who was the first play to score 40 points in their first season

Carl Garrett ran 138 plays when scoring 40+ points in his rookie season in his first season.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first play to score 40 or more points in their first season?
NAMEPLYPTSSEASONTMGPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPPG
1Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
138
42
1969
BOS BOS
14
5
2
0
7
0
0
0
0
3.0
2Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
80
42
1969
GB GB
14
4
2
1
7
0
0
0
3.0
3Calvin Hill
C. Hill
207
48
1969
DAL DAL
13
8
0
0
8
0
0
0
3.7
4Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
139
42
1969
CLE CLE
14
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
3.0
5Curt Knight
C. Knight
1
83
1969
WAS WAS
14
0
0
0
0
16
35
0
5.9
6Vic Washington
V. Washington
191
42
1971
SF SF
14
3
4
0
7
0
0
0
3.0
7Fred Willis
F. Willis
137
42
1971
CIN CIN
14
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
3.0
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
188
66
1972
PIT PIT
14
10
1
0
11
0
0
0
4.7
9Boobie Clark
B. Clark
254
48
1973
CIN CIN
14
8
0
0
8
0
0
0
3.4
10Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
2
54
1973
CIN CIN
14
0
9
0
9
0
0
0
3.9
11Charle Young
C. Young
4
42
1973
PHI PHI
14
1
6
0
7
0
0
0
3.0
12Jon Keyworth
J. Keyworth
81
60
1974
DEN DEN
14
10
0
0
10
0
0
0
4.3
13Don Woods
D. Woods
230
60
1974
SD SD
12
7
3
0
10
0
0
0
5.0
14Stan Fritts
S. Fritts
98
60
1975
CIN CIN
13
8
2
0
10
0
0
0
4.6
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
197
42
1975
CHI CHI
13
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
3.2
16Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
235
42
1975
WAS WAS
14
4
3
0
7
0
0
0
3.0
17Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
136
48
1976
NO NO
14
7
1
0
8
0
0
0
3.4
18Sammy White
S. White
5
60
1976
MIN MIN
14
0
10
0
10
0
0
0
4.3
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
209
78
1977
DAL DAL
14
12
1
0
13
0
0
0
5.6
20David Sims
D. Sims
103
48
1977
SEA SEA
14
5
3
0
8
0
0
0
3.4
21Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
302
78
1978
HOU HOU
15
13
0
0
13
0
0
0
5.2
22John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1
78
1978
SD SD
14
0
13
0
13
0
0
0
5.6
23Terry Miller
T. Miller
238
42
1978
BUF BUF
16
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
2.6
24Art Whittington
A. Whittington
172
42
1978
OAK OAK
16
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
2.6
25Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
332
60
1979
STL STL
16
8
2
0
10
0
0
0
3.8
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