what running back has the most touchdowns in all of all-time

Emmitt Smith has gotten the most career total touchdowns by a running back, with 175 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	TD	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	175	226	164	11	0	0	0	1	0	1,052	4.7
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	162	170	145	17	0	0	0	0	0	972	5.7
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	145	222	123	21	1	0	0	1	0	872	3.9
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	136	176	100	36	0	0	0	7	0	830	4.7
5	Derrick Henry D. Henry	130	154	125	5	0	0	0	2	0	784	5.1
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	126	184	120	6	0	0	0	1	0	758	4.1
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	126	118	106	20	0	0	0		0	756	6.4
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	125	190	110	15	0	0	0		0	750	3.9
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	116	175	104	12	0	0	0		0	696	4.0
10	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	112	123	100	12	0	0	0	0	0	672	5.5
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	109	153	99	10	0	0	0	0	0	654	4.3
12	Frank Gore F. Gore	100	241	81	18	1	0	0	1	0	602	2.5
13	Curtis Martin C. Martin	100	168	90	10	0	0	0	3	0	606	3.6
14	Franco Harris F. Harris	100	173	91	9	0	0	0		0	600	3.5
15	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	98	113	62	36	0	0	0	1	0	590	5.2
16	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	96	146	90	6	0	0	0		0	576	3.9
17	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	94	149	85	9	0	0	0	2	0	568	3.8
18	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	94	113	86	8	0	0	0	1	0	566	5.0
19	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	94	192	91	3	0	0	0	3	0	570	3.0
20	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	93	129	83	10	0	0	0		0	558	4.3
21	Edgerrin James E. James	91	148	80	11	0	0	0	5	0	556	3.8
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	91	144	78	13	0	0	0	1	0	548	3.8
23	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	91	173	77	13	1	0	0		0	546	3.2
24	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	90	136	74	13	3	0	0		0	540	4.0
25	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	89	170	73	16	0	0	0	3	0	540	3.2

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Patriots	0	1	0	.000
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Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
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Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
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Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000