who led nfl in rushing td in 1972

Mercury Morris scored the most rushing touchdowns in 1972, with 12 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Mercury Morris
M. Morris
12
1972
14
1,000
190
5.3
71.4
168
15
11.2
12.0
0
2Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
11
1972
11
549
120
4.6
49.9
142
11
12.9
12.9
3
3Franco Harris
F. Harris
10
1972
14
1,055
188
5.6
75.4
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
4Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
9
1972
14
1,182
298
4.0
84.4
451
45
10.0
32.2
5
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
9
1972
14
524
81
6.5
37.4
0
0
0.0
0
6Floyd Little
F. Little
9
1972
14
859
216
4.0
61.4
367
28
13.1
26.2
4
7John Brockington
J. Brockington
8
1972
14
1,027
274
3.7
73.4
243
19
12.8
17.4
1
8Larry Brown
L. Brown
8
1972
12
1,216
285
4.3
101.3
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
9Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
8
1972
14
968
141
6.9
69.1
0
0
0.0
0
10Art Malone
A. Malone
8
1972
14
798
180
4.4
57.0
585
50
11.7
41.8
2
11Charlie Smith
C. Smith
8
1972
14
686
170
4.0
49.0
353
28
12.6
25.2
2
12Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7
1972
14
346
58
6.0
24.7
0
0
0.0
0
13Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
7
1972
14
784
167
4.7
56.0
390
37
10.5
27.9
3
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
7
1972
12
944
207
4.6
78.7
230
21
11.0
19.2
1
15Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
6
1972
14
1,117
213
5.2
79.8
48
5
9.6
3.4
0
16Clarence Davis
C. Davis
6
1972
11
363
71
5.1
33.0
82
8
10.3
7.5
0
17Doug Dressler
D. Dressler
6
1972
14
565
128
4.4
40.4
348
39
8.9
24.9
1
18Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
6
1972
14
1,031
272
3.8
73.6
245
31
7.9
17.5
1
19Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
6
1972
13
995
230
4.3
76.5
244
23
10.6
18.8
1
20Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
6
1972
14
567
148
3.8
40.5
105
15
7.0
7.5
0
21Calvin Hill
C. Hill
6
1972
14
1,036
245
4.2
74.0
364
43
8.5
26.0
3
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
6
1972
14
1,251
292
4.3
89.4
198
27
7.3
14.1
0
23Jim Bertelsen
J. Bertelsen
5
1972
14
581
123
4.7
41.5
331
29
11.4
23.6
1
24Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
5
1972
14
453
116
3.9
32.4
232
24
9.7
16.6
1
25Cid Edwards
C. Edwards
5
1972
12
679
157
4.3
56.6
557
40
13.9
46.4
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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