Who Has the Most Receiving Touchdowns in NFL History?

Receiving touchdowns are always a popular stat among football fans. So, who has the most receiving touchdowns in NFL history?

Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice is a former American football wide receiver who played his entire 20-year career in the National Football League (NFL). He is considered to be the greatest wide receiver in NFL history. Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times and named All-Pro 12 times in his 20 NFL seasons. He won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and an NFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders. During his career, he amassed 22,895 receiving yards and 197 receiving touchdowns, which are both NFL records.

College career

Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is a former American football wide receiver who played his entire 20-year career in the National Football League (NFL). He is considered to be the greatest wide receiver in NFL history.

NFL career

Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1961) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He is considered to be among the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, and as of 2019, he is second on the NFL’s all-time list in both career receptions and receiving yards, behind only Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald.

Rice played college football for Mississippi Valley State University where he led the nation in several receiving categories including touchdowns during his 1984 senior season. He was selected in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers where he played 16 seasons with them. Throughout his career, Rice caught 1,050 passes for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns, with a 20.3-yard per catch average. He still holds over 100 league records.Due to his numerous accomplishments and reputation as a clutch player at critical moments, he has been nicknamed “The Greatest Of All Time”, “The G.O.A.T.”, or simply “G.O.A.T.”

Randy Moss

Randy Moss is a former American football wide receiver who played for fifteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He holds the NFL single-season touchdown reception record (23 in 2007), the NFL single-season touchdown reception record for a rookie (17 in 1998), and is second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown reception list with 156.

College career

Randy Moss announced his decision to attend Florida State University on December 17, 1994. He chose Florida State over Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Louisiana State University.

Moss entered Florida State in 1995, as the Seminoles began a rebuilding process after the departure of several key players from the previous season’s national championship team. In his freshman year, Moss caught 28 passes for 538 yards and seven touchdowns, earning him a spot on the Freshman All-American team.

As a sophomore in 1996, Moss helped lead the Seminoles to their first ever National Championship appearance with 62 receptions for 1,180 yards and an NCAA record 28 touchdowns, while also rushing for one score. He was again named a First-team All-American and won the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best receiver.

NFL career

Moss played college football for Marshall University, and twice earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, where he played for seven years before a trade in 2005 brought him to the Oakland Raiders. On April 29, 2007, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick. After winning his first NFL championship with New England in Super Bowl XLII, he returned to Minnesota in 2010. He played for three more seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks. He announced his retirement on August 1, 2012.
In his 14 NFL seasons, Randy Moss caught 954 passes for 15,292 yards and 156 touchdowns from 1998 to 2012. In 2007, he broke Jerry Rice’s single season NFL record for touchdown receptions with 23 touchdown catches.
Moss holds the NFL records for most touchdown receptions of 40 or more yards (34) and most consecutive games with a touchdown reception (8). He is second on the all-time list for receiving touchdowns behind Jerry Rice (197), and third on the all-time list for most receiving yards behind Rice (22,895) and Terrell Owens (15,934).

Terrell Owens

Terrell Owens, also known by his initials, T.O., is a former American football wide receiver. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons and now ranks second in all-time receiving touchdowns with 153.

College career

After a successful high school career where he earned All-State honors, Owens played college football at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), where he set several school records. While at UTC, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Just like in high school, he was one of five freshman wide receivers to play for the Mocs. He redshirted his 1994 freshman season. In 1995, Owens caught 45 passes for 719 yards and 10 touchdowns helps lead his team to a Southern Conference Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs. Owens was again named to the All-Southern Conference first team in 1996 after catching 53 passes for 991 yards and 12 touchdowns.

As a junior in 1997, Owens was again named to the All-Southern Conference first team after catching 62 passes for 1,010 yards and 19 touchdowns. When UTC played against Georgia Southern in the 1997 playoffs that year, Owens had 11 receptions for 177 yards and four touchdowns. One of those touchdown receptions came on a 61-yard pass where he outran three opponents downfield to score an apparent touchdown, but a holding penalty on another receiver negated it. He also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in that game against Georgia Southern; one from 97 yards out and another from 90 yards out .

NFL career

Terrell Owens was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played for the 49ers for 8 seasons, from 1996 to 2003. In his first season, he had 9 receptions for 181 yards and a touchdown. He had a breakout year in his second season, with 59 receptions for 1,062 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in 1997.

In 2000, Owens had career-highs in receptions (100) and receiving yards (1,300), and also had 14 touchdown catches, which was tied for the most in the NFL that season. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career.

In 2001, Owens caught 83 passes for 1,412 yards and 16 touchdowns, which was tied for the most touchdown catches in a single season in NFL history. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career.

Owens was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004. In his first season with the Eagles, he caught 77 passes for 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career.

Owens had another stellar season in 2005, catching 80 passes for 1,335 yards and an NFL-leading 15 touchdown catches. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the fifth time in his career.

In 2006, Owens caught 62 passes for 983 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was traded to the Dallas Cowboys midway through the 2006 season. In his first season with the Cowboys, he caught 35 passes for 763 yards and 6 touchdownsd