rb total touchdown leaders regular season and playoffs all-time

Emmitt Smith has the most career total touchdowns by a running back in the regular-season and playoffs, with 196 touchdowns.

NAME TD GP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS PPG
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
196
243
183
13
0
0
0
1
0
1,178
4.8
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
180
151
18
0
0
0
0
0
1,014
5.6
3 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
158
238
134
23
1
0
0
1
0
950
4.0
4 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
144
188
106
38
0
0
0
8
0
880
4.7
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
131
189
125
6
0
0
0
1
0
788
4.2
6 John Riggins
J. Riggins
128
184
116
12
0
0
0
0
768
4.2
7 Walter Payton
W. Payton
127
199
112
15
0
0
0
0
762
3.8
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
127
122
107
20
0
0
0
0
762
6.2
9 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
122
151
117
5
0
0
0
2
0
736
4.9
10 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
120
132
108
12
0
0
0
0
0
720
5.5
11 Franco Harris
F. Harris
117
192
107
10
0
0
0
0
702
3.7
12 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
110
159
100
10
0
0
0
0
0
660
4.2
13 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
109
203
81
28
0
0
0
0
0
654
3.2
14 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
108
178
98
10
0
0
0
3
0
654
3.7
15 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
106
162
97
9
0
0
0
2
0
640
4.0
16 Frank Gore
F. Gore
105
250
86
18
1
0
0
1
0
632
2.5
17 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
103
205
100
3
0
0
0
3
0
624
3.0
18 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
103
155
86
17
0
0
0
1
0
620
4.0
19 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
101
190
86
14
1
0
0
0
606
3.2
20 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
100
153
93
7
0
0
0
0
600
3.9
21 Edgerrin James
E. James
97
161
86
11
0
0
0
5
0
592
3.7
22 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
96
118
88
8
0
0
0
1
0
578
4.9
23 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
95
136
85
10
0
0
0
0
570
4.2
24 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
94
108
59
35
0
0
0
1
0
566
5.2
25 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
93
158
86
7
0
0
0
1
0
560
3.5
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PPG

29.7

3rd

OPP PPG

30.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

117.2

15th

PASS YDS/G

276.3

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

2 - 3 - 1

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

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)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM