most career receiving touchdowns by running backs including playoffs

Christian McCaffrey has the most career receiving touchdowns by a running back in the regular-season and playoffs, with 41 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
41
121
674
839
5,809
8.6
48.0
8,194
1,789
4.6
67.7
68
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
38
188
819
663
7,394
9.0
39.3
12,881
3,001
4.3
68.5
106
3Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
38
96
187
3,771
20.2
39.3
729
148
4.9
7.6
4
4Johnny (Blood) McNally
J. (Blood) McNally
37
138
69
1,172
17.0
18.3
394
122
3.2
6.2
5
5Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
35
195
602
819
5,317
8.8
27.3
3,850
808
4.8
19.7
27
6John David Crow
J. David Crow
35
125
258
3,699
14.3
29.6
4,963
1,157
4.3
39.7
38
7Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
33
132
475
664
4,274
9.0
32.4
6,926
1,514
4.6
52.5
44
8Keith Byars
K. Byars
33
202
662
6,104
9.2
30.2
3,174
879
3.6
15.7
23
9James Brooks
J. Brooks
33
171
398
3,770
9.5
22.0
8,178
1,743
4.7
47.8
50
10Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
30
123
501
632
4,413
8.8
35.9
4,918
1,127
4.4
40.0
45
11Lenny Moore
L. Moore
30
115
261
4,333
16.6
37.7
4,120
892
4.6
35.8
50
12James White
J. White
28
107
440
601
3,784
8.6
35.4
1,424
355
4.0
13.3
16
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
28
203
548
29
5,130
9.4
25.3
13,516
3,216
4.2
66.6
81
14Larry Garron
L. Garron
28
97
190
2,620
13.8
27.0
3,013
773
3.9
31.1
15
15Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
27
65
146
1,952
13.4
30.0
2,584
645
4.0
39.8
17
16Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
26
133
639
811
5,222
8.2
39.3
7,607
1,767
4.3
57.2
64
17Larry Centers
L. Centers
26
189
782
401
6,356
8.1
33.6
2,051
597
3.4
10.9
14
18Timmy Brown
T. Brown
26
112
235
3,399
14.5
30.3
3,880
894
4.3
34.6
32
19Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
25
84
184
3,010
16.4
35.8
1,069
294
3.6
12.7
5
20Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
24
190
633
6,546
10.3
34.5
2,839
631
4.5
14.9
10
21Bill Brown
B. Brown
24
206
301
3,325
11.0
16.1
5,977
1,691
3.5
29.0
53
22Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
24
96
203
3,314
16.3
34.5
5,140
1,145
4.5
53.5
30
23Joe Morrison
J. Morrison
24
93
232
2,908
12.5
31.3
1,750
467
3.7
18.8
11
24Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
24
87
248
3,423
13.8
39.3
3,663
831
4.4
42.1
30
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
23
238
640
5,941
9.3
25.0
13,590
3,289
4.1
57.1
134
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