NFL: Top 20 Players with the Most Postseason Receiving Touchdowns

Jerry Rice With One Of His All-Time Leading 22 Postseason Receiving Touchdowns – Against The Denver Broncos In Super Bowl XXIV

Yesterday, Sports List of the Day ran down the top 20 players with the most postseason receiving yards, so it only makes sense – in the midst of the 2014 NFL playoffs – to kick it up a notch.

The next logical uptick? How about most postseason receiving touchdowns?

Again, of course, it’s Jerry Rice (22) perched on the top rung – and again he’s nearly doubled his nearest competitor, second-best John Stallworth (12).

Actives (and still active this postseason), Reggie Wayne and Steve Smith, make another appearance here, and again Wayne is one play away from third all time, joining three familiar receivers (all played in the 2000’s) with 10 playoff TDs.

There’s one tight end…where is he?…17th. It’s another active – the San Francisco 49ers‘  Vernon Davis.

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	PLAYER	TD*	G	POS.	WITH	CAREER SPAN
1.	Jerry Rice	22	29	WR	San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders	1985-2004
2.	John Stallworth	12	17	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	1974-1987
3.	Antonio Freeman	10	16	WR	Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles	1995-2003
3.	Randy Moss	10	15	WR	Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots	1998-2010, 2012
3.	Hines Ward	10	18	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	1998-2011
6.	Larry Fitzgerald	9	7	WR	Arizona Cardinals	2004-Present
6.	Andre Reed	9	21	WR	Buffalo Bills	1985-2000
6.	Lynn Swann	9	16	WR	Pittsburgh Steelers	1974-1982
6.	Reggie Wayne	9	19	WR	Indianapolis Colts	2001-Present
10.	Anquan Boldin	8	14	WR	Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers	2003-Present
10.	Cris Carter	8	14	WR	Minnesota Vikings	1987-2002
10.	Ernest Givins	8	10	WR	Houston Oilers	1986-1995
10.	Michael Irvin	8	16	WR	Dallas Cowboys	1988-1999
10.	James Lofton	8	13	WR	Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills	1978-1993
10.	Drew Pearson	8	22	WR	Dallas Cowboys	1973-1983
10.	Steve Smith	8	10	WR	Carolina Panthers	2001-Present
17.	Dave Casper	7	9	WR	Oakland Raiders	1974-1984
17.	Vernon Davis	7	8	TE	San Francisco 49ers	2006-Present
17.	David Givens	7	8	WR	New England Patriots	2002-2006
17.	Art Monk	7	15	WR	Washington Redskins	1980-1995
17.	Jimmy Smith	7	9	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars	1992-2005
17.	Brandon Stokley	7	15	WR	Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos	1999-2013
17.	Amani Toomer	7	11	WR	New York Giants	1996-2008

* 1970-present (post-merger, modern AFC-NFC NFL). Includes playoff games and Super Bowl.

Please check out my source, pro-football-reference.com, where I ran this query, and where you can see every post-merger player who scored on the fly.

Photo: Bill Haber, AP via beaumontenterprise.com

Running Backs with the Most Rushing Touchdowns in a Game

Old-Time Great And Hall Of Famer, Ernie Nevers

Put the NFL (and fantasy football) on notice? In just his fourth pro game ever, New England Patriots‘ running back Jonas Gray ran for 199 yards and scored four touchdowns today against the Indianapolis Colts.

More than 50 RBs in the history of the game have rushed for four TDs in a single game, now including Gray.

Only seven have done better, and that’s including one player from the very first NFL season (1922) in a contest involving two teams that no longer exist, another from 1929 on the “Chicago” Cardinals and one AFL player.

Clearly, punching it in the end zone on foot more than four times in a game is just not something you see that often. We’ve been a bit lucky, though, as it’s also happened three times in the past two decades.

At the top of today’s list is the only running back to run it in a ridiculous six times. It’s Ernie Nevers on that Chicago team not named the Bears.

Everyone else here is at five, including The Man, Jim Brown.

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	RUNNING BACK	TDS IN GAME	FOR	AGAINST	DATE
1.	Ernie Nevers	6	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago Bears	Nov. 28, 1929
2.	Jimmy Conzelman	5	Rock Island Independents	Evansville Crimson Giants	Oct. 15, 1922
2.	Jim Brown	5	Cleveland Browns	Baltimore Colts	Nov. 1, 1959
2.	Cookie Gilchrist*	5	Buffalo Bills	New York Jets	Dec. 8, 1963
2.	Ricky Watters	5	San Francisco 49ers	New York Giants	Jan. 15, 1994
2.	James Stewart	5	Jacksonville Jaguars	Philadelphia Eagles	Oct. 12, 1997
2.	Clinton Portis	5	Denver Broncos	Kansas City Chiefs	Dec. 7, 2003

* AFL

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Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and the Most Go-Ahead Touchdowns Thrown, Ever

Peyton Manning Takes The Lead (Again)

Here’s a record on the verge of being broken, courtesy Peyton Manning (again). And the victim? Brett Favre (again).

According my source, pro-football-reference.com‘s play index, these 20 quarterbacks have thrown the most go-ahead touchdowns – either to take the initial lead in a game or take the lead away during a game (regardless of the game’s final outcome) – in NFL history.

Favre and Manning are the only two QBs to grab the lead over 150 times, and right now, Manning needs to do it just two more times to take the historical lead. Doubtless, this record will be padded.

Drew Brees and Tom Brady, both a few years younger, might catch up to Favre, but by that time, Manning, assuming he keeps going after this season, might be too far away to reach.

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	QUARTERBACK	GO-AHEAD TDS	FOR	CAREER SPAN
1.	Brett Favre	167	Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings	1991-2010
2.	Peyton Manning	166	Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos	1998-Present
3.	Dan Marino	134	Miami Dolphins	1983-1999
4.	Drew Brees	127	San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints	2001-Present
4.	Fran Tarkenton	127	Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants	1961-1978
6.	Tom Brady	120	New England Patriots	2000-Present
7.	Johnny Unitas	111	Baltimore Colts	1956-1973
8.	Joe Montana	103	San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs	1979-1994
9.	John Elway	103	Denver Broncos	1983-1998
10.	Vinny Testaverde	97	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers	1987-2007
11.	Drew Bledsoe	94	New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys	1993-2006
12.	Sonny Jurgensen	93	Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins	1957-1974
13.	Warren Moon	90	Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks	1984-2000
14.	Ben Roethlisberger	87	Pittsburgh Steelers	2004-Present
14.	Eli Manning	87	New York Giants	2004-Present
16.	Philip Rivers	86	San Diego Chargers	2004-Present
16.	Dave Krieg	86	Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears	1980-1998
16.	Tony Romo	86	Dallas Cowboys	2004-Present
16.	Dan Fouts	86	San Diego Chargers	1973-1987
20.	Carson Palmer	82	Cincinnati Bengals, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals	2004-Present

Check out my source, where, amazingly, you can see every single quarterback who ever threw even one go-ahead touchdown.

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