most rushing tds all-time before 1999

Before 1999, Emmitt Smith scored the most rushing touchdowns, with 125 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most rushing tds by a player all-time before 1999
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
125
140
12,566
2,914
4.3
89.8
2,609
415
6.3
18.6
9
2 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
123
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
110
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4 Jim Brown
J. Brown
106
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
5 John Riggins
J. Riggins
104
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
6 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
99
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
7 Franco Harris
F. Harris
91
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
8 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
90
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
9 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
83
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
10 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
81
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
11 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
76
110
5,626
1,489
3.8
51.1
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
13 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
74
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
81.8
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
14 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
74
136
7,274
1,727
4.2
53.5
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
15 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
71
110
6,702
1,561
4.3
60.9
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
16 Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
69
129
8,188
1,989
4.1
63.5
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
17 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
69
83
5,860
1,320
4.4
70.6
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
18 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
65
107
7,873
1,947
4.0
73.6
3,141
353
8.9
29.4
9
19 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
65
168
11,786
2,813
4.2
70.2
4,304
453
9.5
25.6
21
20 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
64
146
8,081
1,891
4.3
55.3
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
21 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
63
143
5,174
1,069
4.8
36.2
6,039
363
16.6
42.2
48
22 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
61
187
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
23 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
61
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
24 Terry Allen
T. Allen
60
99
6,881
1,684
4.1
69.5
1,401
172
8.1
14.2
5
25 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
56
61
6,413
1,343
4.8
105.1
1,181
152
7.8
19.4
5
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TEAM W L T PCT
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4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
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2
2
1
.500
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2
4
0
.333
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10/26
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DEN DEN
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ARI ARI
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8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
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LV LV
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22

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NFC East W L T PCT
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4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
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4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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1
0
.800
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2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
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4
1
0
.800
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3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
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Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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Sat
9/6
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10/12
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Sun
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10/12
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1:00 PM
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10/12
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