running back most rushing touchdowns since 1990

Since 1990, Emmitt Smith has the most rushing touchdowns by a running back, with 164 touchdowns.

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	164	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	145	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	122	153	13,018	2,662	4.9	85.1	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	120	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
5	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	100	123	9,453	2,187	4.3	76.9	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	100	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	91	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	90	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
9	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	86	113	8,172	1,780	4.6	72.3	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
10	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	85	149	10,413	2,453	4.2	69.9	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	85	138	13,799	2,782	5.0	100.0	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
12	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	82	150	11,241	2,618	4.3	74.9	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
13	Frank Gore F. Gore	81	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
14	Edgerrin James E. James	80	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	78	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
16	Clinton Portis C. Portis	75	113	9,923	2,230	4.4	87.8	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
17	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	74	105	7,803	1,840	4.2	74.3	2,072	269	341	7.7	19.7	2
18	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	74	135	9,130	2,139	4.3	67.6	2,718	368	483	7.4	20.1	14
19	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	73	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
20	Terry Allen T. Allen	73	130	8,614	2,152	4.0	66.3	1,601	204	40	7.8	12.3	6
21	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	69	84	7,598	1,551	4.9	90.5	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7
22	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	69	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
23	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	68	126	8,167	1,847	4.4	64.8	2,944	346	464	8.5	23.4	11
24	Thomas Jones T. Jones	68	180	10,591	2,678	4.0	58.8	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
25	Eddie George E. George	68	141	10,441	2,865	3.6	74.0	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10

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