the most rushing touchdowns from 2005 to 2020

Between the 2005 and 2020 seasons, Adrian Peterson scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 118 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
the most rushing touchdowns by a player from 2005 to 2020
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
118
180
14,820
3,192
4.6
82.3
2,466
301
419
8.2
13.7
6
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
91
107
7,785
1,811
4.3
72.8
2,750
333
490
8.3
25.7
11
3Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
4Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
5LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
73
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
70
140
5,398
1,071
5.0
38.6
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
7Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
68
126
8,167
1,847
4.4
64.8
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
8Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
67
88
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
9Michael Turner
M. Turner
66
120
7,234
1,619
4.5
60.3
520
66
103
7.9
4.3
1
10Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
65
146
10,765
2,630
4.1
73.7
3,494
442
603
7.9
23.9
9
11Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
62
132
7,324
1,595
4.6
55.5
1,895
260
323
7.3
14.4
10
12DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
61
142
8,096
1,730
4.7
57.0
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
13Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
60
109
5,094
1,141
4.5
46.7
743
82
138
9.1
6.8
4
14LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
56
132
6,306
1,495
4.2
47.8
454
64
89
7.1
3.4
2
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
55
78
5,860
1,182
5.0
75.1
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
16Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
55
130
9,651
2,163
4.5
74.2
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
17Arian Foster
A. Foster
54
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
81.6
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
18Matt Forte
M. Forte
54
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
19Marion Barber
M. Barber
53
99
4,780
1,156
4.1
48.3
1,330
179
232
7.4
13.4
6
20Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
52
126
7,346
1,811
4.1
58.3
1,170
188
249
6.2
9.3
5
21Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
51
134
7,335
1,705
4.3
54.7
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
22DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
49
99
7,174
1,604
4.5
72.5
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
23Thomas Jones
T. Jones
49
111
7,752
1,939
4.0
69.8
944
155
207
6.1
8.5
3
24Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
46
71
6,384
1,413
4.5
89.9
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
25Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
45
82
5,226
1,274
4.1
63.7
2,031
256
342
7.9
24.8
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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