most career receptions before first touchdown

Brandon Marshall made 21 receptions versus the Colts on December 13, 2009.

Interpreted as:
most career receptions before first receiving touchdown in a game by a player
NAMERECREC TDDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
21
2
12/13/2009
@
28
200
9.5
0
0
0
2Terrell Owens
T. Owens
20
1
12/17/2000
vs
22
283
14.2
5
1
5.0
0
3Tom Fears
T. Fears
18
2
12/3/1950
vs
189
10.5
4Brandon Marshall
B. Marshall
18
1
9/14/2008
vs
20
166
9.2
0
0
0
5Jason Witten
J. Witten
18
0
10/28/2012
vs
23
167
9.3
0
0
0
6Keenan Allen
K. Allen
18
0
9/24/2023
@
20
215
11.9
0
0
0
7Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
17
0
9/21/1980
vs
160
9.4
20
5
4.0
0
8Antonio Brown
A. Brown
17
0
11/8/2015
vs
23
284
16.7
22
2
11.0
0
9Sonny Randle
S. Randle
16
1
11/4/1962
@
256
16.0
0
0
0
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
16
3
11/20/1994
vs
165
10.3
3
1
3.0
0
11Keenan McCardell
K. McCardell
16
0
10/20/1996
@
232
14.5
0
0
0
12Troy Brown
T. Brown
16
1
9/22/2002
vs
21
176
11.0
0
0
0
13Wes Welker
W. Welker
16
2
9/25/2011
@
20
217
13.6
19
1
19.0
0
14Antonio Brown
A. Brown
16
2
12/20/2015
vs
18
189
11.8
0
0
0
15Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
16
1
9/9/2018
vs
17
180
11.3
0
0
0
16Keenan Allen
K. Allen
16
1
11/22/2020
vs
19
145
9.1
0
0
0
17Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
16
1
10/16/2025
vs
23
161
10.1
0
0
0
18Rickey Young
R. Young
15
1
12/16/1979
@
116
7.7
80
16
5.0
0
19William Andrews
W. Andrews
15
0
11/15/1981
vs
124
8.3
36
12
3.0
0
20Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
15
0
10/7/1984
@
157
10.5
0
0
0
21Steve Largent
S. Largent
15
3
10/18/1987
@
261
17.4
0
0
0
22Flipper Anderson
F. Anderson
15
1
11/26/1989
@
336
22.4
0
0
0
23Andre Reed
A. Reed
15
2
11/20/1994
vs
191
12.7
4
1
4.0
0
24Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15
1
12/24/1995
vs
210
14.0
12
1
12.0
0
25Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
15
3
9/10/2000
@
21
291
19.4
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving touchdowns and receptions going back to the 1960 season.

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