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
RkPlayerTDAvg
1.Chris Johnson1331.6
2.Adrian Peterson2223.2
3.Jamaal Charles2620.8
4.Doug Martin1420.6
5.Reggie Bush1219.4
6.Chris Ivory1116.2
7.LeSean McCoy1614.6
8.Giovani Bernard1014.5
9.Lamar Miller1113.7
10.LeGarrette Blount1412.4
11.Ryan Mathews1011.5
12.Marshawn Lynch3610.9
13.Alfred Morris2810.3
14.Rashad Jennings129.9
15.Matt Forte209.4
16.Knile Davis109.0
17.Frank Gore219.0
18.LeVeon Bell167.3
19.Trent Richardson176.9
20.Mark Ingram156.9
21.Ben Tate106.7
22.Ray Rice136.2
23.Knowshon Moreno155.8
24.Arian Foster245.7
25.Eddie Lacy205.6
26.DeMarco Murray265.0
27.Michael Turner105.0
28.Fred Jackson144.7
29.Steven Jackson164.6
30.Joique Bell184.5
31.Ahmad Bradshaw104.5
32.Shonn Greene144.2
33.Stevan Ridley214.0
34.Andre Brown113.3
35.Matt Asiata122.8
36.BenJarvus Green-Ellis132.3
37.Daniel Thomas102.3
38.Mike Tolbert121.5

—Ian Allan