most receiving touchdowns by a db season

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

NAME REC TD SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Dick James
D. James
5
1962
WAS WAS
14
19
373
19.6
26.6
13
9
1.4
0.9
0
2 Roy Green
R. Green
4
1981
STL STL
16
33
708
21.5
44.3
60
3
20.0
3.8
1
3 Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
4
1953
NYG NYG
12
18
292
16.2
24.3
157
50
3.1
13.1
2
4 Billy Stone
B. Stone
4
1950
BAL BAL
8
12
324
27.0
40.5
113
14
8.1
14.1
1
5 Don Paul
D. Paul
3
1951
CHC CHC
12
23
398
17.3
33.2
247
37
6.7
20.6
3
6 Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
3
1949
WAS WAS
12
19
293
15.4
24.4
64
20
3.2
5.3
0
7 Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2007
CHI CHI
16
20
39
299
15.0
18.7
-10
7
-1.4
-0.6
0
8 Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
2
1968
BAL BAL
14
2
70
35.0
5.0
78
19
4.1
5.6
0
9 Don Paul
D. Paul
2
1953
CHC CHC
12
16
167
10.4
13.9
114
16
7.1
9.5
0
10 Bert Rechichar
B. Rechichar
2
1953
BAL BAL
11
3
151
50.3
13.7
0
0
0.0
0
11 Jack Butler
J. Butler
2
1952
PIT PIT
12
3
37
12.3
3.1
0
0
0.0
0
12 Jug Girard
J. Girard
2
1951
GB GB
12
10
220
22.0
18.3
20
4
5.0
1.7
0
13 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
2
1951
NYY NYY
12
16
230
14.4
19.2
330
62
5.3
27.5
3
14 Bobby Gage
B. Gage
2
1950
PIT PIT
10
6
127
21.2
12.7
106
39
2.7
10.6
3
15 Howie Livingston
H. Livingston
2
1950
TOT
11
5
156
31.2
14.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
16 Bob Forte
B. Forte
2
1947
GB GB
12
7
80
11.4
6.7
80
29
2.8
6.7
0
17 Marcus Jones
M. Jones
1
2022
NE NE
15
4
4
78
19.5
5.2
0
0
0.0
0
18 Dane Cruikshank
D. Cruikshank
1
2018
TEN TEN
12
1
1
66
66.0
5.5
0
0
0.0
0
19 Chris Hope
C. Hope
1
2003
PIT PIT
16
1
1
81
81.0
5.1
0
0
0.0
0
20 Brian Dawkins
B. Dawkins
1
2002
PHI PHI
16
1
1
57
57.0
3.6
0
0
0.0
0
21 Marcus Coleman
M. Coleman
1
2000
NYJ NYJ
16
1
2
45
45.0
2.8
0
0
0.0
0
22 Dale Carter
D. Carter
1
1996
KC KC
14
6
89
14.8
6.4
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
23 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
1996
DAL DAL
16
36
475
13.2
29.7
2
3
0.7
0.1
0
24 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
1993
ATL ATL
11
6
106
17.7
9.6
0
0
0.0
0
25 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
1992
ATL ATL
13
3
45
15.0
3.5
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.5

5th

OPP PPG

23.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

154.1

3rd

PASS YDS/G

231.3

18th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
9/11
WAS WAS
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
Sun
9/21
LV LV
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Last Game
PHI Eagles

3 - 0 - 0

55

Final

23

WAS Commanders

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 26 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM