most touchdowns in a career including playoffs by running backs

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career total touchdowns by a running back in the regular-season and playoffs, with 196 touchdowns.

NAME TD GP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS PPG
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
196
243
183
13
0
0
0
1
0
1,178
4.8
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
180
151
18
0
0
0
0
0
1,014
5.6
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
158
238
134
23
1
0
0
1
0
950
4.0
4 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
144
188
106
38
0
0
0
8
0
880
4.7
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
131
189
125
6
0
0
0
1
0
788
4.2
6 John Riggins
J. Riggins
128
184
116
12
0
0
0
0
768
4.2
7 Walter Payton
W. Payton
127
199
112
15
0
0
0
0
762
3.8
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
127
122
107
20
0
0
0
0
762
6.2
9 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
120
132
108
12
0
0
0
0
0
720
5.5
10 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
118
145
113
5
0
0
0
2
0
712
4.9
11 Franco Harris
F. Harris
117
192
107
10
0
0
0
0
702
3.7
12 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
110
159
100
10
0
0
0
0
0
660
4.2
13 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
109
203
81
28
0
0
0
0
0
654
3.2
14 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
108
178
98
10
0
0
0
3
0
654
3.7
15 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
106
162
97
9
0
0
0
2
0
640
4.0
16 Frank Gore
F. Gore
105
250
86
18
1
0
0
1
0
632
2.5
17 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
103
205
100
3
0
0
0
3
0
624
3.0
18 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
103
155
86
17
0
0
0
1
0
620
4.0
19 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
101
190
86
14
1
0
0
0
606
3.2
20 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
100
153
93
7
0
0
0
0
600
3.9
21 Edgerrin James
E. James
97
161
86
11
0
0
0
5
0
592
3.7
22 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
96
118
88
8
0
0
0
1
0
578
4.9
23 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
95
136
85
10
0
0
0
0
570
4.2
24 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
93
158
86
7
0
0
0
1
0
560
3.5
25 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
93
145
76
14
3
0
0
0
558
3.8
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PPG

20.6

21st

OPP PPG

27.5

31st

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

27th

PASS YDS/G

240.7

11th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 10 - 0

19

Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM