nfl rushing touchdown leaders 1977 to 1984

Between the 1977 and 1984 seasons, Pete Johnson had the most rushing touchdowns, with 76 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
2Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
73
99
8,764
2,029
4.3
88.5
718
115
6.2
7.3
0
3Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
69
98
6,043
1,412
4.3
61.7
2,051
232
8.8
20.9
3
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
69
119
11,240
2,540
4.4
94.5
3,094
325
9.5
26.0
9
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
68
88
6,223
1,650
3.8
70.7
738
94
7.9
8.4
5
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
59
116
9,525
2,136
4.5
82.1
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
7Franco Harris
F. Harris
49
107
6,987
1,814
3.9
65.3
1,473
202
7.3
13.8
6
8Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
47
111
6,402
1,541
4.2
57.7
1,735
247
7.0
15.6
5
9Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
45
100
6,538
1,465
4.5
65.4
2,447
266
9.2
24.5
12
10Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
44
90
5,384
1,142
4.7
59.8
1,662
182
9.1
18.5
14
11Billy Sims
B. Sims
42
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
40
86
7,364
1,690
4.4
85.6
2,179
266
8.2
25.3
5
13Wayne Morris
W. Morris
35
106
3,095
835
3.7
29.2
1,115
148
7.5
10.5
4
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
33
41
2,879
701
4.1
70.2
1,749
170
10.3
42.7
10
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
32
32
3,913
769
5.1
122.3
543
72
7.5
17.0
2
16Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
32
94
4,903
1,255
3.9
52.2
1,335
141
9.5
14.2
3
17Theotis Brown
T. Brown
30
84
2,046
549
3.7
24.4
1,558
172
9.1
18.5
3
18William Andrews
W. Andrews
29
72
5,772
1,263
4.6
80.2
2,612
272
9.6
36.3
11
19Ted Brown
T. Brown
29
77
3,959
961
4.1
51.4
2,427
294
8.3
31.5
10
20Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
29
98
4,159
1,110
3.7
42.4
1,545
195
7.9
15.8
5
21Ron Springs
R. Springs
28
88
2,180
604
3.6
24.8
2,028
222
9.1
23.0
10
22Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
27
112
3,180
840
3.8
28.4
2,803
347
8.1
25.0
7
23Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
26
38
2,222
531
4.2
58.5
611
82
7.5
16.1
0
24Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
26
64
3,456
791
4.4
54.0
1,469
121
12.1
23.0
8
25Kevin Long
K. Long
25
73
2,190
574
3.8
30.0
539
74
7.3
7.4
3
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