most return touchdowns in a career by an nfl wide receiver minimum 20 receiving touchdowns

Rick Upchurch and Billy Johnson are tied for the most career touchdown returns by a wide receiver when scoring 20+ receiving touchdowns, with 8 touchdown returns.

	NAME	RET TD	REC TD	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	8	24	119	267		4,369	16.4	36.7	349	49	7.1	2.9	3
2	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	8	25	143	337		4,211	12.5	29.4	316	56	5.6	2.2	2
3	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	7	33	193	412	759	5,742	13.9	29.8	486	68	7.1	2.5	2
4	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	6	83	145	819	1,201	11,363	13.9	78.4	819	114	7.2	5.6	7
5	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	6	81	219	1,031	1,745	14,731	14.3	67.3	387	57	6.8	1.8	2
6	Antonio Brown A. Brown	5	83	146	928	1,406	12,291	13.2	84.2	128	35	3.7	0.9	0
7	Julian Edelman J. Edelman	5	36	137	620	940	6,822	11.0	49.8	413	58	7.1	3.0	0
8	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	5	22	75	353	520	4,026	11.4	53.7	927	146	6.3	12.4	5
9	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	5	77	198	701	910	10,950	15.6	55.3	496	63	7.9	2.5	1
10	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	5	48	151	371		5,846	15.8	38.7	519	61	8.5	3.4	4
11	Tyler Lockett T. Lockett	4	62	178	693	993	8,885	12.8	49.9	265	40	6.6	1.5	1
12	Randall Cobb R. Cobb	4	54	166	630	912	7,624	12.1	45.9	364	63	5.8	2.2	0
13	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	4	58	183	641	1,144	11,263	17.6	61.5	463	72	6.4	2.5	4
14	Eddie Royal E. Royal	4	28	116	408	658	4,357	10.7	37.6	275	35	7.9	2.4	0
15	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	4	39	135	457	749	5,630	12.3	41.7	257	40	6.4	1.9	0
16	Troy Brown T. Brown	4	31	192	557	680	6,366	11.4	33.2	178	29	6.1	0.9	0
17	Tim Brown T. Brown	4	100	255	1,094	670	14,934	13.7	58.6	190	50	3.8	0.7	1
18	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	4	65	228	814		13,777	16.9	60.4	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
19	J.T. Smith	4	35	169	544		6,974	12.8	41.3	76	7	10.9	0.4	0
20	Santana Moss S. Moss	3	66	197	732	1,268	10,283	14.0	52.2	287	51	5.6	1.5	0
21	Az-Zahir Hakim A. Hakim	3	28	110	316	520	4,191	13.3	38.1	198	31	6.4	1.8	1
22	Derrick Mason D. Mason	3	66	230	943	1,439	12,061	12.8	52.4	3	9	0.3	0.0	0
23	Eddie Kennison E. Kennison	3	42	179	548	807	8,345	15.2	46.6	282	39	7.2	1.6	0
24	Amani Toomer A. Toomer	3	54	190	668	1,145	9,497	14.2	50.0	110	12	9.2	0.6	1
25	O.J. McDuffie	3	29	116	415	105	5,074	12.2	43.7	49	15	3.3	0.4	0

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