most touchdowns by a hall of fame rb

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns by a running back Hall of Famer, with 164 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a hall of fame rb
NAMERUSH TDHOFGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
2010
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
2017
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
2003
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
1993
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
1971
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
6John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
1992
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
7Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
2011
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
2004
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
2015
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
1990
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
2012
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
1999
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
13Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
1976
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
14Edgerrin James
E. James
80
2020
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
1994
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
74
1991
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
81.8
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
17Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
74
1994
136
7,274
1,727
4.2
53.5
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
18Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
69
1965
83
5,860
1,320
4.4
70.6
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
65
2007
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
20Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
64
1987
146
8,081
1,891
4.3
55.3
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
61
1985
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
22Terrell Davis
T. Davis
60
2017
78
7,607
1,655
4.6
97.5
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
23Joe Perry
J. Perry
53
1969
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
24Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
50
1986
104
3,711
893
4.2
35.7
1,480
130
11.4
14.2
12
25Lenny Moore
L. Moore
50
1975
111
4,016
859
4.7
36.2
4,087
248
16.5
36.8
29
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