most receiving touchdowns in a season by a player with fewer than 50 receptions

Cloyce Box has scored the most receiving touchdowns with fewer than 50 receptions in a season, with 15 touchdowns in 1952.

NAMEREC TDRECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Cloyce Box
C. Box
15
42
1952
12
924
22.0
77.0
0
0
0.0
0
2Warren Wells
W. Wells
14
47
1969
14
1,260
26.8
90.0
24
3
8.0
1.7
0
3Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
14
47
1962
12
1,043
22.2
86.9
0
0
0.0
0
4Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
14
41
1948
12
943
23.0
78.6
50
5
10.0
4.2
1
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
13
49
2004
13
86
767
15.7
59.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Daryl Turner
D. Turner
13
34
1985
16
670
19.7
41.9
0
0
0.0
0
7Harold Jackson
H. Jackson
13
40
1973
14
874
21.9
62.4
-8
2
-4.0
-0.6
0
8Homer Jones
H. Jones
13
49
1967
14
1,209
24.7
86.4
60
5
12.0
4.3
1
9Gary Collins
G. Collins
13
43
1963
14
674
15.7
48.1
0
0
0.0
0
10Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
13
39
1960
12
801
20.5
66.8
0
0
0.0
0
11Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
13
32
1947
12
818
25.6
68.2
0
0
0.0
0
12Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
12
43
2014
13
62
489
11.4
37.6
0
0
0.0
0
13James Jett
J. Jett
12
46
1997
16
804
17.5
50.3
0
0
0.0
0
14Wesley Walker
W. Walker
12
49
1986
16
1,016
20.7
63.5
0
0
0.0
0
15Stanley Morgan
S. Morgan
12
44
1979
16
1,002
22.8
62.6
39
7
5.6
2.4
0
16Cliff Branch
C. Branch
12
46
1976
14
1,111
24.2
79.4
12
3
4.0
0.9
0
17Gene Washington
G. Washington
12
46
1972
14
918
20.0
65.6
0
0
0.0
0
18Gary Garrison
G. Garrison
12
44
1970
14
1,006
22.9
71.9
7
4
1.8
0.5
0
19Lance Rentzel
L. Rentzel
12
43
1969
14
960
22.3
68.6
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
20Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
12
46
1965
13
1,003
21.8
77.2
-8
4
-2.0
-0.6
1
21Chris Burford
C. Burford
12
45
1962
11
645
14.3
58.6
13
1
13.0
1.2
0
22Harlon Hill
H. Hill
12
45
1954
12
1,124
25.0
93.7
0
0
0.0
0
23Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
12
41
1952
12
961
23.4
80.1
0
0
0.0
0
24Leon Hart
L. Hart
12
35
1951
12
544
15.5
45.3
-6
4
-1.5
-0.5
0
25Bob Shaw
B. Shaw
12
48
1950
12
971
20.2
80.9
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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