most receiving touchdown leaders in single season 1997 to 2000

Between the 1997 and 2000 seasons, Randy Moss had the most receiving touchdowns in a season, with 17 touchdowns in his rookie season in 1998.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
1998
16
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
15
2000
16
77
128
1,437
18.7
89.8
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
3Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
14
2000
16
102
169
1,413
13.9
88.3
0
0
0.0
0
4Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
14
1998
15
84
1,424
17.0
94.9
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
5Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14
1998
16
67
1,097
16.4
68.6
53
4
13.3
3.3
1
6Terrell Owens
T. Owens
13
2000
14
97
146
1,451
15.0
103.6
11
3
3.7
0.8
0
7Cris Carter
C. Carter
13
1999
16
90
136
1,241
13.8
77.6
0
0
0.0
0
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
13
1997
16
89
1,069
12.0
66.8
0
0
0.0
0
9Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
12
1999
16
77
120
1,165
15.1
72.8
32
5
6.4
2.0
0
10Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
12
1999
16
115
193
1,663
14.5
103.9
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
11Patrick Jeffers
P. Jeffers
12
1999
15
63
101
1,082
17.2
72.1
16
2
8.0
1.1
0
12Wesley Walls
W. Walls
12
1999
16
63
108
822
13.0
51.4
0
0
0.0
0
13Cris Carter
C. Carter
12
1998
16
78
1,011
13.0
63.2
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
14Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
12
1997
16
81
1,243
15.3
77.7
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
15Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
12
1997
15
72
1,049
14.6
69.9
72
9
8.0
4.8
0
16James Jett
J. Jett
12
1997
16
46
804
17.5
50.3
0
0
0.0
0
17Rod Smith
R. Smith
12
1997
16
70
1,180
16.9
73.8
16
5
3.2
1.0
0
18Tim Brown
T. Brown
11
2000
16
76
133
1,128
14.8
70.5
12
3
4.0
0.8
0
19Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11
1999
15
76
108
849
11.2
56.6
0
0
0.0
0
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
11
1999
16
80
137
1,413
17.7
88.3
43
4
10.8
2.7
0
21Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
11
1998
16
64
1,136
17.8
71.0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
22Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
10
2000
16
78
144
1,391
17.8
86.9
45
3
15.0
2.8
0
23Derrick Mayes
D. Mayes
10
1999
16
62
103
829
13.4
51.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
10
1998
16
65
1,047
16.1
65.4
26
9
2.9
1.6
0
25Keyshawn Johnson
K. Johnson
10
1998
16
83
1,131
13.6
70.7
60
2
30.0
3.8
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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