who has the most rushing td before turning 25

Barry Sanders has the most career rushing touchdowns by a player younger than 25, with 52 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most rushing td before turning 25 years old?
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
52
62
5,674
1,189
4.8
91.5
1,294
130
10.0
20.9
5
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
50
62
5,699
1,262
4.5
91.9
1,235
189
6.5
19.9
3
3Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
49
63
3,924
842
4.7
62.3
1,782
201
263
8.9
28.3
5
4Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
46
58
4,547
1,042
4.4
78.4
1,883
187
252
10.1
32.5
10
5Clinton Portis
C. Portis
45
60
5,930
1,258
4.7
98.8
1,129
141
197
8.0
18.8
4
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
45
57
5,316
1,179
4.5
93.3
1,111
125
8.9
19.5
2
7Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
40
53
4,582
925
5.0
86.5
955
123
153
7.8
18.0
4
8Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
40
60
4,740
1,072
4.4
79.0
1,152
160
200
7.2
19.2
0
9Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
40
56
5,405
1,169
4.6
96.5
1,619
189
244
8.6
28.9
8
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
40
46
4,484
915
4.9
97.5
829
83
124
10.0
18.0
1
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
37
48
4,564
1,024
4.5
95.1
1,581
238
312
6.6
32.9
5
12Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
36
43
3,308
587
5.6
76.9
1,212
152
189
8.0
28.2
8
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
36
61
4,001
1,065
3.8
65.6
1,896
211
9.0
31.1
5
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
33
41
2,879
701
4.1
70.2
1,749
170
10.3
42.7
10
15Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
32
38
3,354
715
4.7
88.3
744
90
68
8.3
19.6
5
16Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
32
47
2,968
860
3.5
63.1
502
73
6.9
10.7
1
17Curtis Martin
C. Martin
32
45
3,799
958
4.0
84.4
890
117
7.6
19.8
5
18Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
32
32
3,913
769
5.1
122.3
543
72
7.5
17.0
2
19Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
32
31
3,147
670
4.7
101.5
142
28
5.1
4.6
0
20T.J. Duckett
T.J. Duckett
31
55
2,175
552
3.9
39.5
233
29
34
8.0
4.2
0
21Edgerrin James
E. James
31
52
4,913
1,184
4.1
94.5
1,727
210
283
8.2
33.2
10
22Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
31
57
3,732
914
4.1
65.5
982
121
8.1
17.2
2
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
30
58
3,866
835
4.6
66.7
1,588
220
281
7.2
27.4
8
24Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
30
57
4,249
971
4.4
74.5
1,586
190
241
8.3
27.8
6
25Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
29
51
3,145
682
4.6
61.7
2,672
320
398
8.4
52.4
16
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