nfl receiving td leaders 1997

Cris Carter had the most receiving touchdowns in 1997, with 13 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Cris Carter
C. Carter
13
1997
16
89
1,069
12.0
66.8
0
0
0.0
0
2Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
12
1997
16
81
1,243
15.3
77.7
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
3Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
12
1997
15
72
1,049
14.6
69.9
72
9
8.0
4.8
0
4James Jett
J. Jett
12
1997
16
46
804
17.5
50.3
0
0
0.0
0
5Rod Smith
R. Smith
12
1997
16
70
1,180
16.9
73.8
16
5
3.2
1.0
0
6Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
9
1997
15
65
1,009
15.5
67.3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Bert Emanuel
B. Emanuel
9
1997
16
65
991
15.2
61.9
0
0
0.0
0
8Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9
1997
16
75
1,180
15.7
73.8
0
0
0.0
0
9Chris Calloway
C. Calloway
8
1997
16
58
849
14.6
53.1
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
10Ben Coates
B. Coates
8
1997
16
66
737
11.2
46.1
0
0
0.0
0
11Ed McCaffrey
E. McCaffrey
8
1997
15
45
590
13.1
39.3
0
0
0.0
0
12Herman Moore
H. Moore
8
1997
16
104
1,293
12.4
80.8
0
0
0.0
0
13Rob Moore
R. Moore
8
1997
16
97
1,584
16.3
99.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Terrell Owens
T. Owens
8
1997
16
60
936
15.6
58.5
0
0
0.0
0
15Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
7
1997
15
60
1,010
16.8
67.3
19
2
9.5
1.3
0
16Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
7
1997
16
48
787
16.4
49.2
0
0
0.0
0
17Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
7
1997
15
58
753
13.0
50.2
0
0
0.0
0
18Andre Rison
A. Rison
7
1997
16
72
1,092
15.2
68.3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
19Yancey Thigpen
Y. Thigpen
7
1997
16
79
1,398
17.7
87.4
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
20Troy Brown
T. Brown
6
1997
16
41
607
14.8
37.9
-18
1
-18.0
-1.1
0
21Mark Bruener
M. Bruener
6
1997
16
18
117
6.5
7.3
0
0
0.0
0
22Mark Chmura
M. Chmura
6
1997
15
38
417
11.0
27.8
0
0
0.0
0
23Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
6
1997
16
86
1,316
15.3
82.3
0
0
0.0
0
24Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
6
1997
16
73
866
11.9
54.1
-7
2
-3.5
-0.4
0
25Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
6
1997
14
42
648
15.4
46.3
35
3
11.7
2.5
0
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