who led the league in receiving touchdowns between 1985 to 1990

From 1985 through 1990, Jerry Rice scored the most receiving touchdowns, with 79 touchdowns.

Regular season

	NAME	REC TD	GP	REC	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	79	92	446	7,866	17.6	85.5	289	44	6.6	3.1	4
2	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	47	84	358	5,468	15.3	65.1	64	9	7.1	0.8	0
3	Gary Clark G. Clark	43	90	415	6,490	15.6	72.1	36	8	4.5	0.4	0
4	Drew Hill D. Hill	43	90	390	6,368	16.3	70.8	0	0		0.0	0
5	Anthony Carter A. Carter	40	87	326	5,728	17.6	65.8	87	11	7.9	1.0	0
6	Eddie Brown E. Brown	39	89	304	5,307	17.5	59.6	156	24	6.5	1.8	0
7	Stephone Paige S. Paige	39	90	308	5,161	16.8	57.3	13	3	4.3	0.1	0
8	Andre Reed A. Reed	39	90	388	5,353	13.8	59.5	110	18	6.1	1.2	1
9	Mike Quick M. Quick	38	62	223	3,847	17.3	62.0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Eric Martin E. Martin	36	95	332	5,060	15.2	53.3	11	4	2.8	0.1	0
11	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	34	82	371	6,147	16.6	75.0	35	10	3.5	0.4	0
12	Roy Green R. Green	33	80	300	4,538	15.1	56.7	33	9	3.7	0.4	0
13	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	30	84	229	3,757	16.4	44.7	182	30	6.1	2.2	1
14	Art Monk A. Monk	30	88	428	5,679	13.3	64.5	254	34	7.5	2.9	0
15	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	30	83	245	4,275	17.4	51.5	-6	2	-3.0	-0.1	0
16	Mark Duper M. Duper	29	80	275	4,713	17.1	58.9	-10	1	-10.0	-0.1	0
17	Al Toon A. Toon	29	83	412	5,331	12.9	64.2	7	4	1.8	0.1	0
18	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	28	82	266	3,722	14.0	45.4	0	0		0.0	0
19	Rodney Holman R. Holman	28	92	235	3,346	14.2	36.4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Steve Largent S. Largent	28	70	274	4,317	15.8	61.7	30	3	10.0	0.4	0
21	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	28	79	258	4,487	17.4	56.8	317	26	12.2	4.0	3
22	Vance Johnson V. Johnson	27	87	322	4,506	14.0	51.8	44	17	2.6	0.5	0
23	J.T. Smith	27	83	377	4,701	12.5	56.6	76	7	10.9	0.9	0
24	Ernest Givins E. Givins	26	74	301	4,744	15.8	64.1	226	17	13.3	3.1	1
25	Daryl Turner D. Turner	26	43	66	1,157	17.5	26.9	0	0		0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Cardinals	1	0	1.000
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Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
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Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
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Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000