most receiving touchdowns by a db season

Dick James has the most receiving touchdowns by a defensive back in a season, with 5 touchdowns in 1962.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Dick James
D. James
5
1962
WAS WAS
14
19
373
19.6
26.6
13
9
1.4
0.9
0
2Roy Green
R. Green
4
1981
STL STL
16
33
708
21.5
44.3
60
3
20.0
3.8
1
3Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
4
1953
NYG NYG
12
18
292
16.2
24.3
157
50
3.1
13.1
2
4Billy Stone
B. Stone
4
1950
BAL BAL
8
12
324
27.0
40.5
113
14
8.1
14.1
1
5Don Paul
D. Paul
3
1951
CHC CHC
12
23
398
17.3
33.2
247
37
6.7
20.6
3
6Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
3
1949
WAS WAS
12
19
293
15.4
24.4
64
20
3.2
5.3
0
7Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2007
CHI CHI
16
20
39
299
15.0
18.7
-10
7
-1.4
-0.6
0
8Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
2
1968
BAL BAL
14
2
70
35.0
5.0
78
19
4.1
5.6
0
9Don Paul
D. Paul
2
1953
CHC CHC
12
16
167
10.4
13.9
114
16
7.1
9.5
0
10Bert Rechichar
B. Rechichar
2
1953
BAL BAL
11
3
151
50.3
13.7
0
0
0.0
0
11Jack Butler
J. Butler
2
1952
PIT PIT
12
3
37
12.3
3.1
0
0
0.0
0
12Jug Girard
J. Girard
2
1951
GB GB
12
10
220
22.0
18.3
20
4
5.0
1.7
0
13George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
2
1951
NYY NYY
12
16
230
14.4
19.2
330
62
5.3
27.5
3
14Bobby Gage
B. Gage
2
1950
PIT PIT
10
6
127
21.2
12.7
106
39
2.7
10.6
3
15Howie Livingston
H. Livingston
2
1950
TOT
11
5
156
31.2
14.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
16Bob Forte
B. Forte
2
1947
GB GB
12
7
80
11.4
6.7
80
29
2.8
6.7
0
17Bo Melton
B. Melton
1
2025
GB GB
13
3
9
73
24.3
5.6
35
5
7.0
2.7
0
18Marcus Jones
M. Jones
1
2022
NE NE
15
4
4
78
19.5
5.2
0
0
0.0
0
19Dane Cruikshank
D. Cruikshank
1
2018
TEN TEN
12
1
1
66
66.0
5.5
0
0
0.0
0
20Chris Hope
C. Hope
1
2003
PIT PIT
16
1
1
81
81.0
5.1
0
0
0.0
0
21Brian Dawkins
B. Dawkins
1
2002
PHI PHI
16
1
1
57
57.0
3.6
0
0
0.0
0
22Marcus Coleman
M. Coleman
1
2000
NYJ NYJ
16
1
2
45
45.0
2.8
0
0
0.0
0
23Dale Carter
D. Carter
1
1996
KC KC
14
6
89
14.8
6.4
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
24Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
1996
DAL DAL
16
36
475
13.2
29.7
2
3
0.7
0.1
0
25Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
1993
ATL ATL
11
6
106
17.7
9.6
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

26.8

26th

RUSH YDS/G

137.1

4th

PASS YDS/G

204.4

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
4
10
0
.286
Giants Giants
2
12
0
.143
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

4 - 10

29

Final

21

NYG Giants

2 - 12

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
SEA SEA
@
PIT PIT
31-17
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM