who led the league in rushing touchdowns from 1988 to 1996

From 1988 through 1996, Emmitt Smith had the most rushing touchdowns, with 108 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH TD	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	108	108	10,160	2,334	4.4	94.1	2,200	348	6.3	20.4	7
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	84	121	11,725	2,384	4.9	96.9	2,327	282	8.3	19.2	7
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	62	138	10,762	2,566	4.2	78.0	3,876	397	9.8	28.1	20
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	58	124	5,587	1,409	4.0	45.1	2,158	242	8.9	17.4	6
5	Terry Allen T. Allen	54	79	5,457	1,326	4.1	69.1	1,101	135	8.2	13.9	4
6	Ricky Watters R. Watters	49	75	5,524	1,343	4.1	73.7	2,328	253	9.2	31.0	9
7	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	48	102	6,816	1,801	3.8	66.8	1,309	174	7.5	12.8	2
8	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	48	91	5,434	1,351	4.0	59.7	2,216	251	8.8	24.4	16
9	Marion Butts M. Butts	43	104	5,185	1,345	3.9	49.9	471	68	6.9	4.5	1
10	Herschel Walker H. Walker	42	143	6,577	1,588	4.1	46.0	3,158	362	8.7	22.1	16
11	Chris Warren C. Warren	40	108	5,859	1,359	4.3	54.3	1,085	149	7.3	10.0	3
12	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	37	67	4,237	1,089	3.9	63.2	125	18	6.9	1.9	0
13	Earnest Byner E. Byner	36	144	5,811	1,496	3.9	40.4	3,019	346	8.7	21.0	9
14	Brad Baxter B. Baxter	35	94	2,928	779	3.8	31.1	587	80	7.3	6.2	0
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	34	71	2,187	678	3.2	30.8	505	66	7.7	7.1	0
16	Derrick Fenner D. Fenner	32	111	2,972	797	3.7	26.8	1,486	188	7.9	13.4	10
17	Greg Bell G. Bell	32	38	2,513	607	4.1	66.1	216	44	4.9	5.7	2
18	Lorenzo White L. White	30	107	4,242	1,062	4.0	39.6	1,738	192	9.1	16.2	6
19	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	29	45	2,947	801	3.7	65.5	1,425	164	8.7	31.7	4
20	Leonard Russell L. Russell	29	85	3,973	1,164	3.4	46.7	846	122	6.9	10.0	0
21	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	29	72	5,003	1,248	4.0	69.5	1,092	145	7.5	15.2	4
22	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	29	129	4,202	991	4.2	32.6	1,473	168	8.8	11.4	4
23	Curtis Martin C. Martin	28	32	2,639	684	3.9	82.5	594	76	7.8	18.6	4
24	Natrone Means N. Means	27	56	3,232	841	3.8	57.7	385	63	6.1	6.9	1
25	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	27	80	3,231	882	3.7	40.4	1,862	209	8.9	23.3	13

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