Record for most passing touchdowns in a season is 55 by Peyton Manning. Most touchdowns in a game by a running back is six by Alvin Kamara and Gale Sayers.
In 2004, Payton scored 49 touchdowns for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. In 2013, Peyton broke the 2007 single-season record of Tom Brady (50 TD) by throwing 55 passing touchdowns for the Denver Broncos.
Other players with the highest passing touchdowns are Patrick Mahomes, Dan Marino, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Matthew Stafford, etc.
Patrick made 41 passing touchdowns in 2022. However, in 2018, he scored 50 touchdowns with the Kansas City Chiefs, and this is the highest passing touchdown of his career.
The highest single-season passing touchdowns for Dan (1984) and Aaron (2020) is 48. At the same time, Drew (2011) and Matthew (2011) got 46 and 41, respectively.
Most Touchdowns In A Game By A Player
Most touchdowns scored in a game by one player is 6. The score is tied by players Alvin Kamara, Gale Sayers, and Dub Jones.
Alvin Kamara
Alvin Kamara played for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. The Saints drafted him in the third round of 2017.
In 2017, Kamara was named the NFL Rookie of the Year and has been a two-time second-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowler in all five of his NFL seasons.
On the 25th of December 2020, the running back tied for the most total touchdowns in a game with six touchdowns between the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings.
Dub Jones
Dub Jones set the NFL record for touchdowns scored in a single game. On 25 November 1951, Dub Jones played for the team Cleveland Browns, and his opponent was Chicago Bears.
He made 6 touchdowns, including 4 rushing touchdowns and 2 receiving touchdowns. He played six seasons for the Browns, had 344 attempts for 1449 yards, and scored 32 touchdowns.
Gale Sayers
Gale Sayers played against the team San Francisco 49ers on 12 December 1965. He got 6 touchdowns in total, including 4 rushing touchdowns and 2 receiving touchdowns.
Gala spent 7 seasons with the Bears, had 991 carries for 4956 yards, and scored 56 touchdowns. Sayers was selected to play in 4 Pro Bowls, and in 1977, he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame.
Other players scoring 5 touchdowns in a regular-season game are listed below:
- Joe Mixon
- Jonathan Taylor
- Jamaal Charles
- Clinton Portis
- Shaun Alexander
- James Stewart
- Jerry Rice
- Kellen Winslow
- Paul Hornung
- Cookie Gilchrist
- Billy Cannon
- Abner Haynes
- Jim Brown
- Bob Shaw
Most Rushing Touchdown By A Running Back In A Single Game
Most touchdowns in a game by a running back is made by Alvin Kamara. Alvin scored 6 rushing touchdowns on December 25, 2020.
The game was between the Saints and the Minnesota Vikings, where the Saints won by 52-33, per Statemuse.
Alvin Kamara
In 2020, Alvin had 155 rushing yards and 17 receiving yards. His yards per carry is 7, and he averaged 5.7 in 22 attempts.
In a regular season career, Kamara has 1135 attempts for 5135 yards and 72 touchdowns.
James Stewart
The new expansion Jacksonville Jaguars selected James with the 19th pick of the first round in the 1995 NFL Draft.
He spent 8 seasons (1995 to 2003) for the Jaguars and Detroit Lions. A running back played for the team Jaguars; his opponent was Philadelphia Eagles on 10 December 1997.
James scored 5 rushing touchdowns and 102 rushing yards. His yards per carry is 6.8, and he averages 3.5 in 15 carries.
Clinton Portis
In the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft, Broncos drafted Clinton with the 51st overall pick.
A running back played 9 seasons for the Redskins and Broncos and had 2,230 carries for 9,923 yards, and scored 80 touchdowns.
On 12 July 2003, the game was held between Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. Clinton played for the Broncos team and got 5 rushing touchdowns.
Portis got 218 rushing yards and 36 receiving yards. He had 9.9 yards per carry and had an average of 18 in 22 attempts.
Cookie Gilchrist and Jim Brown are other running backs scoring 5 rushing touchdowns.
Following is the list that shows the players who scored 4 rushing touchdowns:
- Joe Mixon – 2022
- Jonathan Taylor – 2021
- Kenyan Drake – 2019
- Aaron Jones – 2019
- Derrick Henry – 2018
- Jonas Gray – 2014
- Marshawn Lynch – 2014
- Doug Martin – 2012
- DeAngelo Williams – 2008
- DeAngelo Williams – 2008
How Many NFL Games Without Touchdowns?
No touchdown NFL games include 8 games since 2022. New York Jets and Miami Dolphins recently had 0 touchdowns on January 2023.
Atlanta Falcons, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos, etc., are teams with no touchdowns based on Statemuse report.
On 1st January 2023, New York Jets played with Seattle Seahawks, and Seahawks defeated the Jets 6-23. Similarly, on 8 January 2023, the Jets played with the Dolphins at the Hard Rock Stadium.
The Dolphins have beaten Jets 6-11 in the final game of the regular season. Jacksonville Jaguars defeated Houston Texas 3-31 in 2023 while on December 2022, Indianapolis was defeated by Los Angeles 3-20.
The following is the list of NFL games with no touchdown in 2022:
- Atlanta Falcons Vs. Baltimore Ravens
- New York Jets Vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Baltimore Ravens Vs. Cleveland Browns
- Denver Broncos Vs. Baltimore Ravens
- New Orleans Saints Vs. San Francisco 49ers
Football Interception Leading To A Touchdown
Football interception touchdown record is made by Rod Woodson in an NFL career with 12. He also set the record for most total defensive touchdown returns with 3.
Woodson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1987 NFL Draft and spent his first ten years there. He was a key Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV championship team member.
Rod played with Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Oakland for 16 seasons. He was an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
The other player, Darren Sharper, played from 1987 to 2003. In his career, he made 11 NFL interception returns for a touchdown. Similarly, the NFL interception return for a touchdown of Charles Woodson up to 2010 is 11.
Following is the list of the NFL interception returns for touchdown career leaders:
- Aqib Talib – 10 TD
- Ken Houston – 9 TD
- Deion Sanders – 9 TD
- Aeneas Williams – 9 TD
- Eric Allen – 8 TD