who leads the league in rushing touchdowns since 1987

Since 1987, Emmitt Smith has the most 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
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
122
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
11Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
14Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Josh Allen
J. Allen
79
128
4,721
871
5.4
36.9
19
1
2
19.0
0.1
2
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
17Cam Newton
C. Newton
75
148
5,631
1,118
5.0
38.0
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
18Clinton Portis
C. Portis
75
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
19Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
74
105
7,803
1,840
4.2
74.3
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
20Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
74
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
21Marcus Allen
M. Allen
74
152
6,846
1,733
4.0
45.0
2,654
304
8.7
17.5
6
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
73
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Terry Allen
T. Allen
73
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
24Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
69
84
7,598
1,551
4.9
90.5
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
25Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
69
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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