achane
4
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
24
3 Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
4
10/11/2020
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
24
4 Jonas Gray
J. Gray
4
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
5 Doug Martin
D. Martin
4
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
6 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
4
12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
7 Joseph Addai
J. Addai
4
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
8 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
4
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
9 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4
12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
10 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
11 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
12 Ronald Moore
R. Moore
4
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
13 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
14 Jerry Butler
J. Butler
4
9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
0
4
0
0
0
0
24
15 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
16 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4
10/17/1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
2
1
0
0
0
24
17 Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
4
12/10/1961
DLT DLT
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
18 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
4
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
19 Jim Brown
J. Brown
4
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
4
0
20 Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
4
10/20/1957
CHB CHB
vs
LA LA
3
1
21 Harlon Hill
H. Hill
4
10/31/1954
CHB CHB
@
SF SF
4
22 Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
3
9/28/2025
LV LV
vs
CHI CHI
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
18
23 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
3
12/16/2023
DET DET
vs
DEN DEN
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
24 Christian Watson
C. Watson
3
11/13/2022
GB GB
vs
DAL DAL
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
25 Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
3
1/2/2022
CIN CIN
vs
KC KC
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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1
0
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Packers Packers
2
1
1
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2
0
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2
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
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@
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1:00 PM
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0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
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1
0
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2
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1
0
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1
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0
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2
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2
0
.500
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3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
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1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
0
.500

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
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10/5
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1:00 PM
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10/5
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NO NO
1:00 PM
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10/5
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1:00 PM
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10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM