most touchdowns in a career including playoffs by running backs

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

NAMETDGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTSPPG
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
196
243
183
13
0
0
0
1
0
1,178
4.8
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
180
151
18
0
0
0
0
0
1,014
5.6
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
158
238
134
23
1
0
0
1
0
950
4.0
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
144
188
106
38
0
0
0
8
0
880
4.7
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
134
162
129
5
0
0
0
2
0
808
5.0
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
131
189
125
6
0
0
0
1
0
788
4.2
7John Riggins
J. Riggins
128
184
116
12
0
0
0
0
768
4.2
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
127
199
112
15
0
0
0
0
762
3.8
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
127
122
107
20
0
0
0
0
762
6.2
10Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
120
132
108
12
0
0
0
0
0
720
5.5
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
117
192
107
10
0
0
0
0
702
3.7
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
110
159
100
10
0
0
0
0
0
660
4.2
13Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
109
120
68
41
0
0
0
1
0
656
5.5
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
109
203
81
28
0
0
0
0
0
654
3.2
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
108
178
98
10
0
0
0
3
0
654
3.7
16Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
106
162
97
9
0
0
0
2
0
640
4.0
17Frank Gore
F. Gore
105
250
86
18
1
0
0
1
0
632
2.5
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
103
205
100
3
0
0
0
3
0
624
3.0
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
103
155
86
17
0
0
0
1
0
620
4.0
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
101
190
86
14
1
0
0
0
606
3.2
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
100
153
93
7
0
0
0
0
600
3.9
22Edgerrin James
E. James
97
161
86
11
0
0
0
5
0
592
3.7
23Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
96
118
88
8
0
0
0
1
0
578
4.9
24Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
95
136
85
10
0
0
0
0
570
4.2
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
93
158
86
7
0
0
0
1
0
560
3.5
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

George Pickens
Team Rankings

PPG

27.7

7th

OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

Final

34

NYG Giants

4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
10/8
@
17-34
Sat
10/11
@
13-11
Sat
10/11
@
27-31
Sat
10/11
@
17-3
Sat
10/11
@
9-23

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/17
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/17
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
3:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
6:30 PM