nfl player most touchdowns in a week 1 game

8 players are tied for the most total touchdowns in a Week-1 game, with 4 touchdowns. The first three are Priest Holmes on September 8, 2002, Emmitt Smith on September 4, 1995 and Thurman Thomas on September 6, 1992.

NAMETDDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
4
9/8/2002
KC KC
@
CLE CLE
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4
9/4/1995
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
3Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4
9/6/1992
BUF BUF
vs
RAM RAM
3
1
0
0
0
0
24
4Earnest Gray
E. Gray
4
9/7/1980
NYG NYG
@
STL STL
0
4
0
0
0
0
24
5Ahmad Rashad
A. Rashad
4
9/2/1979
MIN MIN
vs
SF SF
0
4
0
0
0
0
24
6Calvin Hill
C. Hill
4
9/19/1971
DAL DAL
@
BUF BUF
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
7Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4
9/8/1962
DLT DLT
vs
BOS BOS
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
8Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
4
9/28/1951
LA LA
vs
NYY NYY
0
4
9Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
3
9/6/2024
PHI PHI
vs
GB GB
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
10Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3
9/13/2020
LV LV
@
CAR CAR
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
11Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
3
9/8/2019
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
12Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
3
9/8/2019
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
18
13Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
3
9/9/2018
NO NO
vs
TB TB
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
20
14Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
3
9/9/2018
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
18
15Mike Gillislee
M. Gillislee
3
9/7/2017
NE NE
vs
KC KC
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
16Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
3
9/7/2017
KC KC
@
NE NE
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
18
17Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
3
9/10/2015
NE NE
vs
PIT PIT
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
18Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
3
9/7/2014
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
19Victor Cruz
V. Cruz
3
9/8/2013
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
9/8/2013
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
21Mike Tolbert
M. Tolbert
3
9/11/2011
SD SD
vs
MIN MIN
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
18
22Arian Foster
A. Foster
3
9/12/2010
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
23Hakeem Nicks
H. Nicks
3
9/12/2010
NYG NYG
vs
CAR CAR
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
18
24Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3
9/13/2009
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
25Willie Parker
W. Parker
3
9/7/2008
PIT PIT
vs
HOU HOU
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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0
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4
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8
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NO NO
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