which rookie running back has the most rushing touchdowns all-time

Eric Dickerson has scored the most rushing touchdowns by a rookie running back, with 18 touchdowns in 1983.

NAME RUSH TD SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
18
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
15
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
3 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
15
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
4 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
15
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
5 Ickey Woods
I. Woods
15
1988
CIN CIN
16
1,066
203
5.3
66.6
199
21
9.5
12.4
0
6 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
14
1998
JAX JAX
15
1,223
264
4.6
81.5
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
7 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
92.9
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
14
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
9 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
14
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
10 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
13
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
100.8
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
11 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
13
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
12 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
13
2004
BUF BUF
16
1,128
284
4.0
70.5
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
13
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
14 Curt Warner
C. Warner
13
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
15 George Rogers
G. Rogers
13
1981
NO NO
16
1,674
378
4.4
104.6
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
16 Billy Sims
B. Sims
13
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
17 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
13
1978
HOU HOU
15
1,450
302
4.8
96.7
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
18 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
13
1962
BUF BUF
14
1,096
214
5.1
78.3
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
19 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
12
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
20 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
12
1986
DAL DAL
16
737
151
4.9
46.1
837
76
11.0
52.3
2
21 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12
1977
DAL DAL
14
1,007
208
4.8
71.9
273
29
9.4
19.5
1
22 Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
11
2020
WAS WAS
14
795
170
4.7
56.8
247
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
23 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
11
2020
IND IND
15
1,169
232
5.0
77.9
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
24 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
11
2018
NYG NYG
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
25 Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
11
2013
GB GB
15
1,178
284
4.1
78.5
257
35
44
7.3
17.1
0
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