It’s not easy busting loose for long rushing touchdowns. Most rushing scores come from 1-3 yards of the end zone, it’s rare that you regularly see running backs scoring from long range. But some backs are better than others at scoring touchdowns from longer range.
It’s not easy busting loose for long rushing touchdowns. Most rushing scores come from 1-3 yards of the end zone, it’s rare that you regularly see running backs scoring from long range. But some backs are better than others at scoring touchdowns from longer range.
Here is the sister chart to what I put up a few days ago (where I listed average length of receiving touchdowns for wide receivers). This one lists the 38 running backs with at least 10 rushing touchdowns in the last three years, and the average distance of those touchdowns.
The three guys are the top are ones that everyone is familiar with: Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles. Johnson is a free agent right now, and Peterson might be (the Vikings say they want him back, but we’ll see).
On the chart below, it includes only rushing touchdowns, and it’s just for scores in the 2012-2014 seasons.
AVERAGE DISTANCE OF RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS | |||
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Rk | Player | TD | Avg |
1. | Chris Johnson | 13 | 31.6 |
2. | Adrian Peterson | 22 | 23.2 |
3. | Jamaal Charles | 26 | 20.8 |
4. | Doug Martin | 14 | 20.6 |
5. | Reggie Bush | 12 | 19.4 |
6. | Chris Ivory | 11 | 16.2 |
7. | LeSean McCoy | 16 | 14.6 |
8. | Giovani Bernard | 10 | 14.5 |
9. | Lamar Miller | 11 | 13.7 |
10. | LeGarrette Blount | 14 | 12.4 |
11. | Ryan Mathews | 10 | 11.5 |
12. | Marshawn Lynch | 36 | 10.9 |
13. | Alfred Morris | 28 | 10.3 |
14. | Rashad Jennings | 12 | 9.9 |
15. | Matt Forte | 20 | 9.4 |
16. | Knile Davis | 10 | 9.0 |
17. | Frank Gore | 21 | 9.0 |
18. | LeVeon Bell | 16 | 7.3 |
19. | Trent Richardson | 17 | 6.9 |
20. | Mark Ingram | 15 | 6.9 |
21. | Ben Tate | 10 | 6.7 |
22. | Ray Rice | 13 | 6.2 |
23. | Knowshon Moreno | 15 | 5.8 |
24. | Arian Foster | 24 | 5.7 |
25. | Eddie Lacy | 20 | 5.6 |
26. | DeMarco Murray | 26 | 5.0 |
27. | Michael Turner | 10 | 5.0 |
28. | Fred Jackson | 14 | 4.7 |
29. | Steven Jackson | 16 | 4.6 |
30. | Joique Bell | 18 | 4.5 |
31. | Ahmad Bradshaw | 10 | 4.5 |
32. | Shonn Greene | 14 | 4.2 |
33. | Stevan Ridley | 21 | 4.0 |
34. | Andre Brown | 11 | 3.3 |
35. | Matt Asiata | 12 | 2.8 |
36. | BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 13 | 2.3 |
37. | Daniel Thomas | 10 | 2.3 |
38. | Mike Tolbert | 12 | 1.5 |
—Ian Allan