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Leaders Table
Rank
Player
TD
Year
Tm
1
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (27)
31
2006
SDG
2
Shaun Alexander
(28)
28
2005
SEA
3
Priest Holmes
(29)
27
2003
KAN
4
Marshall Faulk
+ (27)
26
2000
STL
5
Emmitt Smith
+ (26)
25
1995
DAL
6
Priest Holmes
(28)
24
2002
KAN
John Riggins
+ (34)
24
1983
WAS
8
Terrell Davis
+ (25)
23
1998
DEN
Randy Moss
+ (30)
23
2007
NWE
Jerry Rice
+ (24)
23
1987
SFO
O.J. Simpson
+ (28)
23
1975
BUF
12
Chuck Foreman
(24)
22
1975
MIN
Gale Sayers
+ (22)
22
1965
CHI
Emmitt Smith
+ (25)
22
1994
DAL
15
Terry Allen
(28)
21
1996
WAS
Jim Brown
+ (29)
21
1965
CLE
Marshall Faulk
+ (28)
21
2001
STL
Todd Gurley
(24)
21
2018
LAR
Larry Johnson
(25)
21
2005
KAN
Alvin Kamara
(25)
21
2020
NOR
Christian McCaffrey
(27)
21
2023
SFO
Joe Morris
(24)
21
1985
NYG
Raheem Mostert
(31)
21
2023
MIA
24
Shaun Alexander
(27)
20
2004
SEA
Eric Dickerson
+ (23)
20
1983
RAM
Austin Ekeler
(26)
20
2021
LAC
Ahman Green
(26)
20
2003
GNB
David Johnson
(24)
20
2016
ARI
Leroy Kelly
+ (26)
20
1968
CLE
LeSean McCoy
(23)
20
2011
PHI
Lenny Moore
+ (30)
20
1964
BAL
Jonathan Taylor
(22)
20
2021
IND
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (26)
20
2005
SDG
DeAngelo Williams
(25)
20
2008
CAR
35
Earl Campbell
+ (24)
19
1979
HOU
Jamaal Charles
(26)
19
2013
KAN
Todd Gurley
(23)
19
2017
LAR
Abner Haynes
(24)
19
1962
DTX
Larry Johnson
(26)
19
2006
KAN
Aaron Jones
(24)
19
2019
GNB
Christian McCaffrey
(23)
19
2019
CAR
Chuck Muncie
(28)
19
1981
SDG
Spec Sanders
(29)
19
1947
NYY
Emmitt Smith
+ (23)
19
1992
DAL
Jim Taylor
+ (26)
19
1962
GNB
46
Davante Adams
(27)
18
2020
GNB
Shaun Alexander
(25)
18
2002
SEA
Marcus Allen
+ (24)
18
1984
RAI
Greg Bell
(26)
18
1988
RAM
LeGarrette Blount
(29)
18
2016
NWE
Jim Brown
+ (22)
18
1958
CLE
Jim Brown
+ (26)
18
1962
CLE
Mark Clayton
(23)
18
1984
MIA
James Conner
(26)
18
2021
ARI
Austin Ekeler
(27)
18
2022
LAC
Arian Foster
(24)
18
2010
HOU
Bill Groman
(25)
18
1961
HOU
Rob Gronkowski
(22)
18
2011
NWE
Derrick Henry
(25)
18
2019
TEN
Dalton Hilliard
(25)
18
1989
NOR
Edgerrin James
+ (22)
18
2000
IND
Alvin Kamara
(23)
18
2018
NOR
Adrian Peterson
(24)
18
2009
MIN
George Rogers
(27)
18
1986
WAS
Sterling Sharpe
(29)
18
1994
GNB
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (25)
18
2004
SDG
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (28)
18
2007
SDG
Steve Van Buren
+ (24)
18
1945
PHI
69
Cris Carter
+ (29)
17
1995
MIN
Dalvin Cook
(25)
17
2020
MIN
John David Crow
(27)
17
1962
STL
Stephen Davis
(25)
17
1999
WAS
Arian Foster
(26)
17
2012
HOU
Derrick Henry
(26)
17
2020
TEN
Tyreek Hill
(26)
17
2020
KAN
Elroy Hirsch
+ (28)
17
1951
RAM
Don Hutson
+ (29)
17
1942
GNB
Edgerrin James
+ (21)
17
1999
IND
Marshawn Lynch
(28)
17
2014
SEA
Curtis Martin
+ (23)
17
1996
NWE
Randy Moss
+ (21)
17
1998
MIN
Randy Moss
+ (26)
17
2003
MIN
Carl Pickens
(25)
17
1995
CIN
Clinton Portis
(21)
17
2002
DEN
Jerry Rice
+ (26)
17
1989
SFO
Jerry Rice
+ (32)
17
1995
SFO
Gene Roberts
(26)
17
1949
NYG
Barry Sanders
+ (23)
17
1991
DET
Fred Taylor
(22)
17
1998
JAX
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (24)
17
2003
SDG
Michael Turner
(26)
17
2008
ATL
Wendell Tyler
(26)
17
1981
RAM
Jamaal Williams
(27)
17
2022
DET
Ricky Williams
(25)
17
2002
MIA
95
Karim Abdul-Jabbar
(23)
16
1997
MIA
Shaun Alexander
(24)
16
2001
SEA
Shaun Alexander
(26)
16
2003
SEA
Jamal Anderson
(25)
16
1998
ATL
Pete Banaszak
(31)
16
1975
OAK
Marion Barber III
(23)
16
2006
DAL
Bill Brown
(26)
16
1964
MIN
Dez Bryant
(25)
16
2014
DAL
Maurice Jones-Drew
(21)
16
2006
JAX
Maurice Jones-Drew
(24)
16
2009
JAX
Braylon Edwards
(24)
16
2007
CLE
Ezekiel Elliott
(21)
16
2016
DAL
Eddie George
(26)
16
2000
TEN
Jimmy Graham
(26)
16
2013
NOR
Steven Jackson
(23)
16
2006
STL
Calvin Johnson
+ (25)
16
2011
DET
Chris Johnson
(23)
16
2009
TEN
Pete Johnson
(27)
16
1981
CIN
Leroy Kelly
+ (24)
16
1966
CLE
Cooper Kupp
(28)
16
2021
LAR
Deuce McAllister
(23)
16
2002
NOR
Joe Mixon
(25)
16
2021
CIN
Muhsin Muhammad
(31)
16
2004
CAR
Chet Mutryn
(27)
16
1948
BUF
Terrell Owens
+ (27)
16
2001
SFO
Willie Parker
(25)
16
2006
PIT
Walter Payton
+ (24)
16
1977
CHI
Walter Payton
+ (26)
16
1979
CHI
Art Powell
(26)
16
1963
OAK
Dan Reeves
(22)
16
1966
DAL
Jerry Rice
+ (23)
16
1986
SFO
Jerry Rice
+ (30)
16
1993
SFO
Barry Sanders
+ (22)
16
1990
DET
Billy Sims
(24)
16
1980
DET
Lamar Smith
(29)
16
2000
MIA
Jim Taylor
+ (25)
16
1961
GNB
Chris Warren
(27)
16
1995
SEA
132
Joseph Addai
(24)
15
2007
IND
Josh Allen
(27)
15
2023
BUF
Marcus Allen
+ (33)
15
1993
KAN
Terry Allen
(24)
15
1992
MIN
Lance Alworth
+ (24)
15
1964
SDG
Mike Anderson
(26)
15
2000
DEN
Neal Anderson
(25)
15
1989
CHI
Tiki Barber
(29)
15
2004
NYG
Saquon Barkley
(21)
15
2018
NYG
Greg Bell
(27)
15
1989
RAM
Dwayne Bowe
(25)
15
2010
KAN
Cloyce Box
(29)
15
1952
DET
Antonio Brown
(30)
15
2018
PIT
Jim Brown
+ (27)
15
1963
CLE
Billy Cannon
(24)
15
1961
HOU
Roger Craig
(25)
15
1985
SFO
Terrell Davis
+ (23)
15
1996
DEN
Terrell Davis
+ (24)
15
1997
DEN
Eric Dickerson
+ (28)
15
1988
IND
Derrick Fenner
(23)
15
1990
SEA
Chuck Foreman
(23)
15
1974
MIN
Cleveland Gary
(24)
15
1990
RAM
Cookie Gilchrist
(27)
15
1962
BUF
Damien Harris
(24)
15
2021
NWE
Marvin Harrison
+ (29)
15
2001
IND
Marvin Harrison
+ (32)
15
2004
IND
Priest Holmes
(30)
15
2004
KAN
Paul Hornung
+ (24)
15
1960
GNB
Jalen Hurts
(25)
15
2023
PHI
Mark Ingram
(29)
15
2019
BAL
Brandon Jacobs
(26)
15
2008
NYG
Pete Johnson
(25)
15
1979
CIN
Thomas Jones
(30)
15
2008
NYJ
Mal Kutner
(27)
15
1948
CRD
Louis Lipps
(23)
15
1985
PIT
Curtis Martin
+ (22)
15
1995
NWE
Lydell Mitchell
(26)
15
1975
BAL
Lenny Moore
+ (27)
15
1961
BAL
Joe Morris
(25)
15
1986
NYG
Randy Moss
+ (23)
15
2000
MIN
Jordy Nelson
(26)
15
2011
GNB
Terrell Owens
+ (24)
15
1998
SFO
Terrell Owens
+ (33)
15
2007
DAL
Sonny Randle
(24)
15
1960
STL
Jerry Rice
+ (31)
15
1994
SFO
Ray Rice
(24)
15
2011
BAL
Andre Rison
(26)
15
1993
ATL
Billy Sims
(25)
15
1981
DET
David Sims
(22)
15
1978
SEA
Emmitt Smith
+ (27)
15
1996
DAL
Emmitt Smith
+ (29)
15
1998
DAL
Sherman Smith
(24)
15
1979
SEA
Charley Taylor
+ (24)
15
1966
WAS
Jim Taylor
+ (28)
15
1964
GNB
LaDainian Tomlinson
+ (23)
15
2002
SDG
LenDale White
(23)
15
2008
TEN
Kyren Williams
(23)
15
2023
LAR
Ickey Woods
(22)
15
1988
CIN
190
Davante Adams
(29)
14
2022
LVR
Marcus Allen
+ (22)
14
1982
RAI
Marcus Allen
+ (25)
14
1985
RAI
Lance Alworth
+ (25)
14
1965
SDG
Ottis Anderson
(32)
14
1989
NYG
Doug Baldwin
(26)
14
2015
SEA
Alyn Beals
(27)
14
1948
SFO
Raymond Berry
+ (26)
14
1959
BAL
Emerson Boozer
(29)
14
1972
NYJ
James Brooks
(29)
14
1988
CIN
Antonio Brown
(26)
14
2014
PIT
Bill Brown
(30)
14
1968
MIN
Jim Brown
+ (23)
14
1959
CLE
Larry Brown
(25)
14
1973
WAS
Rick Casares
(25)
14
1956
CHI
Jamaal Charles
(27)
14
2014
KAN
Frank Clarke
(28)
14
1962
DAL
Mark Clayton
(27)
14
1988
MIA
Domanick Williams
(23)
14
2004
HOU
Eric Dickerson
+ (24)
14
1984
RAM
Maurice Jones-Drew
(23)
14
2008
JAX
Eric Ebron
(25)
14
2018
IND
Ezekiel Elliott
(24)
14
2019
DAL
Mike Evans
(28)
14
2021
TAM
Marshall Faulk
+ (22)
14
1995
IND
Chuck Foreman
(25)
14
1976
MIN
Antonio Freeman
(26)
14
1998
GNB
Devonta Freeman
(23)
14
2015
ATL
Eddie George
(28)
14
2002
TEN
Cookie Gilchrist
(28)
14
1963
BUF
Melvin Gordon
(25)
14
2018
LAC
Roy Green
(26)
14
1983
STL
Todd Gurley
(25)
14
2019
LAR
Rodney Hampton
(23)
14
1992
NYG
Franco Harris
+ (26)
14
1976
PIT
Marvin Harrison
+ (28)
14
2000
IND
Travis Henry
(23)
14
2002
BUF
Tyreek Hill
(24)
14
2018
KAN
Kareem Hunt
(23)
14
2018
KAN
Michael Jackson
(27)
14
1996
BAL
Edgerrin James
+ (27)
14
2005
IND
Pete Johnson
(29)
14
1983
CIN
Ron Johnson
(24)
14
1972
NYG
Homer Jones
(26)
14
1967
NYG
James Jones
(28)
14
2012
GNB
Thomas Jones
(31)
14
2009
NYJ
Alvin Kamara
(22)
14
2017
NOR
CeeDee Lamb
(24)
14
2023
DAL
Jamal Lewis
(24)
14
2003
BAL
Marshawn Lynch
(27)
14
2013
SEA
Brandon Marshall
(31)
14
2015
NYJ
Curtis Martin
+ (31)
14
2004
NYJ
Tony Martin
(31)
14
1996
SDG
Don Maynard
+ (30)
14
1965
NYJ
LeSean McCoy
(28)
14
2016
BUF
Willis McGahee
(27)
14
2009
BAL
Anthony Miller
(30)
14
1995
DEN
Wilbert Montgomery
(24)
14
1979
PHI
Herman Moore
(25)
14
1995
DET
Lenny Moore
+ (24)
14
1958
BAL
Jordy Nelson
(31)
14
2016
GNB
Cam Newton
(22)
14
2011
CAR
Terrell Owens
+ (28)
14
2002
SFO
Terrell Owens
+ (30)
14
2004
PHI
Clinton Portis
(22)
14
2003
DEN
Art Powell
(23)
14
1960
NYT
Jerry Rice
+ (28)
14
1991
SFO
John Riggins
+ (35)
14
1984
WAS
Allen Robinson
(22)
14
2015
JAX
Deebo Samuel
(25)
14
2021
SFO
Barry Sanders
+ (21)
14
1989
DET
Barry Sanders
+ (29)
14
1997
DET
Fred Taylor
(24)
14
2000
JAX
Adam Thielen
(30)
14
2020
MIN
Demaryius Thomas
(25)
14
2013
DEN
Steve Van Buren
+ (26)
14
1947
PHI
Herschel Walker
(24)
14
1986
DAL
Curt Warner
(22)
14
1983
SEA
Warren Wells
(26)
14
1969
OAK
Brian Westbrook
(29)
14
2008
PHI
Sammy Winder
(27)
14
1986
DEN
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