most receiving touchdowns by a player in their first 17 games

Bob Hayes scored the most receiving touchdowns in his first 17 games, with 19 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
19
17
62
1,426
23.0
83.9
-8
4
-2.0
-0.5
1
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
18
17
73
1,386
19.0
81.5
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
3Sonny Randle
S. Randle
18
17
74
1,052
14.2
61.9
0
0
0.0
0
4Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
16
17
62
1,190
19.2
70.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
16
17
134
1,809
13.5
106.4
-6
2
-3.0
-0.4
0
6Art Powell
A. Powell
16
17
87
1,392
16.0
81.9
0
0
0.0
0
7Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
15
17
122
182
1,733
14.2
101.9
38
8
4.8
2.2
0
8Bill Groman
B. Groman
15
17
81
1,630
20.1
95.9
0
0
0.0
0
9Martavis Bryant
M. Bryant
14
17
58
113
1,119
19.3
65.8
50
7
7.1
2.9
1
10John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
14
17
63
1,115
17.7
65.6
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
11Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
14
17
70
1,427
20.4
83.9
31
3
10.3
1.8
0
12Lenny Moore
L. Moore
14
17
61
1,193
19.6
70.2
530
116
4.6
31.2
7
13Buddy Dial
B. Dial
14
17
60
1,358
22.6
79.9
-1
3
-0.3
-0.1
0
14Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13
17
81
128
1,455
18.0
85.6
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
15Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
13
17
62
1,145
18.5
67.4
71
4
17.8
4.2
1
16Charlie Brown
C. Brown
13
17
64
1,188
18.6
69.9
36
3
12.0
2.1
0
17Sammy White
S. White
13
17
60
1,047
17.5
61.6
-3
6
-0.5
-0.2
0
18Mike Evans
M. Evans
12
17
75
143
1,152
15.4
67.8
0
0
0.0
0
19Mike Williams
M. Williams
12
17
69
139
1,014
14.7
59.6
0
0
0.0
0
20Dave Parks
D. Parks
12
17
52
1,043
20.1
61.4
0
0
0.0
0
21Bucky Pope
B. Pope
12
17
30
846
28.2
49.8
11
2
5.5
0.6
0
22Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
17
59
1,110
18.8
65.3
0
0
0.0
0
23Charley Ferguson
C. Ferguson
12
17
47
883
18.8
51.9
0
0
0.0
0
24Kyle Rote
K. Rote
12
17
63
1,057
16.8
62.2
0
0
0.0
0
25Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
11
17
67
116
932
13.9
54.8
16
10
1.6
0.9
2
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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