Davante Adams has scored the most receiving touchdowns in the NFL since 2020 with 73. Mike Evans ranks second with 60, while Ja’Marr Chase is third with 54 despite not entering the league until 2021.
The leaderboard covers NFL regular-season receiving touchdowns from the beginning of the 2020 season through the completed 2025 season. Tyreek Hill ranks fourth with 51 touchdowns, A.J. Brown is fifth with 48 and DK Metcalf follows with 47.
This is a cumulative receiving-touchdown leaderboard rather than a ranking of the NFL’s best pass catchers. Availability, target volume, red-zone usage and quarterback play all influence the totals. Rushing touchdowns, return touchdowns and postseason scores are excluded.
For the complete historical picture, see our most receiving touchdowns in NFL history.
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Methodology and Scope
This ranking measures total NFL regular-season receiving touchdowns accumulated from the beginning of the 2020 season through the end of the completed 2025 season.
All pass catchers are eligible regardless of position. Tight ends such as Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews, George Kittle and Hunter Henry are ranked directly alongside wide receivers.
Only receiving touchdowns count. Rushing touchdowns, return touchdowns, passing touchdowns and postseason scores are excluded.
Competition ranking is used for ties. Kelce and Tee Higgins share seventh place at 45 touchdowns, while Amon-Ra St. Brown and Stefon Diggs share ninth at 44. The expanded table also includes three players tied for 21st and two tied for 24th, producing 25 total rows without a separate No. 25 rank.
Top 10 NFL Receiving Touchdown Leaders Since 2020
T-9. Stefon Diggs: 44 Receiving Touchdowns
Stefon Diggs is tied for ninth with 44 receiving touchdowns from 2020 through 2025.
Diggs accumulated the total across 91 regular-season games while catching 577 passes for 6,881 yards. His six-season stretch included several years as the focal point of Buffalo’s passing offense before later stops elsewhere.
Diggs did not rely on one massive touchdown season. Sustained target volume and year-to-year production kept him inside the top 10 even though several players above him scored at a faster rate.
T-9. Amon-Ra St. Brown: 44 Receiving Touchdowns
Amon-Ra St. Brown also has 44 receiving touchdowns despite not entering the NFL until 2021.
St. Brown reached that total in 83 games, catching 547 passes for 6,252 yards. His touchdown production increased as Detroit developed into one of the league’s highest-scoring offenses.
He recorded 12 receiving touchdowns in 2024 and followed with 11 more in 2025. Those 23 scores over the final two seasons of this window account for more than half of his total.
T-7. Tee Higgins: 45 Receiving Touchdowns
Tee Higgins is tied for seventh with 45 receiving touchdowns.
Higgins accumulated the total across 85 games, catching 389 passes for 5,441 yards. His size, catch-point strength and red-zone role have given him a touchdown ceiling that exceeds his reception volume.
He scored 10 receiving touchdowns in 2024 and 11 in 2025. That two-season surge moved him into a tie with Kelce and within two scores of Metcalf.
T-7. Travis Kelce: 45 Receiving Touchdowns
Travis Kelce shares seventh place with 45 receiving touchdowns and is the highest-ranked tight end on the leaderboard.
Kelce accumulated 573 receptions for 6,537 yards across 96 games during the six-season period. His biggest scoring seasons in the window came early, including 11 touchdowns in 2020 and 12 in 2022.
No other tight end matched his combination of sustained target volume and scoring production. Mark Andrews is two touchdowns behind him, while George Kittle trails by five.
See his broader franchise production in our Kansas City Chiefs all-time receiving yards leaders.
6. DK Metcalf: 47 Receiving Touchdowns
DK Metcalf ranks sixth with 47 receiving touchdowns since 2020.
Metcalf played 96 games during the period and caught 439 passes for 6,274 yards while averaging 14.3 yards per reception. His best touchdown season in the window came in 2021, when he scored 12 times.
Metcalf’s combination of vertical speed, size and red-zone usage allowed him to remain near the top of the leaderboard even as his offensive surroundings changed.
5. A.J. Brown: 48 Receiving Touchdowns
A.J. Brown ranks fifth with 48 receiving touchdowns from 2020 through 2025.
Brown accumulated those scores across 89 games while producing 472 receptions and 6,978 receiving yards. His 14.8 yards per reception are the highest among the players in this top 10.
He scored 11 receiving touchdowns in 2020 with Tennessee and reached double digits again after joining Philadelphia. Brown’s placement reflects both explosiveness and the ability to remain a primary scoring threat in different offenses.
For more on his place among the position’s top performers, see our best wide receivers in the NFL since 2020.
4. Tyreek Hill: 51 Receiving Touchdowns
Tyreek Hill ranks fourth with 51 receiving touchdowns.
Hill accumulated 538 receptions for 7,248 yards in 86 games during the period. He opened the decade with 15 receiving touchdowns in 2020 and later scored 13 during his 1,799-yard 2023 season with Miami.
Hill is one of only four players to reach 50 receiving touchdowns during the six-season window. He paired that scoring output with 84.3 receiving yards per game, the second-highest rate among this top 10.
3. Ja’Marr Chase: 54 Receiving Touchdowns
Ja’Marr Chase ranks third with 54 receiving touchdowns despite not playing an NFL game until 2021.
Chase reached the total in 78 games, catching 520 passes for 6,837 yards. Only Adams and Evans scored receiving touchdowns at a higher per-game rate among the 25 players in the expanded table.
His defining scoring season came in 2024, when he led the NFL with 17 receiving touchdowns. He added eight more in 2025, giving him 25 over the final two seasons of this leaderboard.
Chase is six touchdowns behind Evans for second place despite playing eight fewer games during the period.
2. Mike Evans: 60 Receiving Touchdowns
Mike Evans ranks second with 60 receiving touchdowns since 2020.
Evans accumulated the total in 86 games while catching 404 passes for 5,792 yards. Touchdown production has remained one of the defining strengths of his career.
He recorded 13 receiving touchdowns in 2020, 14 in 2021 and another 13 in 2023. Evans is one of only two players to reach 60 during the window, although Adams has opened a 13-touchdown lead.
1. Davante Adams: 73 Receiving Touchdowns
Davante Adams leads the NFL with 73 regular-season receiving touchdowns from 2020 through 2025.
Adams scored those touchdowns across 92 games while catching 586 passes for 7,439 yards. He also recorded the most receptions of any player during this six-season span.
He led the NFL with 18 receiving touchdowns in 2020, then returned to the top of the league with 14 in 2025. Producing league-leading scoring seasons five years apart is the biggest reason he created so much separation.
Adams finished 13 touchdowns ahead of Evans and 19 ahead of Chase. The next-largest gap between consecutive ranks is the six-touchdown difference between Evans and Chase.
What the Receiving Touchdown Leaderboard Shows
Davante Adams Has Built a Clear Lead
Adams has 73 receiving touchdowns, 13 more than Evans in second place. The next-largest gap between consecutive ranks is the six-touchdown difference between Evans and Chase.
Adams Combined the Highest Total with the Best Scoring Rate
Adams averaged 0.79 receiving touchdowns per game from 2020 through 2025, the best rate among the 25 players in the expanded table. Evans averaged 0.70 and Chase averaged 0.69, making them the only other players above two-thirds of a touchdown per game.
Only Four Players Have Reached 50
Adams, Evans, Chase and Hill are the only players with at least 50 receiving touchdowns from 2020 through 2025. Brown is the closest challenger with 48.
Travis Kelce Leads a Strong Tight End Group
Kelce has 45 receiving touchdowns, two more than Andrews and five more than Kittle. Hunter Henry’s 30 scores give tight ends four of the 25 spots on the expanded leaderboard.
The New Bottom of the Table Is Defined by Ties
DeVonta Smith, DeAndre Hopkins and Amari Cooper share 21st place with 31 touchdowns. Henry and Gabe Davis are tied for 24th with 30, which is why a 25-player table ends at the No. 24 rank.
For the companion yardage leaderboard, see the NFL receiving yards leaders since 2020.
Top 25 NFL Receiving Touchdown Leaders Since 2020
The complete table includes every player with at least 30 regular-season receiving touchdowns from 2020 through 2025.
| Rank | Player | Receiving TDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davante Adams | 73 |
| 2 | Mike Evans | 60 |
| 3 | Ja’Marr Chase | 54 |
| 4 | Tyreek Hill | 51 |
| 5 | A.J. Brown | 48 |
| 6 | DK Metcalf | 47 |
| T-7 | Travis Kelce | 45 |
| T-7 | Tee Higgins | 45 |
| T-9 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | 44 |
| T-9 | Stefon Diggs | 44 |
| 11 | Mark Andrews | 43 |
| 12 | Justin Jefferson | 42 |
| 13 | CeeDee Lamb | 41 |
| 14 | George Kittle | 40 |
| 15 | Adam Thielen | 39 |
| 16 | Cooper Kupp | 38 |
| 17 | Keenan Allen | 36 |
| T-18 | Tyler Lockett | 35 |
| T-18 | D.J. Moore | 35 |
| 20 | Terry McLaurin | 34 |
| T-21 | DeVonta Smith | 31 |
| T-21 | DeAndre Hopkins | 31 |
| T-21 | Amari Cooper | 31 |
| T-24 | Hunter Henry | 30 |
| T-24 | Gabe Davis | 30 |
Conclusion
Davante Adams leads the NFL with 73 regular-season receiving touchdowns since 2020. His 13-touchdown advantage over Mike Evans is the defining feature of the leaderboard, while Ja’Marr Chase has already climbed to third despite entering the league a year into the statistical window.
The top 25 also shows how quickly the order tightens after the leaders. Only four touchdowns separate Brown in fifth from St. Brown and Diggs in the ninth-place tie, while the final five players occupy just two shared ranks.
Related NFL Rankings
- Most Receiving Touchdowns in NFL History
- Most Receiving Touchdowns in a Single NFL Season
- Most Receiving Yards in the NFL Since 2020
- Best Wide Receivers in the NFL Since 2020
- Most Receiving Yards Per Game in NFL History
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