Most Career NFL Touchdowns (All Time)

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Most Career NFL Touchdowns (All Time)

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Key Findings

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Jerry Rice leads in Career NFL Touchdowns with 208.

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Average Career NFL Touchdowns: 159 · median: 157.

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Gap: Jerry Rice is 1.6× larger than Cris Carter.

About This Dataset

Most Career NFL Touchdowns (All Time)

NFL players ranked by total career touchdowns scored across rushing, receiving, and passing in regular season play. Jerry Rice holds the all-time NFL touchdown record with 208 — accumulated entirely through receiving and a handful of rushing scores across 20 professional seasons, reflecting a career efficiency that saw him score on approximately one in every eight receptions he made. His nearest pursuer on the all-time list trails by more than 20 touchdowns.

Analysis

Jerry Rice (208), Emmitt Smith (175) and LaDainian Tomlinson (162) take the top three in Career NFL Touchdowns. Values run from 208 at the top to 131 at the bottom in Career NFL Touchdowns, a spread of 77. First and second are separated by 33, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 162 down to 131 Career NFL Touchdowns.

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8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

208

Jerry Rice

Career NFL Touchdowns · All Time

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Career NFL Touchdowns

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Career NFL Touchdowns
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

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Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Career NFL Touchdowns · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Jerry Rice	208
🥈	Emmitt Smith	175
🥉	LaDainian Tomlinson	162
4	Randy Moss	157
5	Terrell Owens	156
6	Marcus Allen	145
7	Marshall Faulk	136
8	Cris Carter	131

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rice Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmitt_Smith Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Moss Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_Owens Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Allen Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Faulk Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_Carter Visit ↗

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