which running back has the most 1 touchdown or more rushing games in a year

Emmitt Smith has the most games by a running back with 1+ rushing touchdown in a season, with 15 games in 1995.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has the most 1 rushing touchdown or more rushing games in a year?
NAMEGPRUSH TDRUSH YDSSEASONTMATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15
25
1,678
1995
DAL DAL
355
4.7
111.9
337
54
6.2
22.5
0
2Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
14
27
1,746
2005
SEA SEA
335
5.2
124.7
78
15
27
5.2
5.6
1
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
14
17
1,275
2004
SD SD
317
4.0
91.1
431
50
60
8.6
30.8
1
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
14
21
1,392
1994
DAL DAL
343
4.1
99.4
332
49
6.8
23.7
1
5Greg Bell
G. Bell
14
16
1,132
1988
RAM RAM
259
4.4
80.9
114
21
5.4
8.1
2
6John Riggins
J. Riggins
14
24
1,260
1983
WAS WAS
352
3.6
90.0
29
5
5.8
2.1
0
7LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
13
18
916
2016
NE NE
256
3.6
70.5
34
4
4
8.5
2.6
0
8Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
13
27
1,171
2003
KC KC
265
4.4
90.1
627
62
78
10.1
48.2
0
9George Rogers
G. Rogers
13
18
1,126
1986
WAS WAS
275
4.1
86.6
24
3
8.0
1.8
0
10O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
13
16
1,723
1975
BUF BUF
308
5.6
132.5
360
26
13.8
27.7
6
11James Cook III
J. Cook III
12
16
835
2024
BUF BUF
163
5.1
69.6
183
21
26
8.7
15.3
2
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12
16
1,301
2024
BAL BAL
229
5.7
108.4
124
13
16
9.5
10.3
1
13Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
12
18
1,455
2021
IND IND
248
5.9
121.3
272
29
36
9.4
22.7
2
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
12
17
1,143
2011
PHI PHI
228
5.0
95.3
269
38
54
7.1
22.4
2
15Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
12
18
1,054
2009
MIN MIN
236
4.5
87.8
337
27
37
12.5
28.1
0
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
12
14
1,142
2003
SEA SEA
248
4.6
95.2
189
28
40
6.8
15.8
1
17Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
12
21
1,370
2002
KC KC
273
5.0
114.2
618
63
71
9.8
51.5
3
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
12
21
1,623
1998
DEN DEN
295
5.5
135.3
183
19
9.6
15.3
1
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
12
18
1,300
1992
DAL DAL
276
4.7
108.3
238
39
6.1
19.8
1
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12
13
1,060
1990
DET DET
200
5.3
88.3
396
27
14.7
33.0
3
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
12
14
743
1989
NYG NYG
237
3.1
61.9
228
24
9.5
19.0
0
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
12
19
1,426
1979
HOU HOU
284
5.0
118.8
75
12
6.3
6.3
0
23Lenny Moore
L. Moore
12
16
515
1964
BAL BAL
137
3.8
42.9
365
18
20.3
30.4
2
24Kyren Williams
K. Williams
11
14
877
2024
LAR LAR
212
4.1
79.7
113
21
22
5.4
10.3
1
25Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
11
16
981
2024
DET DET
166
5.9
89.2
363
32
38
11.3
33.0
2
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing touchdowns and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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