who has the most récord td in a season before 1985

Before 1985, John Riggins got the most total touchdowns in a season, with 24 touchdowns in 1983.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS PPG
1 John Riggins
J. Riggins
24
1983
WAS WAS
15
24
0
0
0
0
0
144
9.6
2 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
23
1975
BUF BUF
14
16
7
0
0
0
0
138
9.9
3 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
22
1975
MIN MIN
14
13
9
0
0
0
0
132
9.4
4 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
22
1965
CHI CHI
14
14
6
2
0
0
0
132
9.4
5 Jim Brown
J. Brown
21
1965
CLE CLE
14
17
4
0
0
0
0
126
9.0
6 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
20
1983
RAM RAM
16
18
2
0
0
0
0
120
7.5
7 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
20
1968
CLE CLE
14
16
4
0
0
0
0
120
8.6
8 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
20
1964
BAL BAL
14
16
3
1
0
0
0
120
8.6
9 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
19
1981
SD SD
15
19
0
0
0
0
0
114
7.6
10 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
19
1979
HOU HOU
16
19
0
0
0
0
0
114
7.1
11 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
19
1962
DLT DLT
14
13
6
0
0
0
0
0
114
8.1
12 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
19
1962
GB GB
14
19
0
0
0
0
0
114
8.1
13 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
18
1984
RAI RAI
16
13
5
0
0
0
0
108
6.8
14 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
18
1984
MIA MIA
15
0
18
0
0
0
0
108
7.2
15 Jim Brown
J. Brown
18
1962
CLE CLE
14
13
5
0
0
0
0
108
7.7
16 Bill Groman
B. Groman
18
1961
HOU HOU
14
1
17
0
0
0
0
0
108
7.7
17 Jim Brown
J. Brown
18
1958
CLE CLE
12
17
1
0
0
0
0
108
9.0
18 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
18
1945
PHI PHI
10
15
2
1
0
2
0
110
11.0
19 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
17
1981
LA LA
15
12
5
0
0
0
0
102
6.8
20 John David Crow
J. David Crow
17
1962
STL STL
14
14
3
0
0
0
0
102
7.3
21 Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
17
1951
LA LA
12
0
17
0
0
0
0
102
8.5
22 Gene Roberts
G. Roberts
17
1949
NYG NYG
12
9
8
0
0
0
0
102
8.5
23 Don Hutson
D. Hutson
17
1942
GB GB
11
0
17
0
1
33
0
138
12.5
24 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
16
1981
CIN CIN
16
12
4
0
0
0
0
96
6.0
25 Billy Sims
B. Sims
16
1980
DET DET
16
13
3
0
0
0
0
96
6.0
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.8

8th

OPP PPG

20.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

205.4

23rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
2
1
.500
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

3 - 2 - 0

10

Final

27

WAS Commanders

3 - 2 - 0

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
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

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

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM