who led the nfl in touchdown receptions in 1989

Jerry Rice scored the most receiving touchdowns in 1989, with 17 touchdowns.

Regular season

	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	17	1989	SF	16	82	1,483	18.1	92.7	33	5	6.6	2.1	0
2	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	12	1989	GB	16	90	1,423	15.8	88.9	25	2	12.5	1.6	0
3	Cris Carter C. Carter	11	1989	PHI	16	45	605	13.4	37.8	16	2	8.0	1.0	0
4	Anthony Miller A. Miller	10	1989	SD	16	75	1,252	16.7	78.3	21	4	5.3	1.3	0
5	John Taylor J. Taylor	10	1989	SF	15	60	1,077	18.0	71.8	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
6	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	9	1989	TB	16	86	1,422	16.5	88.9	0	0		0.0	0
7	Gary Clark G. Clark	9	1989	WAS	15	79	1,229	15.6	81.9	19	2	9.5	1.3	0
8	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	9	1989	MIA	15	64	1,011	15.8	67.4	9	3	3.0	0.6	0
9	Mervyn Fernandez M. Fernandez	9	1989	RAI	16	57	1,069	18.8	66.8	16	2	8.0	1.0	0
10	Rodney Holman R. Holman	9	1989	CIN	16	50	736	14.7	46.0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Andre Reed A. Reed	9	1989	BUF	16	88	1,312	14.9	82.0	31	2	15.5	1.9	0
12	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	8	1989	RAM	14	70	1,382	19.7	98.7	10	2	5.0	0.7	0
13	Drew Hill D. Hill	8	1989	HOU	14	66	938	14.2	67.0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Richard Johnson R. Johnson	8	1989	DET	16	70	1,091	15.6	68.2	38	12	3.2	2.4	0
15	Eric Martin E. Martin	8	1989	NO	16	68	1,090	16.0	68.1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Tim McGee T. McGee	8	1989	CIN	16	65	1,211	18.6	75.7	36	2	18.0	2.3	0
17	Art Monk A. Monk	8	1989	WAS	16	86	1,186	13.8	74.1	8	3	2.7	0.5	0
18	Roy Green R. Green	7	1989	PHX	12	44	703	16.0	58.6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Vance Johnson V. Johnson	7	1989	DEN	16	76	1,095	14.4	68.4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Eddie Brown E. Brown	6	1989	CIN	15	52	814	15.7	54.3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jim Jensen J. Jensen	6	1989	MIA	16	61	557	9.1	34.8	50	8	6.3	3.1	0
22	Cedric Jones C. Jones	6	1989	NE	15	48	670	14.0	44.7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
23	Webster Slaughter W. Slaughter	6	1989	CLE	16	65	1,236	19.0	77.3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	6	1989	BUF	16	60	669	11.2	41.8	1,244	298	4.2	77.8	6
25	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	6	1989	SEA	15	76	657	8.6	43.8	499	146	3.4	33.3	1

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