nfl players most touchdowns before turning 26

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career total touchdowns by a player younger than 26, with 75 touchdowns.

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NFL players most touchdowns before turning 26 years old

	NAME	TD	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	75	77	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	450	5.8
2	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	70	73	58	12	0	0	0	4	0	428	5.9
3	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	63	77	54	7	2	0	0	0	0	378	4.9
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	63	73	59	4	0	0	0		0	378	5.2
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	63	62	57		0
6	Randy Moss R. Moss	61	80	0	60	1	0	0	3	0	372	4.7
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	60	63	54	6	0	0	0	0	0	360	5.7
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	60	73	55	5	0	0	0		0	360	4.9
9	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	59	60	43	15	1	0	0	4	0	362	6.0
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	58	57	44	13	1	0	0		0	348	6.1
11	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	56	67	51	5	0	0	0	0	0	336	5.0
12	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	56	71	46	10	0	0	0	1	0	338	4.8
13	Clinton Portis C. Portis	56	68	52	4	0	0	0	2	0	340	5.0
14	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	55	65	1	54	0	0	0	0	0	330	5.1
15	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	54	61	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	324	5.3
16	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	53	46	35	18	0	0	0		0	318	6.9
17	Edgerrin James E. James	52	65	42	10	0	0	0	3	0	318	4.9
18	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	51	74	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	306	4.1
19	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	51	77	42	9	0	0	0	0	0	306	4.0
20	Terrell Davis T. Davis	50	52	47	3	0	0	0	3	0	306	5.9
21	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	49	74	39	10	0	0	0	1	0	296	4.0
22	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	49	54	1	45	3	0	0		0	294	5.4
23	Dez Bryant D. Bryant	48	68	0	46	2	0	0	1	0	290	4.3
24	Jerry Rice J. Rice	48	50	4	44	0	0	0		0	288	5.8
25	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	48	50	31	9	8	0	0		0	288	5.8

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