who has the most rushing td before turning 26

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns by a player younger than 26, with 71 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most rushing td before turning 26 years old?
NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
71
77
7,183
1,630
4.4
93.3
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
59
73
6,926
1,548
4.5
94.9
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
3Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
58
73
5,404
1,265
4.3
74.0
2,090
218
301
9.6
28.6
12
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
55
73
6,789
1,432
4.7
93.0
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
5Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
54
77
5,248
1,141
4.6
68.2
2,099
235
307
8.9
27.3
7
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
54
63
5,899
1,363
4.3
93.6
2,022
291
378
6.9
32.1
6
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
52
61
5,782
1,198
4.8
94.8
1,170
119
174
9.8
19.2
2
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
52
68
6,453
1,385
4.7
94.9
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
9Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
51
67
6,013
1,228
4.9
89.7
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
10Terrell Davis
T. Davis
47
52
5,406
1,126
4.8
104.0
1,062
136
7.8
20.4
3
11Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
46
73
5,545
1,305
4.2
76.0
1,448
197
254
7.4
19.8
0
12Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
46
71
6,384
1,413
4.5
89.9
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
45
46
5,081
1,043
4.9
110.5
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
44
46
5,147
1,061
4.9
111.9
669
92
7.3
14.5
2
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
44
57
4,638
1,081
4.3
81.4
2,304
237
9.7
40.4
13
16Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
43
60
3,340
672
5.0
55.7
2,824
326
409
8.7
47.1
15
17Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
43
63
4,733
1,140
4.2
75.1
952
127
7.5
15.1
0
18Edgerrin James
E. James
42
65
6,172
1,494
4.1
95.0
2,019
261
354
7.7
31.1
10
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
42
77
5,320
1,389
3.8
69.1
2,804
297
9.4
36.4
9
20Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
41
62
2,503
524
4.8
40.4
3
1
2
3.0
0.0
0
21Curtis Martin
C. Martin
40
60
5,086
1,327
3.8
84.8
1,255
160
7.8
20.9
6
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
39
74
5,473
1,149
4.8
74.0
2,127
272
345
7.8
28.7
10
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
38
62
3,833
804
4.8
61.8
578
57
74
10.1
9.3
3
24Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
37
69
5,291
1,224
4.3
76.7
1,965
230
303
8.5
28.5
7
25Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
37
71
4,807
1,241
3.9
67.7
1,085
135
8.0
15.3
2
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