which player has the most career rushing touchdowns

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing touchdowns, with 164 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
112
145
12,127
2,503
4.8
83.6
1,706
183
237
9.3
11.8
5
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
16Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
22Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
25Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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