most yards per carry touchdowns in first five seasons

LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing touchdowns by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 72 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry rushing touchdowns by a player in first five seasons
NAMERUSH TDYPCGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
72
4.3
79
7,361
1,702
93.2
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
71
4.4
77
7,183
1,630
93.3
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
64
4.8
73
6,752
1,406
92.5
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
4Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
62
4.4
80
5,937
1,347
74.2
1,309
173
245
7.6
16.4
10
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
61
4.7
74
8,256
1,748
111.6
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
59
4.5
73
6,926
1,548
94.9
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
7Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
58
4.3
73
5,404
1,265
74.0
2,090
218
301
9.6
28.6
12
8Terrell Davis
T. Davis
58
4.7
65
6,624
1,410
101.9
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
57
4.5
71
6,995
1,561
98.5
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
57
5.1
62
6,463
1,269
104.2
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
11Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
55
4.6
77
3,133
674
40.7
3
1
2
3.0
0.0
0
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
55
5.0
78
5,860
1,182
75.1
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
55
4.7
73
6,789
1,432
93.0
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
14Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
54
4.6
77
5,248
1,141
68.2
2,099
235
307
8.9
27.3
7
15Terry Allen
T. Allen
54
4.1
79
5,457
1,326
69.1
1,101
135
8.2
13.9
4
16Clinton Portis
C. Portis
52
4.7
68
6,453
1,385
94.9
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
17Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
52
5.0
61
4,581
917
75.1
545
75
7.3
8.9
4
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
51
4.9
67
6,013
1,228
89.7
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
19Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
50
4.5
56
4,764
1,050
85.1
1,219
127
190
9.6
21.8
6
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
49
4.1
75
5,524
1,343
73.7
2,328
253
9.2
31.0
9
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
49
4.2
70
5,397
1,289
77.1
2,757
283
9.7
39.4
15
22Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
48
5.2
75
6,341
1,210
84.5
990
119
158
8.3
13.2
4
23Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
48
5.0
51
3,758
757
73.7
373
35
10.7
7.3
2
24Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
47
4.6
73
4,238
912
58.1
3,263
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
25Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
46
4.2
73
5,545
1,305
76.0
1,448
197
254
7.4
19.8
0
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11
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14
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12
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13
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.647
9
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1
.559
9
8
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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