Gale Sayers has the most total touchdowns by a rookie in a game, with 6 touchdowns against the 49ers on December 12, 1965.

nfl player most touchdowns in rookie game
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NFL player most touchdowns in rookie regular-season game
12/12/1965 Sayers 9/24/2023 Achane 10/11/2020 Claypool 11/16/2014 Gray 11/4/2012 Martin 12/3/2006 Bush 11/26/2006 Addai 11/28/2004 McGahee 12/15/2002 Portis 12/3/2000 Anderson 12/4/1997 Dillon 12/5/1993 Moore 12/16/1990 Smith 9/23/1979 Butler 11/20/1978 Campbell 10/17/1965 Sayers 12/10/1961 Jackson 10/15/1961 Kilmer 11/24/1957 Brown 10/20/1957 Galimore 10/31/1954 Hill 12/16/2023 LaPorta 11/13/2022 Watson 1/2/2022 Chase 11/26/2020 Gibson 11/18/2018 Barkley 9/23/2018 Ridley 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
NAME TD DATE TM OPP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Gale Sayers Gale Sayers 6 12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4 1 1 0 0 0 36
De'Von Achane De'Von Achane 4 9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2 2 0 0 0 0 0 24
Chase Claypool Chase Claypool 4 10/11/2020
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1 3 0 0 0 0 0 24
Jonas Gray Jonas Gray 4 11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Doug Martin Doug Martin 4 11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Reggie Bush Reggie Bush 4 12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
Joseph Addai Joseph Addai 4 11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Willis McGahee Willis McGahee 4 11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Clinton Portis Clinton Portis 4 12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
Mike Anderson Mike Anderson 4 12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Corey Dillon Corey Dillon 4 12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Ronald Moore Ronald Moore 4 12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
4 0 0 0 0 0 24
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 4 12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
4 0 0 0 0 0 24
Jerry Butler Jerry Butler 4 9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
0 4 0 0 0 0 24
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 4 11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
4 0 0 0 0 0 24
Gale Sayers Gale Sayers 4 10/17/1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1 2 1 0 0 0 24
Frank Jackson Frank Jackson 4 12/10/1961
DLT DLT
vs
DEN DEN
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
Billy Kilmer Billy Kilmer 4 10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
4 0 0 0 0 0 24
Jim Brown Jim Brown 4 11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
4 0
Willie Galimore Willie Galimore 4 10/20/1957
CHB CHB
vs
LA LA
3 1
Harlon Hill Harlon Hill 4 10/31/1954
CHB CHB
@
SF SF
4
Sam LaPorta Sam LaPorta 3 12/16/2023
DET DET
vs
DEN DEN
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Christian Watson Christian Watson 3 11/13/2022
GB GB
vs
DAL DAL
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Ja'Marr Chase Ja'Marr Chase 3 1/2/2022
CIN CIN
vs
KC KC
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Antonio Gibson Antonio Gibson 3 11/26/2020
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
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