most touchdowns per game rushing

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards, with 18,359 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns per game rushing by a player
NAMERUSH YDSTD/GPRUSH TDGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,359
0.73
164
224
4,402
4.2
82.0
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
0.59
110
188
3,820
4.4
89.0
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
0.34
81
239
3,729
4.3
66.9
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
0.65
99
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
0.66
120
183
3,226
4.6
81.5
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
0.54
90
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,687
0.86
145
169
3,171
4.3
81.0
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
0.48
91
189
3,477
3.9
72.3
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,262
0.63
90
144
2,994
4.4
92.1
2,128
280
7.6
14.8
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
0.8
122
152
2,662
4.9
85.6
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
0.45
77
172
2,936
4.3
74.1
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
0.58
100
173
2,835
4.3
71.0
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
12,249
0.55
80
146
3,026
4.0
83.9
3,364
433
584
7.8
23.0
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,248
0.57
123
217
3,005
4.1
56.4
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
0.53
91
172
2,949
4.1
70.5
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
0.37
65
178
2,872
4.2
67.8
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,706
0.44
66
151
2,527
4.6
77.5
2,384
290
346
8.2
15.8
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
0.43
69
159
2,761
4.1
71.9
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
0.6
104
173
2,916
3.9
65.6
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,246
0.46
61
134
2,397
4.7
83.9
2,128
201
10.6
15.9
14
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
0.56
82
147
2,618
4.3
76.5
1,913
244
278
7.8
13.0
7
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,107
0.45
73
162
2,456
4.5
68.6
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
0.27
49
180
2,668
4.1
60.9
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
0.54
78
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
0.44
58
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing touchdowns and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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