who has the most touchdowns in a game as a rookie

Gale Sayers has scored the most total touchdowns by a rookie in a game, with 6 touchdowns versus the 49ers on December 12, 1965.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most touchdowns in a regular-season game as a rookie?
NAMETDDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
0
0
0
36
2De'Von Achane
D. Achane
4
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
24
3Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
4
10/11/2020
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
24
4Jonas Gray
J. Gray
4
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
5Doug Martin
D. Martin
4
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
6Reggie Bush
R. Bush
4
12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
7Joseph Addai
J. Addai
4
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
8Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
4
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
9Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4
12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
10Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
11Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
12Ronald Moore
R. Moore
4
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
14Jerry Butler
J. Butler
4
9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
0
4
0
0
0
0
24
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
16Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4
10/17/1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
2
1
0
0
0
24
17Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
4
12/10/1961
DLT DLT
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
18Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
4
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
19Jim Brown
J. Brown
4
11/24/1957
CLE CLE
vs
LA LA
4
0
20Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
4
10/20/1957
CHB CHB
vs
LA LA
3
1
21Harlon Hill
H. Hill
4
10/31/1954
CHB CHB
@
SF SF
4
22RJ Harvey
RJ Harvey
3
10/26/2025
DEN DEN
vs
DAL DAL
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
23Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
3
10/19/2025
CLE CLE
vs
MIA MIA
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
24Cam Skattebo
C. Skattebo
3
10/9/2025
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
25Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
3
9/28/2025
LV LV
vs
CHI CHI
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
18
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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