most rb rushing touchdowns of all-time

Emmitt Smith has scored the most career rushing touchdowns by a running back, with 164 touchdowns.

NAME RUSH TD GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
164
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
145
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
120
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
6 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
109
140
11,707
2,404
4.9
83.6
1,687
178
229
9.5
12.1
5
7 Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8 John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
100
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
10 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
100
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
11 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
91
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
13 Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
90
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
15 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
16 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
86
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
17 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
85
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
19 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
82
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20 Frank Gore
F. Gore
81
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
21 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
22 Edgerrin James
E. James
80
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
25 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

33.0

31st

RUSH YDS/G

123.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

290.0

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

1 - 2 - 1

40

Final

40

GB Packers

2 - 1 - 1

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM