Top 20 - Touchdowns

1 Jerry Rice* 208  

Career Notes:
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson led the NFL in TDs as he scored a career-high 18 touchdowns. Meanwhile, LaDainian Tomlinson added 12 touchdowns to his career total to jump past Terrell Owens and Marcus Allen* into third place. The only players to score more TDs than Tomlinson are Class of 2010 enshrinees Jerry Rice* and Emmitt Smith*.

Season at a glance:
2009 LEADER: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings (18 TDs, all rushing)

SINGLE-SEASON NFL RECORD: LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers (31 TDs - 28 rushing, 3 receiving - in 2006)

* Pro Football Hall of Fame member
Italics - players active during 2009 season
Top 20 lists courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau

Return to Top 20 at the Start of 2010>>>

2 Emmitt Smith* 175
3 LaDainian Tomlinson 153
4 Randy Moss 149
5 Terrell Owens 147
6 Marcus Allen* 145
7 Marshall Faulk 136
8 Cris Carter 131
9 Marvin Harrison 128
10 Jim Brown* 126
11 Walter Payton* 125
12 John Riggins* 116
13 Lenny Moore* 113
14 Shaun Alexander 112
15 Barry Sanders* 109
16T Tim Brown 105
16T Don Hutson* 105
18 Steve Largent* 101
19T Franco Harris* 100
19T Curtis Martin 100

 


Recent Comments
  • mike - March 26 2010 07:45 PM

    i dont understand why chris carter of the vikings isnt in the hall of fame he ranks 3rd in recs and 8 in td and yards lot of less productive wide recievers are in plus carter was a leader and dont forget helped the career of one of the best modern recievers in the game randy moss i think he is getting gipped and i was not a big fan of his but come on stats dont lie

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