most touchdowns in first three seasons

Barry Sanders scored the most total touchdowns by a player in his first 3 seasons, with 47 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most touchdowns by a player in first three seasons
NAMETDGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTSPPG
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
47
46
43
4
0
0
0
0
282
6.1
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
46
46
44
2
0
0
0
0
276
6.0
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
46
41
29
9
8
0
0
0
276
6.7
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
45
46
45
0
0
0
0
0
270
5.9
5Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
44
43
36
8
0
0
0
0
0
264
6.1
6Randy Moss
R. Moss
44
48
0
43
1
0
0
3
0
270
5.6
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
44
41
33
10
1
0
0
0
264
6.4
8Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
44
42
31
12
1
0
0
0
264
6.3
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
43
48
41
2
0
0
0
0
258
5.4
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
43
44
3
40
0
0
0
0
258
5.9
11Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
43
39
26
17
0
0
0
0
258
6.6
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
42
48
37
5
0
0
0
0
0
252
5.3
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
42
36
40
2
0
0
0
0
252
7.0
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
41
46
40
1
0
0
0
0
0
246
5.3
15Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
40
47
34
4
2
0
0
0
0
240
5.1
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
39
48
24
15
0
0
0
1
0
236
4.9
17Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
39
43
1
38
0
0
0
0
0
234
5.4
18Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
38
45
27
10
1
0
0
4
0
236
5.2
19Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
38
47
34
4
0
0
0
1
0
230
4.9
20Clinton Portis
C. Portis
38
44
34
4
0
0
0
1
0
230
5.2
21Edgerrin James
E. James
38
38
29
9
0
0
0
2
0
232
6.1
22Terrell Davis
T. Davis
38
45
35
3
0
0
0
3
0
234
5.2
23Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
37
38
32
5
0
0
0
0
0
222
5.8
24Curtis Martin
C. Martin
37
45
32
5
0
0
0
2
0
226
5.0
25Roger Craig
R. Craig
37
48
24
13
0
0
0
0
222
4.6
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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10
2
0
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4
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.636
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8
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7
3
1
.682
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6
5
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6
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