which nfl player has the most receiving touchdowns in a season at age 21

Randy Moss has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a 21-year-old player in a season, with 17 touchdowns in his rookie season in 1998.

NAMEREC TDAgeSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
21
1998
MIN MIN
16
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
2Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13
21
2021
CIN CIN
17
81
128
1,455
18.0
85.6
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
3Mike Evans
M. Evans
12
21
2014
TB TB
15
68
123
1,051
15.5
70.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Jordan Addison
J. Addison
10
21
2023
MIN MIN
17
70
108
911
13.0
53.6
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
5Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
10
21
2010
NE NE
16
42
59
546
13.0
34.1
0
0
0.0
0
6Keenan Allen
K. Allen
8
21
2013
SD SD
15
71
104
1,046
14.7
69.7
0
0
0.0
0
7Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
8
21
2004
ARI ARI
16
58
115
780
13.4
48.8
14
8
1.8
0.9
0
8Malik Nabers
M. Nabers
7
21
2024
NYG NYG
15
109
170
1,204
11.0
80.3
2
5
0.4
0.1
0
9Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
7
21
2020
MIN MIN
16
88
125
1,400
15.9
87.5
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
10Gabe Davis
G. Davis
7
21
2020
BUF BUF
16
35
62
599
17.1
37.4
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
11JuJu Smith-Schuster
J. Smith-Schuster
7
21
2017
PIT PIT
14
58
79
917
15.8
65.5
0
0
0.0
0
12Xavier Worthy
X. Worthy
6
21
2024
KC KC
17
59
98
638
10.8
37.5
104
20
5.2
6.1
3
13Tee Higgins
T. Higgins
6
21
2020
CIN CIN
16
67
108
908
13.6
56.8
28
5
5.6
1.8
0
14Mecole Hardman Jr.
M. Hardman Jr.
6
21
2019
KC KC
16
26
41
538
20.7
33.6
17
4
4.3
1.1
0
15Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
6
21
2015
OAK OAK
16
72
130
1,070
14.9
66.9
-3
3
-1.0
-0.2
0
16Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
6
21
2014
BUF BUF
16
65
128
982
15.1
61.4
8
2
4.0
0.5
0
17Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
6
21
2010
NE NE
14
45
64
563
12.5
40.2
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
18Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
6
21
2009
MIN MIN
15
60
91
790
13.2
52.7
135
15
9.0
9.0
0
19Hakeem Nicks
H. Nicks
6
21
2009
NYG NYG
14
47
74
790
16.8
56.4
8
2
4.0
0.6
0
20Antonio Bryant
A. Bryant
6
21
2002
DAL DAL
16
44
93
733
16.7
45.8
40
6
6.7
2.5
0
21Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
6
21
1953
CHC CHC
11
43
610
14.2
55.5
0
0
0.0
0
22Elijah Moore
E. Moore
5
21
2021
NYJ NYJ
11
43
77
538
12.5
48.9
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
5
21
2020
DAL DAL
16
74
111
935
12.6
58.4
82
10
8.2
5.1
1
24Antonio Callaway
A. Callaway
5
21
2018
CLE CLE
16
43
79
586
13.6
36.6
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
25Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
5
21
2017
CAR CAR
16
80
113
651
8.1
40.7
435
117
3.7
27.2
2
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