most receiving touchdowns in a season by a rookie before 1960

Before 1960, Billy Howton scored the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie, with 13 touchdowns in 1952.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
13
1952
12
53
1,231
23.2
102.6
0
0
0.0
0
2Harlon Hill
H. Hill
12
1954
12
45
1,124
25.0
93.7
0
0
0.0
0
3Bill Swiacki
B. Swiacki
10
1948
12
39
550
14.1
45.8
0
0
0.0
0
4Max McGee
M. McGee
9
1954
12
36
614
17.1
51.2
9
1
9.0
0.8
0
5Ken MacAfee
K. MacAfee
8
1954
11
24
438
18.3
39.8
0
0
0.0
0
6Bobby Walston
B. Walston
8
1951
12
31
512
16.5
42.7
0
0
0.0
0
7Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
7
1958
12
33
910
27.6
75.8
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
8Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
7
1947
12
23
382
16.6
31.8
0
0
0.0
0
9Buddy Dial
B. Dial
6
1959
12
16
428
26.8
35.7
0
0
0.0
0
10Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
6
1953
11
43
610
14.2
55.5
0
0
0.0
0
11Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
6
1951
12
30
613
20.4
51.1
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob McChesney
B. McChesney
6
1950
12
19
380
20.0
31.7
0
0
0.0
0
13Fran Polsfoot
F. Polsfoot
6
1950
12
38
653
17.2
54.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Doak Walker
D. Walker
6
1950
12
35
534
15.3
44.5
386
83
4.7
32.2
5
15Art Weiner
A. Weiner
6
1950
12
35
722
20.6
60.2
0
0
0.0
0
16Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
6
1947
10
26
511
19.7
51.1
7
1
7.0
0.7
0
17Don Hutson
D. Hutson
6
1935
9
18
420
23.3
46.7
22
6
3.7
2.4
0
18Gibby Welch
G. Welch
6
1928
13
1
19R.C. Owens
R.C. Owens
5
1957
12
27
395
14.6
32.9
0
0
0.0
0
20Steve Meilinger
S. Meilinger
5
1956
12
24
395
16.5
32.9
0
0
0.0
0
21Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
5
1953
12
20
346
17.3
28.8
131
44
3.0
10.9
1
22Carl Elliott
C. Elliott
5
1951
12
35
317
9.1
26.4
0
0
0.0
0
23Ray Pelfrey
R. Pelfrey
5
1951
12
38
462
12.2
38.5
44
3
14.7
3.7
0
24Hal Crisler
H. Crisler
5
1946
11
32
385
12.0
35.0
6
4
1.5
0.5
0
25Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
5
1946
11
27
634
23.5
57.6
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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