It’s been quite a season for Christian McCaffrey. He’s bagged 25 touchdowns, and he’s not done yet.
McCaffrey scored 21 touchdowns in the regular season despite sitting out a meaningless Week 18 game against the Rams. He’s scored 2 TDs in each of San Francisco’s playoff games.
In NFL history, only seven players have scored even more touchdowns in a season (including both regular season and playoff games). Only two of those players ended up on the winning side in the Super Bowl game (Terrell Davis, who scored 26 touchdowns in 1998, and Emmitt Smith, who scored 31 in 1995).
Three other players have reached 30-plus touchdowns, but without winning Super Bowls. LaDainian Tomlinson (33 touchdowns) didn't even make it to the conference championship, while both John Riggins and Shaun Alexander scored 30 touchdowns but lost in the Super Bowl game.
PLAYERS WITH 20-PLUS TOUCHDOWNS | ||||
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Season | Player | Team | G | TD |
2006 | LaDainian Tomlinson | San Diego | 17 | 33 |
1995 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas | 19 | 31 |
1983 | John Riggins | Washington | 18 | 30 |
2005 | Shaun Alexander | Seattle | 19 | 30 |
2003 | Priest Holmes | Kansas City | 17 | 29 |
2000 | Marshall Faulk | St. Louis | 15 | 27 |
1998 | Terrell Davis | Denver | 19 | 26 |
1994 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas | 17 | 25 |
2023 | Christian McCaffrey | San Francisco | 18 | 25 |
2002 | Priest Holmes | Kansas City | 14 | 24 |
2001 | Marshall Faulk | St. Louis | 17 | 24 |
2007 | Randy Moss | New England | 19 | 24 |
1987 | Jerry Rice | San Francisco | 13 | 23 |
1975 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo | 14 | 23 |
1975 | Chuck Foreman | Minnesota | 15 | 23 |
2018 | Todd Gurley | LA Rams | 17 | 23 |
2019 | Aaron Jones | Green Bay | 18 | 23 |
1992 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas | 19 | 23 |
1997 | Terrell Davis | Denver | 19 | 23 |
1965 | Gale Sayers | Chicago | 14 | 22 |
1968 | Leroy Kelly | Cleveland | 16 | 22 |
2020 | Alvin Kamara | New Orleans | 17 | 22 |
2003 | Ahman Green | Green Bay | 18 | 22 |
1989 | Jerry Rice | San Francisco | 19 | 22 |
1996 | Curtis Martin | New England | 19 | 22 |
2021 | Cooper Kupp | LA Rams | 21 | 22 |
1962 | Abner Haynes | Dall. Texans | 15 | 21 |
1965 | Jim Brown | Cleveland | 15 | 21 |
1996 | Terry Allen | Washington | 16 | 21 |
2005 | Larry Johnson | Kansas City | 16 | 21 |
2023 | Raheem Mostert | Miami | 16 | 21 |
1985 | Joe Morris | NY Giants | 18 | 21 |
2009 | Adrian Peterson | Minnesota | 18 | 21 |
2011 | Rob Gronkowski | New England | 19 | 21 |
1947 | Spec Sanders | NY Yankees | 15 | 20 |
1962 | Jim Taylor | Green Bay | 15 | 20 |
1964 | Lenny Moore | Baltimore | 15 | 20 |
2011 | LeSean McCoy | Philadelphia | 15 | 20 |
2005 | LaDainian Tomlinson | San Diego | 16 | 20 |
2016 | David Johnson | Arizona | 16 | 20 |
2020 | Davante Adams | Green Bay | 16 | 20 |
2021 | Austin Ekeler | LA Chargers | 16 | 20 |
1981 | Chuck Muncie | San Diego | 17 | 20 |
2004 | Shaun Alexander | Seattle | 17 | 20 |
2008 | DeAngelo Williams | Carolina | 17 | 20 |
2021 | Jonathan Taylor | Indianapolis | 17 | 20 |
1979 | Earl Campbell | Houston | 18 | 20 |
1983 | Eric Dickerson | LA Rams | 18 | 20 |
1984 | Mark Clayton | Miami | 18 | 20 |
2012 | Arian Foster | Houston | 18 | 20 |
2019 | Derrick Henry | Tennessee | 18 | 20 |
2022 | Austin Ekeler | LA Chargers | 18 | 20 |
Statistics compiled using search tools at Pro-Football-Reference.com
—Ian Allan