oldest nfl player to have 1 receiving touchdown in a season

Jerry Rice is the oldest with 1+ receiving touchdown in a season. He was 42 years old in 2004.

Interpreted as:

oldest NFL player to have 1 or more receiving touchdown in a season

	NAME	Age	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	42	3	2004	TOT	17	30	64	429	14.3	25.2	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jerry Rice J. Rice	41	2	2003	OAK	16	63	124	869	13.8	54.3	0	0		0.0	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	40	7	2002	OAK	16	92	150	1,211	13.2	75.7	20	3	6.7	1.3	0
4	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	39	1	2023	CHI	17	4	5	29	7.3	1.7	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jerry Rice J. Rice	39	9	2001	OAK	16	83	125	1,139	13.7	71.2	0	0		0.0	0
6	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	39	2	1986	SD	15	34		440	12.9	29.3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	38	2	2022	GB	17	6	7	66	11.0	3.9	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jason Witten J. Witten	38	2	2020	LV	16	13	17	69	5.3	4.3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Antonio Gates A. Gates	38	2	2018	LAC	16	28	45	333	11.9	20.8	0	0		0.0	0
10	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	38	2	2018	NO	16	35	46	400	11.4	25.0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tim Brown T. Brown	38	1	2004	TB	15	24	31	200	8.3	13.3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	38	5	2000	WAS	14	41	76	548	13.4	39.1	16	2	8.0	1.1	0
13	Jerry Rice J. Rice	38	7	2000	SF	16	75	122	805	10.7	50.3	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
14	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	38	7	1985	SD	16	59		932	15.8	58.3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	37	4	2023	NO	13	6	7	39	6.5	3.0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	37	1	2020	ARI	13	54	72	409	7.6	31.5	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jason Witten J. Witten	37	4	2019	DAL	16	63	83	529	8.4	33.1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Antonio Gates A. Gates	37	3	2017	LAC	16	30	52	316	10.5	19.8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	37	4	2017	BAL	16	61	79	522	8.6	32.6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	37	5	2016	BAL	14	70	101	799	11.4	57.1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	37	8	2013	ATL	16	83	121	859	10.3	53.7	0	0		0.0	0
22	Donald Driver D. Driver	37	2	2012	GB	13	8	13	77	9.6	5.9	0	0		0.0	0
23	Terrell Owens T. Owens	37	9	2010	CIN	14	72	139	983	13.7	70.2	0	0		0.0	0
24	Keenan McCardell K. McCardell	37	1	2007	WAS	10	22	31	256	11.6	25.6	0	0		0.0	0
25	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	37	1	2007	SD	13	8	11	23	2.9	1.8	32	13	2.5	2.5	0

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176