most receiving touchdowns before 2000

Before 2000, Jerry Rice had the most receiving touchdowns, with 169 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most receiving touchdowns by a player before 2000
NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
169
222
1,206
124
18,442
15.3
83.1
627
83
7.6
2.8
10
2Cris Carter
C. Carter
114
197
924
136
11,688
12.6
59.3
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
4Don Hutson
D. Hutson
99
116
488
7,991
16.4
68.9
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
5Don Maynard
D. Maynard
88
186
633
11,834
18.7
63.6
70
24
2.9
0.4
0
6Andre Reed
A. Reed
86
221
941
93
13,095
13.9
59.3
500
75
6.7
2.3
1
7Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
85
157
427
8,565
20.1
54.6
204
22
9.3
1.3
0
8Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
85
136
542
10,266
18.9
75.5
129
24
5.4
0.9
2
9Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
84
158
582
8,974
15.4
56.8
108
14
7.7
0.7
0
10Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
84
152
495
8,410
17.0
55.3
22
17
1.3
0.1
0
11Art Powell
A. Powell
81
117
479
8,046
16.8
68.8
0
0
0.0
0
12Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
79
241
810
46
12,237
15.1
50.8
226
42
5.4
0.9
1
13Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
79
182
590
8,985
15.2
49.4
64
9
7.1
0.4
0
14Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
79
165
649
9,110
14.0
55.2
1,488
442
3.4
9.0
11
15Andre Rison
A. Rison
78
170
702
45
9,599
13.7
56.5
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
16Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
76
208
579
10,372
17.9
49.9
181
33
5.5
0.9
0
17Fred Biletnikoff
F. Biletnikoff
76
190
589
8,974
15.2
47.2
0
0
0.0
0
18Tim Brown
T. Brown
75
176
770
145
10,944
14.2
62.2
120
37
3.2
0.7
1
19James Lofton
J. Lofton
75
233
764
14,004
18.3
60.1
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
20Nat Moore
N. Moore
74
183
510
7,546
14.8
41.2
249
40
6.2
1.4
1
21Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
72
196
557
10,716
19.2
54.7
127
21
6.0
0.6
0
22Wesley Walker
W. Walker
71
154
438
8,306
19.0
53.9
35
6
5.8
0.2
0
23Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
71
132
371
7,414
20.0
56.2
68
24
2.8
0.5
2
24Gary Collins
G. Collins
70
127
331
5,299
16.0
41.7
60
4
15.0
0.5
0
25Art Monk
A. Monk
68
224
940
12,721
13.5
56.8
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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