rb with most tds per rush attempt in career

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts by a running back when rushing for >0 touchdowns, with 4,409 carries.

Interpreted as:
rb with most tds per rush rushing attempt in career
NAMEATTRUSH TDGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
164
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
110
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
81
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
90
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
91
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
120
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
145
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
99
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
80
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
123
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
90
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
91
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
77
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
104
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
65
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
68
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
100
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
69
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
68
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
49
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
122
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
78
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
82
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
81
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
58
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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