{"id":155782,"date":"2025-09-20T03:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T03:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155782\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T03:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T03:36:06","slug":"who-has-the-most-receiving-touchdowns-in-an-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155782\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has the most receiving touchdowns in an NFL season?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2007 New England Patriots <\/a>had one of the most statistically staggering seasons in NFL history, and it all started with a key offseason acquisition.<\/p>\n

On the second day of the 2007 NFL draft, the Patriots struck a surprising deal with the Oakland Raiders. New England sent a fourth-round pick to Oakland in exchange for disgruntled wide receiver Randy Moss<\/a>. The trade proved to be one of the most significant transactions in NFL history.<\/p>\n

Led by Tom Brady<\/a>, the 2007 Patriots scored an NFL-best 36.8 points per game and compiled a point differential of plus-315, the highest in league history. Brady threw for 4,806 yards and a then-single-season record 50 touchdowns en route to winning his first of three NFL MVP awards.<\/p>\n

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Moss caught 98 passes from Brady that season for 1,493 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was named the Pro Football Writers of America Comeback Player of the Year and played an integral role in the Patriots’ unblemished 16-0 regular season.<\/p>\n

Moss’ 23 receiving touchdowns in 2007 remain an NFL single-season record. The Hall of Fame receiver also owns the league’s record for most touchdown catches by a rookie (17 in 1998). Below is a list of the players with the most receiving touchdowns in a single season in NFL history:<\/p>\n

23 – Randy Moss (New England Patriots) in 2007<\/p>\n

22 – Jerry Rice<\/a> (San Francisco 49ers<\/a>) in 1987<\/p>\n

18 – Davante Adams <\/a>(Green Bay Packers<\/a>) in 2020<\/p>\n

18 – Sterling Sharpe<\/a> (Green Bay Packers) in 1994<\/p>\n

18 – Mark Clayton <\/a>(Miami Dolphins<\/a>) in 1984<\/p>\n

17 – Ja’Marr Chase <\/a>(Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>) in 2024<\/p>\n

17 – Rob Gronkowski<\/a> (New England Patriots) in 2011<\/p>\n

17 – Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) in 2003<\/p>\n

17 – Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) in 1998<\/p>\n

17 – Cris Carter<\/a> (Minnesota Vikings) in 1995<\/p>\n

17 – Carl Pickens<\/a> (Cincinnati Bengals) in 1995<\/p>\n

17 – Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) in 1989<\/p>\n

17 – Bill Groman<\/a> (Houston Oilers) in 1961<\/p>\n

17 – Elroy Hirsch <\/a>(Los Angeles Rams<\/a>) in 1951<\/p>\n

17 – Don Hutson<\/a> (Green Bay Packers) in 1942<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NFL hub page<\/a> for scores<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a>, standings<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2007 New England Patriots had one of the most statistically staggering seasons in NFL history, and it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-155782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}