NFL all-time rushing TDs: Where Derrick Henry ranks on list and if Ravens star can break the record

It seems similar Derrick Henry has been dodging Father Time for rather a portion now. At property 32 and successful Year 11, he's shown nary signs of slowing down with a two-touchdown archetypal fractional successful the Baltimore Ravens' play opener and different touchdown that came successful the 2nd half.

Along with having a stellar enactment heading into the halftime break, Henry pushed up to 3rd all-time successful the NFL's rushing touchdown charts. Since 2018, the 6-foot-3, 252-pound backmost has tallied double-digit touchdowns; that inclination seems similar it volition proceed for the ninth run successful a row.

Henry is vying to proceed pushing up of immoderate legendary names connected the rushing charts, and there's nary crushed wherefore helium can't basal astatine the pinnacle of the statistic by the clip helium calls it quits.

Here's wherever the Ravens RB ranks all-time successful rushing TDs and erstwhile helium could interruption the record.

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How galore TDs does Derrick Henry have?

As of halftime connected Sunday's play opener for Baltimore, Henry already chalked 2 touchdowns up connected the scoreboard, bringing his all-time full to a whopping 125 endzone visits passim his career. The dual-scoring fractional brought him up to sole possession of the No. 3 spot connected the all-time rankings.

He is the lone progressive NFL subordinate to fertile wrong the apical 10 successful the category.

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NFL all-time rushing leaders

On Sunday, Henry moved to 3rd all-time successful the NFL's rushing touchdowns chart. Here's who joins him successful that apical 10.

(* denotes progressive player)

Emmitt Smith

• Rushing touchdowns: 164
• Seasons: 15
• Teams: Dallas Cowboys (1990-2002), Arizona Cardinals (2003-2004)

The three-time Super Bowl champion and eight-time Pro Bowler stands unsocial with 164 rushing touchdowns passim his illustrious career. No rusher has travel adjacent to Smith conscionable yet, and helium stands astatine slightest 19 endzone visits up of each different moving backmost connected this list. The Hall-of-Famer's champion run came successful 1995, erstwhile helium rushed for 1,773 yards and 25 touchdowns.

LaDainian Tomlinson

• Rushing touchdowns: 145
• Seasons: 11
• Teams: San Diego Chargers (2001-2009), New York Jets (2010-2011)

LaDainian Tomlinson had possibly the astir implicit play arsenic a rusher with 1,815 yards connected the crushed and a single-season grounds of 28 rushing TDs successful 2006. The five-time Pro Bowler played 4 less seasons than Smith, but lone stands 19 touchdowns down the rushing touchdown king. 

Marcus Allen

• Rushing touchdowns: 123
• Seasons: 16
• Teams: Los Angeles Raiders (1982-1992), Kansas City Chiefs (1993-1997)

While Marcus Allen lone finished with a double-digit rushing TD full successful six of his 16 seasons, helium is inactive adjacent the apical of the NFL's all-time charts successful the category. He began his vocation with 11 rushing touchdowns successful his rookie season, and his archetypal six NFL seasons brought 5 Pro Bowls and an MVP award. In 1985, helium enactment up 1,759 rushing yards with 11 touchdowns connected the ground.

Adrian Peterson

• Rushing touchdowns: 120
• Seasons: 15
• Teams: Minnesota Vikings (2007-2016), New Orleans Saints (2017), Arizona Cardinals (2017), Washington Redskins (2018-2019), Detroit Lions (2020), Tennessee Titans (2021), Seattle Seahawks (2021)

The wheels yet came disconnected Adrian Peterson's vocation arsenic things drew to a close, but the archetypal 7 years of his vocation brought fruitful double-digit rushing touchdowns each season. During his MVP-winning season, helium rushed for 2,097 yards and 11 RuTDs. He made 7 Pro Bowls and presently holds the No. 5 spot successful the all-time rushing yards illustration (14,918).

Can Derrick Henry bushed the NFL all-time rushing record?

At the moment, it is precise imaginable that Henry tin yet interruption the all-time rushing touchdowns grounds successful his career.

According to Spotrac, the moving backmost is nether declaration until the 2028 season. He'll go an unrestricted escaped cause aft the 2027 play concludes. After this year's Week 1, if helium plays each crippled successful 2026 and 2027, Henry indispensable mean 1.14 touchdowns per crippled to interruption Emmitt Smith's all-time rushing TDs record.

Unless Henry scores different 40 rushing touchdowns successful the 2026 campaign, which is virtually impossible, his champion accidental to interruption the rushing grounds with his existent declaration concern is adjacent season. At the moment, Baltimore's backmost is 39 end-zone trips distant from tying Smith's grounds and needs 40 to instrumentality the all-time rushing crown.

If helium calls it quits aft the 2027 season, erstwhile his declaration expires, Henry indispensable mean 1.14 touchdowns to spell atop the rushing TD charts (40 touchdowns crossed 35 games). This assumes helium volition play each crippled without injury.