most receiving touchdowns per game in a season since 1985

Since 1985, Jerry Rice has the most receiving touchdowns per game played in a season, with 1.83 in 1987.

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  • Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMETD/GPREC TDGPSEASONTMRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.83
22
12
1987
65
1,078
16.6
89.8
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.44
23
16
2007
98
160
1,493
15.2
93.3
0
0
0.0
0
3Davante Adams
D. Adams
1.29
18
14
2020
115
149
1,374
11.9
98.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1.13
18
16
1994
94
1,119
11.9
69.9
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
5Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1.06
17
16
2011
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
6Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
2003
111
172
1,632
14.7
102.0
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
7Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
1998
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
1.06
17
16
1995
122
1,371
11.2
85.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
9Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
1.06
17
16
1995
99
1,234
12.5
77.1
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
10Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.06
17
16
1989
82
1,483
18.1
92.7
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
11Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
1
9
9
2026
71
99
1,036
14.6
115.1
29
3
9.7
3.2
0
12Davante Adams
D. Adams
1
14
14
2025
60
114
789
13.2
56.4
0
0
0.0
0
13Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1
17
17
2024
127
175
1,708
13.4
100.5
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
14Tay Martin
T. Martin
1
1
1
2024
1
2
49
49.0
49.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Tyler Johnson
T. Johnson
1
1
1
2023
2
3
8
4.0
8.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
1
1
1
2022
3
4
15
5.0
15.0
-2
2
-1.0
-2.0
0
17Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1
3
3
2022
16
22
171
10.7
57.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Tyler Badie
T. Badie
1
1
1
2022
1
1
24
24.0
24.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
19Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1
15
15
2020
87
135
1,276
14.7
85.1
123
13
9.5
8.2
2
20Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
1
1
2019
4
8
56
14.0
56.0
5
1
5.0
5.0
0
21Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
15
15
2018
104
168
1,297
12.5
86.5
0
0
0.0
0
22D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
1
1
1
2018
2
2
28
14.0
28.0
-1
7
-0.1
-1.0
0
23Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
1
13
13
2015
52
74
615
11.8
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
24Dez Bryant
D. Bryant
1
16
16
2014
88
137
1,320
15.0
82.5
0
0
0.0
0
25Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
1
2
2
2014
6
7
64
10.7
32.0
3
1
3.0
1.5
0

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