who ran for the most touchdowns in the 1980s

Eric Dickerson had 2,450 carries between the 1980 and 1989 seasons.

Interpreted as:
Who ran for the most rushing touchdowns in the 1980s?
NAMEATTRUSH TDGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,450
82
105
11,226
4.6
106.9
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,781
63
105
7,275
4.1
69.3
3,661
388
9.4
34.9
16
3John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,250
62
64
4,530
3.6
70.8
199
34
5.9
3.1
0
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,943
61
127
7,712
4.0
60.7
2,574
306
8.4
20.3
3
5Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,649
55
93
6,705
4.1
72.1
1,467
193
7.6
15.8
7
6George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,692
54
92
7,176
4.2
78.0
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
7Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,788
52
103
7,465
4.2
72.5
1,451
193
7.5
14.1
0
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,188
52
129
9,300
4.3
72.1
2,528
287
8.8
19.6
9
9Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
913
51
64
3,414
3.7
53.3
895
115
7.8
14.0
5
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,290
51
117
9,800
4.3
83.8
3,114
336
9.3
26.6
11
11Greg Bell
G. Bell
1,157
50
74
4,795
4.1
64.8
1,300
156
8.3
17.6
7
12Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,545
49
110
6,625
4.3
60.2
4,241
483
8.8
38.6
16
13Joe Morris
J. Morris
1,318
48
94
5,296
4.0
56.3
884
98
9.0
9.4
2
14Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
813
45
55
3,477
4.3
63.2
1,262
145
8.7
22.9
2
15Larry Kinnebrew
L. Kinnebrew
770
43
86
3,115
4.0
36.2
660
70
9.4
7.7
3
16James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,320
42
125
6,343
4.8
50.7
3,005
315
9.5
24.0
24
17Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,517
42
84
6,260
4.1
74.5
664
93
7.1
7.9
0
18Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,131
42
60
5,106
4.5
85.1
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
19Johnny Hector
J. Hector
874
39
92
3,491
4.0
37.9
1,525
171
8.9
16.6
3
20Ted Brown
T. Brown
987
39
90
3,995
4.0
44.4
2,653
308
8.6
29.5
13
21Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,051
38
76
4,907
4.7
64.6
1,488
167
8.9
19.6
15
22Sammy Winder
S. Winder
1,453
37
112
5,307
3.7
47.4
1,157
180
6.4
10.3
9
23James Wilder
J. Wilder
1,575
37
113
5,957
3.8
52.7
3,492
430
8.1
30.9
9
24Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,346
36
94
5,181
3.8
55.1
1,338
198
6.8
14.2
3
25Tony Collins
T. Collins
1,191
32
102
4,647
3.9
45.6
2,356
261
9.0
23.1
12
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