nfl players with the most career rushing touchdowns while averaging less than 5 ypc

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing touchdowns when rushing for <5.0 yards per carry, with 164 touchdowns.

	NAME	RUSH TD	YPC	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	164	4.2	226	18,355	4,409	81.2	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	145	4.3	170	13,684	3,174	80.5	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	123	4.1	222	12,243	3,022	55.1	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	122	4.9	152	12,892	2,642	84.8	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	120	4.6	184	14,918	3,230	81.1	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	110	4.4	190	16,726	3,838	88.0	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	104	3.9	175	11,352	2,916	64.9	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
8	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	100	4.3	123	9,453	2,187	76.9	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	100	4.3	176	12,279	2,836	69.8	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	99	5.0	153	15,269	3,062	99.8	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	91	3.9	192	13,662	3,479	71.2	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	91	4.1	173	12,120	2,949	70.1	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Curtis Martin C. Martin	90	4.0	168	14,101	3,518	83.9	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	90	4.4	146	13,259	2,996	90.8	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
15	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	86	4.6	113	8,172	1,780	72.3	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
16	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	85	4.2	149	10,413	2,453	69.9	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
17	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	83	4.4	129	8,597	1,941	66.6	1,756	225		7.8	13.6	10
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	82	4.3	150	11,241	2,618	74.9	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
19	Frank Gore F. Gore	81	4.3	241	16,000	3,735	66.4	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	81	4.0	182	10,273	2,562	56.4	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
21	Edgerrin James E. James	80	4.0	148	12,246	3,028	82.7	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	78	4.1	144	10,643	2,622	73.9	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	77	4.3	173	12,739	2,936	73.6	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
24	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	76	3.8	110	5,626	1,489	51.1	1,334	175		7.6	12.1	6
25	Clinton Portis C. Portis	75	4.4	113	9,923	2,230	87.8	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5

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