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Year-by-Year Rushing & Receiving Touchdowns Leaders
For some seasons (1960-1969 & 1947-1950) leaders for both leagues are shown.
| Year | Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active | RRTD | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Maurice Jones-Drew (23) | 11 | JAX |
| LenDale White (24) | 11 | TEN | |
| Brandon Jacobs (26) | 11 | NYG | |
| 2007 | Randy Moss (30) | 23 | NWE |
| 2006 | LaDainian Tomlinson (27) | 31 | SDG |
| 2005 | Shaun Alexander (28) | 28 | SEA |
| 2004 | Shaun Alexander (27) | 20 | SEA |
| 2003 | Priest Holmes (30) | 27 | KAN |
| 2002 | Priest Holmes (29) | 24 | KAN |
| 2001 | Marshall Faulk (28) | 21 | STL |
| 2000 | Marshall Faulk (27) | 26 | STL |
| 1999 | Edgerrin James (21) | 17 | IND |
| Stephen Davis (25) | 17 | WAS | |
| 1998 | Terrell Davis (26) | 23 | DEN |
| 1997 | Karim Abdul-Jabbar (23) | 16 | MIA |
| 1996 | Terry Allen (28) | 21 | WAS |
| 1995 | Emmitt Smith (26) | 25 | DAL |
| 1994 | Emmitt Smith (25) | 22 | DAL |
| 1993 | Jerry Rice (31) | 16 | SFO |
| 1992 | Emmitt Smith (23) | 19 | DAL |
| 1991 | Barry Sanders+ (23) | 17 | DET |
| 1990 | Barry Sanders+ (22) | 16 | DET |
| 1989 | Dalton Hilliard (25) | 18 | NOR |
| 1988 | Greg Bell (26) | 18 | RAM |
| 1987 | Jerry Rice (25) | 23 | SFO |
| 1986 | George Rogers (28) | 18 | WAS |
| 1985 | Joe Morris (25) | 21 | NYG |
| 1984 | Marcus Allen+ (24) | 18 | RAI |
| Mark Clayton (23) | 18 | MIA | |
| 1983 | John Riggins+ (34) | 24 | WAS |
| 1982 | Marcus Allen+ (22) | 14 | RAI |
| 1981 | Chuck Muncie (28) | 19 | SDG |
| 1980 | Billy Sims (25) | 16 | DET |
| 1979 | Earl Campbell+ (24) | 19 | HOU |
| 1978 | David Sims (23) | 15 | SEA |
| 1977 | Walter Payton+ (23) | 16 | CHI |
| 1976 | Franco Harris+ (26) | 14 | PIT |
| Chuck Foreman (26) | 14 | MIN | |
| 1975 | O.J. Simpson+ (28) | 23 | BUF |
| 1974 | Chuck Foreman (24) | 15 | MIN |
| 1973 | Larry Brown (26) | 14 | WAS |
| 1972 | Ron A. Johnson (25) | 14 | NYG |
| Emerson Boozer (29) | 14 | NYJ | |
| 1971 | Duane Thomas (24) | 13 | DAL |
| 1970 | MacArthur Lane (28) | 13 | STL |
| Dick Gordon (26) | 13 | CHI | |
| 1969 | Warren Wells (27) | 14 | OAK |
| Tom Matte (30) | 13 | BAL | |
| 1968 | Leroy Kelly+ (26) | 20 | CLE |
| Warren Wells (26) | 12 | OAK | |
| 1967 | Homer Jones (26) | 14 | NYG |
| Emerson Boozer (24) | 13 | NYJ | |
| 1966 | Dan Reeves (22) | 16 | DAL |
| Leroy Kelly+ (24) | 16 | CLE | |
| Lance Alworth+ (26) | 13 | SDG | |
| 1965 | Jim Brown+ (29) | 21 | CLE |
| Lance Alworth+ (25) | 14 | SDG | |
| Don Maynard+ (30) | 14 | NYJ | |
| 1964 | Lenny Moore+ (31) | 19 | BAL |
| Lance Alworth+ (24) | 15 | SDG | |
| 1963 | Art Powell (26) | 16 | OAK |
| Jim Brown+ (27) | 15 | CLE | |
| 1962 | Abner Haynes (25) | 19 | DTX |
| Jim Taylor+ (27) | 19 | GNB | |
| 1961 | Bill Groman (25) | 18 | HOU |
| Jim Taylor+ (26) | 16 | GNB | |
| 1960 | Paul Hornung+ (25) | 15 | GNB |
| Sonny Randle (24) | 15 | STL | |
| Art Powell (23) | 14 | NYT | |
| 1959 | Raymond Berry+ (26) | 14 | BAL |
| Jim Brown+ (23) | 14 | CLE | |
| 1958 | Jim Brown+ (22) | 18 | CLE |
| 1957 | Lenny Moore+ (24) | 10 | BAL |
| Jim Brown+ (21) | 10 | CLE | |
| 1956 | Rick Casares (25) | 14 | CHI |
| 1955 | Harlon Hill (23) | 9 | CHI |
| Alan Ameche (22) | 9 | BAL | |
| 1954 | Harlon Hill (22) | 12 | CHI |
| 1953 | Joe Perry+ (26) | 13 | SFO |
| 1952 | Cloyce Box (29) | 15 | DET |
| 1951 | Elroy Hirsch+ (28) | 17 | RAM |
| 1950 | Bob Shaw (29) | 12 | CRD |
| 1949 | Gene Roberts (26) | 17 | NYG |
| Alyn Beals (28) | 12 | SFO | |
| 1948 | Chet Mutryn (27) | 15 | BUF |
| Mal Kutner (27) | 15 | CRD | |
| 1947 | Spec Sanders (29) | 18 | NYY |
| Ken Kavanaugh (31) | 13 | CHI | |
| Steve Van Buren+ (27) | 13 | PHI | |
| 1946 | Alyn Beals (25) | 10 | SFO |
| Ted Fritsch (26) | 10 | GNB | |
| 1945 | Steve Van Buren+ (25) | 17 | PHI |
| 1944 | Bill Paschal (23) | 9 | NYG |
| Don Hutson+ (31) | 9 | GNB | |
| 1943 | Bill Paschal (22) | 12 | NYG |
| 1942 | Don Hutson+ (29) | 17 | GNB |
| 1941 | Don Hutson+ (28) | 12 | GNB |
| 1940 | Johnny Drake (24) | 9 | RAM |
| 1939 | Andy Farkas (23) | 10 | WAS |
| 1938 | Don Hutson+ (25) | 9 | GNB |
| 1937 | Clarke Hinkle+ (28) | 7 | GNB |
| Don Hutson+ (24) | 7 | GNB | |
| 1936 | Don Hutson+ (23) | 8 | GNB |
| 1935 | Don Hutson+ (22) | 6 | GNB |
| Ernie Caddel (24) | 6 | DET | |
| Dutch Clark+ (29) | 6 | DET | |
| Bill Karr (24) | 6 | CHI | |
| 1934 | Beattie Feathers (26) | 9 | CHI |
| 1933 | Kink Richards (23) | 7 | NYG |
| 1932 | Red Grange+ (29) | 7 | CHI |