who led the nfl in receiving touchdowns in 1987

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

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

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