most career receiving touchdowns before turning 26 since 1970

Since 1970, Jerry Rice has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a player 26 or older, with 153 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career receiving touchdowns by a player before turning 26 years old since 1970
NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
153
253
1,324
709
18,731
14.1
74.0
409
56
7.3
1.6
6
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
124
161
869
1,531
12,747
14.7
79.2
198
35
5.7
1.2
2
3Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
114
158
965
1,431
12,878
13.3
81.5
20
5
4.0
0.1
0
4Cris Carter
C. Carter
103
164
922
442
11,244
12.2
68.6
18
8
2.3
0.1
0
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
96
138
568
1,014
8,549
15.1
61.9
18
8
2.3
0.1
0
6Antonio Gates
A. Gates
91
191
761
1,162
9,387
12.3
49.1
0
0
0.0
0
7Tim Brown
T. Brown
87
206
996
670
13,382
13.4
65.0
124
31
4.0
0.6
0
8Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
81
191
991
1,486
11,169
11.3
58.5
5
1
5.0
0.0
0
9Davante Adams
D. Adams
78
104
669
1,055
8,436
12.6
81.1
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
10Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
75
171
992
1,393
11,847
11.9
69.3
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
11Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
75
187
1,006
1,623
11,517
11.4
61.6
13
4
3.3
0.1
0
12Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
71
172
873
1,478
12,535
14.4
72.9
306
41
7.5
1.8
2
13Hines Ward
H. Ward
70
153
782
1,195
9,524
12.2
62.2
281
40
7.0
1.8
1
14Mike Evans
M. Evans
68
99
471
776
6,949
14.8
70.2
10
1
10.0
0.1
0
15Antonio Brown
A. Brown
68
92
667
991
8,730
13.1
94.9
59
14
4.2
0.6
0
16Rod Smith
R. Smith
67
167
843
1,100
11,237
13.3
67.3
348
44
7.9
2.1
1
17Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
67
171
862
1,012
12,287
14.3
71.9
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
18Steve Largent
S. Largent
67
138
581
9,116
15.7
66.1
97
13
7.5
0.7
1
19Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
66
106
513
775
7,319
14.3
69.0
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
20Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
65
157
538
845
6,317
11.7
40.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
21Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
65
158
793
1,262
10,082
12.7
63.8
141
24
5.9
0.9
1
22Reggie Wayne
R. Wayne
64
157
885
1,420
11,810
13.3
75.2
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
23Nat Moore
N. Moore
64
146
396
5,580
14.1
38.2
128
25
5.1
0.9
1
24Cliff Branch
C. Branch
64
156
479
8,354
17.4
53.6
65
10
6.5
0.4
0
25Adam Thielen
A. Thielen
63
146
684
979
8,216
12.0
56.3
89
18
4.9
0.6
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