what rookie has the most total touchdowns in a season

Gale Sayers has gotten the most total touchdowns by a rookie, with 22 touchdowns in 1965.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	22	1965	CHI	14	14	6	2	0	0		0	132	9.4
2	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	20	1983	RAM	16	18	2	0	0	0		0	120	7.5
3	Clinton Portis C. Portis	17	2002	DEN	16	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	102	6.4
4	Edgerrin James E. James	17	1999	IND	16	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	102	6.4
5	Randy Moss R. Moss	17	1998	MIN	16	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	106	6.6
6	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	17	1998	JAX	15	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	102	6.8
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	16	2016	DAL	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	96	6.4
8	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	16	2006	JAX	16	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	96	6.0
9	Billy Sims B. Sims	16	1980	DET	16	13	3	0	0	0		0	96	6.0
10	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	15	2018	NYG	16	11	4	0	0	0	1	0	92	5.8
11	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	15	2000	DEN	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	92	5.8
12	Curtis Martin C. Martin	15	1995	NE	16	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	92	5.8
13	Ickey Woods I. Woods	15	1988	CIN	16	15	0	0	0	0		0	90	5.6
14	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	15	1962	BUF	14	13	2	0	8	14	0	0	128	9.1
15	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	14	2017	NO	16	8	5	1	0	0	1	0	86	5.4
16	Cam Newton C. Newton	14	2011	CAR	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	5.3
17	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14	1989	DET	15	14	0	0	0	0		0	84	5.6
18	Herschel Walker H. Walker	14	1986	DAL	16	12	2	0	0	0		0	84	5.3
19	Curt Warner C. Warner	14	1983	SEA	16	13	1	0	0	0		0	84	5.3
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	14	1982	RAI	9	11	3	0	0	0		0	84	9.3
21	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	13	2021	CIN	17	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.6
22	David Johnson D. Johnson	13	2015	ARI	16	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	78	4.9
23	Alfred Morris A. Morris	13	2012	WAS	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.9
24	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	13	2007	MIN	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	78	5.6
25	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	13	2004	BUF	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	4.9

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