most receiving touchdowns per game in a season since 1966

Since 1966, Jerry Rice has the most receiving touchdowns per game played in a season, with 1.83 in 1987.

Interpreted as:
most receiving touchdowns per game by a player in a season since 1966
NAMETD/GPREC TDGPSEASONTMRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.83
22
12
1987
SF SF
65
1,078
16.6
89.8
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.44
23
16
2007
NE NE
98
160
1,493
15.2
93.3
0
0
0.0
0
3Davante Adams
D. Adams
1.29
18
14
2020
GB GB
115
149
1,374
11.9
98.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1.2
18
15
1984
MIA MIA
73
1,389
19.0
92.6
35
3
11.7
2.3
0
5Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1.13
18
16
1994
GB GB
94
1,119
11.9
69.9
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
6Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1.13
9
8
1982
SD SD
49
1,032
21.1
129.0
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
7Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1.06
17
16
2011
NE NE
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
8Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
2003
MIN MIN
111
172
1,632
14.7
102.0
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
9Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
1998
MIN MIN
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
10Cris Carter
C. Carter
1.06
17
16
1995
MIN MIN
122
1,371
11.2
85.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
11Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
1.06
17
16
1995
CIN CIN
99
1,234
12.5
77.1
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.06
17
16
1989
SF SF
82
1,483
18.1
92.7
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
13Davante Adams
D. Adams
1
14
14
2025
LAR LAR
60
114
789
13.2
56.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1
17
17
2024
CIN CIN
127
175
1,708
13.4
100.5
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
15Tay Martin
T. Martin
1
1
1
2024
TEN TEN
1
2
49
49.0
49.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Tyler Johnson
T. Johnson
1
1
1
2023
LAR LAR
2
3
8
4.0
8.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
1
1
1
2022
NE NE
3
4
15
5.0
15.0
-2
2
-1.0
-2.0
0
18Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1
3
3
2022
NO NO
16
22
171
10.7
57.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Tyler Badie
T. Badie
1
1
1
2022
DEN DEN
1
1
24
24.0
24.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
20Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1
15
15
2020
KC KC
87
135
1,276
14.7
85.1
123
13
9.5
8.2
2
21Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
1
1
2019
NE NE
4
8
56
14.0
56.0
5
1
5.0
5.0
0
22Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
15
15
2018
PIT PIT
104
168
1,297
12.5
86.5
0
0
0.0
0
23D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
1
1
1
2018
HOU HOU
2
2
28
14.0
28.0
-1
7
-0.1
-1.0
0
24Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
1
13
13
2015
CIN CIN
52
74
615
11.8
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
25Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
1
16
16
2014
DAL DAL
88
137
1,320
15.0
82.5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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