who has the record for most reception td in a season rookie

Randy Moss has the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie, with 17 touchdowns in 1998.

NAME REC TD SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
1998
MIN MIN
16
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
2 Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
13
2021
CIN CIN
17
81
128
1,455
18.0
85.6
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
3 John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
13
1978
SD SD
14
56
1,001
17.9
71.5
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
4 Billy Howton
B. Howton
13
1952
GB GB
12
53
1,231
23.2
102.6
0
0
0.0
0
5 Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
12
2014
NYG NYG
12
91
130
1,305
14.3
108.8
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
6 Mike Evans
M. Evans
12
2014
TB TB
15
68
123
1,051
15.5
70.1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
12
1965
DAL DAL
13
46
1,003
21.8
77.2
-8
4
-2.0
-0.6
1
8 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
76.9
0
0
0.0
0
9 Bill Groman
B. Groman
12
1960
HOU HOU
14
72
1,473
20.5
105.2
0
0
0.0
0
10 Harlon Hill
H. Hill
12
1954
CHB CHB
12
45
1,124
25.0
93.7
0
0
0.0
0
11 Mike Williams
M. Williams
11
2010
TB TB
16
65
129
964
14.8
60.3
0
0
0.0
0
12 Brian Thomas Jr.
B. Thomas Jr.
10
2024
JAX JAX
17
87
133
1,282
14.7
75.4
48
6
8.0
2.8
0
13 Jordan Addison
J. Addison
10
2023
MIN MIN
17
70
108
911
13.0
53.6
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
14 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
10
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
889
10.3
52.3
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
15 Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
10
2018
ATL ATL
16
64
92
821
12.8
51.3
27
6
4.5
1.7
0
16 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
10
2010
NE NE
16
42
59
546
13.0
34.1
0
0
0.0
0
17 Daryl Turner
D. Turner
10
1984
SEA SEA
16
35
715
20.4
44.7
0
0
0.0
0
18 Sammy White
S. White
10
1976
MIN MIN
14
51
906
17.8
64.7
-10
5
-2.0
-0.7
0
19 Bucky Pope
B. Pope
10
1964
LA LA
14
25
786
31.4
56.1
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
20 Bill Swiacki
B. Swiacki
10
1948
NYG NYG
12
39
550
14.1
45.8
0
0
0.0
0
21 Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
9
2020
PIT PIT
16
62
109
873
14.1
54.6
16
10
1.6
1.0
2
22 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
9
2016
NO NO
15
92
121
1,137
12.4
75.8
0
0
0.0
0
23 Kelvin Benjamin
K. Benjamin
9
2014
CAR CAR
16
73
145
1,008
13.8
63.0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Lee Evans
L. Evans
9
2004
BUF BUF
16
48
75
843
17.6
52.7
85
5
17.0
5.3
0
25 Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
9
1996
STL STL
15
54
924
17.1
61.6
0
0
0.0
0
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