most receiving tds between 1970 to 2000

Between the 1970 and 2000 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most receiving touchdowns, with 176 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most receiving tds by a player between 1970 to 2000
NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
176
238
1,281
246
19,247
15.0
80.9
625
84
7.4
2.6
10
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
123
213
1,020
295
12,962
12.7
60.9
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
3Steve Largent
S. Largent
100
200
819
13,089
16.0
65.4
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
4Andre Reed
A. Reed
87
234
951
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
5Tim Brown
T. Brown
86
192
846
278
12,072
14.3
62.9
132
40
3.3
0.7
1
6Andre Rison
A. Rison
84
186
743
115
10,205
13.7
54.9
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
7Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
84
255
851
122
12,785
15.0
50.1
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
8Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
84
158
582
8,974
15.4
56.8
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
9Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
79
182
590
8,985
15.2
49.4
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
10James Lofton
J. Lofton
75
233
764
14,004
18.3
60.1
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
11Nat Moore
N. Moore
74
183
510
7,546
14.8
41.2
249
40
6.2
1.4
1
12Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
72
196
557
10,716
19.2
54.7
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
13Wesley Walker
W. Walker
71
154
438
8,306
19.0
53.9
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
14Art Monk
A. Monk
68
224
940
12,721
13.5
56.8
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
15Cliff Branch
C. Branch
67
183
501
8,685
17.3
47.5
70
11
6.4
0.4
0
16Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
67
192
514
9,256
18.0
48.2
171
31
5.5
0.9
0
17Roy Green
R. Green
66
190
559
8,965
16.0
47.2
140
23
6.1
0.7
1
18Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
65
159
750
19
11,904
15.9
74.9
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
19Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
65
112
595
8,134
13.7
72.6
72
23
3.1
0.6
0
20Gary Clark
G. Clark
65
167
699
10,856
15.5
65.0
54
11
4.9
0.3
0
21Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
65
228
814
13,777
16.9
60.4
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
22Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
65
232
743
12,069
16.2
52.0
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
23Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
63
129
540
136
7,129
13.2
55.3
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
24Anthony Miller
A. Miller
63
155
595
9,148
15.4
59.0
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
25John Stallworth
J. Stallworth
63
165
537
8,723
16.2
52.9
111
9
12.3
0.7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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