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Data visualization charts NFL touchdown leaders game by game

Original: Every NFL touchdown from the line of scrimmage - rushing plus receiving - raced by career game, so runners and receivers

A new analysis charts every NFL rushing and receiving touchdown by career game, comparing stars across decades. Through 100 games, Jerry Rice ranks only eighth with 91 touchdowns, behind LaDainian Tomlinson's pace of 114. Tomlinson holds the lead for 93 straight games before Rice finally moves clear at game 184, letting runners and receivers from different eras be measured side by side.

Why now: Football fans are debating how legends like Rice and Tomlinson compare when their careers are plotted game by game.

Jerry RiceLaDainian TomlinsonNFL

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Evidence

• Every NFL touchdown from the line of scrimmage - rushing plus receiving - raced by career game, so runners and receivers decades apart meet. Rice is only 8th after 100 games, on 91 to LaDainian Tomlinson's 114. Tomlinson leads 93 straight; Rice goes clear in game 184 and… · bringerofdata · 3

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