nfl receiving touchdown leaders 1987

Jerry Rice scored the most receiving touchdowns in 1987, with 22 touchdowns.

NAME REC TD SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
22
1987
SF SF
12
65
1,078
16.6
89.8
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
2 Mike Quick
M. Quick
11
1987
PHI PHI
12
46
790
17.2
65.8
0
0
0.0
0
3 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
8
1987
NYG NYG
12
55
867
15.8
72.3
0
0
0.0
0
4 Mark Duper
M. Duper
8
1987
MIA MIA
11
33
597
18.1
54.3
0
0
0.0
0
5 Steve Largent
S. Largent
8
1987
SEA SEA
13
58
912
15.7
70.2
33
2
16.5
2.5
0
6 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
8
1987
STL STL
15
91
1,117
12.3
74.5
0
0
0.0
0
7 Carlos Carson
C. Carson
7
1987
KC KC
12
55
1,044
19.0
87.0
-7
1
-7.0
-0.6
0
8 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
7
1987
MIN MIN
12
38
922
24.3
76.8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Gary Clark
G. Clark
7
1987
WAS WAS
12
56
1,066
19.0
88.8
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
10 Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
7
1987
MIA MIA
12
46
776
16.9
64.7
8
2
4.0
0.7
0
11 Willie Gault
W. Gault
7
1987
CHI CHI
12
35
705
20.1
58.8
16
2
8.0
1.3
0
12 Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
7
1987
DEN DEN
11
42
684
16.3
62.2
-8
1
-8.0
-0.7
0
13 Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
7
1987
DET DET
12
58
720
12.4
60.0
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
14 Eric Martin
E. Martin
7
1987
NO NO
15
44
778
17.7
51.9
0
0
0.0
0
15 Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
7
1987
CLE CLE
12
47
806
17.1
67.2
0
0
0.0
0
16 Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
6
1987
STL STL
12
42
526
12.5
43.8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.8
0
17 Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
6
1987
CLE CLE
13
43
607
14.1
46.7
0
0
0.0
0
18 Ernest Givins
E. Givins
6
1987
HOU HOU
12
53
933
17.6
77.8
-13
1
-13.0
-1.1
0
19 Drew Hill
D. Hill
6
1987
HOU HOU
12
49
989
20.2
82.4
0
0
0.0
0
20 Lionel Manuel
L. Manuel
6
1987
NYG NYG
12
30
545
18.2
45.4
-10
1
-10.0
-0.8
0
21 Art Monk
A. Monk
6
1987
WAS WAS
9
38
483
12.7
53.7
63
6
10.5
7.0
0
22 John Tice
J. Tice
6
1987
NO NO
12
16
181
11.3
15.1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Daryl Turner
D. Turner
6
1987
SEA SEA
12
14
153
10.9
12.8
0
0
0.0
0
24 Kelvin Bryant
K. Bryant
5
1987
WAS WAS
11
43
490
11.4
44.5
406
77
5.3
36.9
1
25 Ray Butler
R. Butler
5
1987
SEA SEA
12
33
465
14.1
38.8
0
0
0.0
0
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