most times leading the league in receiving touchdowns

Jerry Rice caught 197 touchdown passes in his career.

Interpreted as:
most times leading the league in receiving touchdowns by a player
NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
197
303
1,549
709
22,895
14.8
75.6
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
2Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
40
290
437
737
5,115
11.7
17.6
0
0
0.0
0
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
1
287
8
9
74
9.3
0.3
752
498
1.5
2.6
25
4Trey Junkin
T. Junkin
7
281
17
0
144
8.5
0.5
0
0
0.0
0
5Jason Witten
J. Witten
74
271
1,228
1,723
13,046
10.6
48.1
0
0
0.0
0
6Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
111
270
1,325
1,862
15,127
11.4
56.0
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
7Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
121
263
1,432
2,335
17,492
12.2
66.5
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
8Tim Brown
T. Brown
100
255
1,094
670
14,934
13.7
58.6
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
9Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
84
255
851
122
12,785
15.0
50.1
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
10Jason Peters
J. Peters
1
246
2
6
5
2.5
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
54
244
669
389
8,878
13.3
36.4
115
19
6.1
0.5
0
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
18
241
484
696
3,985
8.2
16.5
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
13Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
65
239
750
12,146
16.2
50.8
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
14Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
12
239
199
205
1,086
5.5
4.5
807
226
3.6
3.4
6
15Andrew Whitworth
A. Whitworth
1
239
1
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Antonio Gates
A. Gates
116
236
955
1,458
11,841
12.4
50.2
0
0
0.0
0
17Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
29
235
383
3,686
9.6
15.7
0
0
0.0
0
18Cris Carter
C. Carter
130
234
1,101
442
13,899
12.6
59.4
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
19Andre Reed
A. Reed
87
234
951
111
13,198
13.9
56.4
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
20Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
9
234
210
271
1,543
7.3
6.6
1,727
429
4.0
7.4
15
21Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
1
234
1
1
5
5.0
0.0
1,539
514
3.0
6.6
13
22John Elway
J. Elway
1
234
3
61
20.3
0.3
3,407
774
4.4
14.6
33
23James Lofton
J. Lofton
75
233
764
14,004
18.3
60.1
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
24Nick Bellore
N. Bellore
2
232
10
10
75
7.5
0.3
8
3
2.7
0.0
0
25Derrick Mason
D. Mason
66
230
943
1,439
12,061
12.8
52.4
3
9
0.3
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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12
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13
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