who leads the nfl in most touchdowns scored by one player in one game in nfl history

Alvin Kamara, Gale Sayers and Dub Jones are tied for the most total touchdowns in a game, with 6 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
Who leads the NFL in most touchdowns scored by one player in one regular-season game in NFL history?
NAMETDDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
1Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
6
12/25/2020
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
0
0
0
36
3Dub Jones
D. Jones
6
11/25/1951
CLE CLE
vs
CHB CHB
4
2
4Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
5
11/6/2022
CIN CIN
vs
CAR CAR
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
5Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5
11/21/2021
IND IND
@
BUF BUF
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
6Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
5
12/15/2013
KC KC
@
OAK OAK
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
30
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5
12/7/2003
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
8Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
5
9/29/2002
SEA SEA
vs
MIN MIN
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
9James Stewart
J. Stewart
5
10/12/1997
JAX JAX
vs
PHI PHI
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
5
10/14/1990
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
0
5
0
0
0
0
30
11Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5
11/22/1981
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
0
5
0
0
0
0
30
12Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
5
12/12/1965
GB GB
@
BAL BAL
3
2
0
0
0
0
30
13Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
5
12/8/1963
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
14Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
5
12/10/1961
HOU HOU
@
NYT NYT
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
15Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5
11/26/1961
DLT DLT
vs
OAK OAK
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
16Jim Brown
J. Brown
5
11/1/1959
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
5
0
17Bob Shaw
B. Shaw
5
10/2/1950
CHC CHC
vs
BAL BAL
5
18Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
4
1/5/2025
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
19Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
4
9/15/2024
NO NO
@
DAL DAL
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
20Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
4
10/1/2023
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
21Raheem Mostert
R. Mostert
4
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
22De'Von Achane
D. Achane
4
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
24
23Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
4
10/10/2022
KC KC
vs
LV LV
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
24
24Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
4
11/28/2021
TB TB
@
IND IND
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
24
25Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
4
11/21/2021
LAC LAC
vs
PIT PIT
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
24
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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